Month: February 2020

PepsiCo on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations. Shares of the company rose less than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.45, adjusted, vs. $1.44 expected Revenue: $20.67 billion, vs.
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, August 5, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 8:32 am: Alibaba slides 2% despite strong results Shares of e-commerce giant Alibaba slid 2.4% in Thursday’s premarket trading despite better-than-expected results. For the third quarter the company
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A pedestrian walks past a stock ticker at a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters Thanks to record-breaking markets and more retirement savings, there are a record number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires in the United States. Fidelity has released its quarterly analysis of retirement trends, which has become increasingly relevant
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Medical staff check a patient’s condition at a temporary hospital converted from “Wuhan Livingroom” in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 10, 2020. Xiong Qi | Xinhua | Getty Images Small businesses in New York’s Chinatown are losing customers over “unfounded” coronavirus fears, the city’s small business chief told CNBC on Thursday. “Business owners are
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An American couple who vacationed on the now-quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship together could be at risk of returning home alone. Rebecca Frasure has been in isolation in a Tokyo hospital away from her husband, Kent, since Friday when she was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus that has reached epidemic levels in China and become
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Charles Munger David A. Grogan | CNBC Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner, issued a dire warning about the future on Wednesday. “I think there are lots of troubles coming,” he said at the Los Angeles-based Daily Journal annual shareholders meeting. “There’s too much wretched excess.” Munger —
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Harley Finkelstein, COO, Shopify Scott Mlyn | CNBC Canadian e-commerce company Shopify Inc on Wednesday posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings, helped by higher holiday sales, and forecast full-year revenue above Wall Street estimates, sending its U.S.-listed shares up about 9%. Shopify lets small businesses sell goods and services to customers by setting up stores on its
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David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that the stock market doesn’t yet care about Bernie Sanders’ surging campaign to become the Democratic presidential nominee. “Look at the markets,” Solomon told CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa on Wednesday.
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