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Block delivers a surprise profit, and its stock is surging
Market Watch· 2024-02-23 01:57
Block Inc. has been focused on getting leaner, and that paid off for the Square parent company in the latest quarter as it posted a surprise profit.Shares climbed more than 13% in Thursday’s extended session as Block also delivered an upbeat bottom-line forecast.The company on Thursday recorded fourth-quarter net income of $10 million, or 2 cents a share, whereas it posted a loss of $541 million, or 93 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Analysts tracked by FactSet had been expecting a 1 cent loss pe ...
Nvidia earnings are sparking records across chip sector, as AMD's stock soars
Market Watch· 2024-02-22 19:14
Nvidia Corp.’s latest earnings report was one for the history books in many ways, as the company delivered record profits and revenue — and is on track to deliver the biggest one-day haul of market capitalization for any U.S. company. See more: Nvidia’s stock surge is poised to make history — and ‘mammoth growth’ is on tapBut it’s not just Nvidia NVDA, +15.37% setting records in the wake of its results. Shares of rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, +11.22% are on track to close at a new all-time high, up ...
EA's college-football videogame is ‘taking advantage' of players with $600 payment
Market Watch· 2024-02-22 19:09
Electronic Arts Inc. has finally revealed how much it will pay college athletes to appear in its highly anticipated upcoming videogame “EA Sports College Football 25.”A total of 11,390 college-football players from 134 FBS schools will be eligible to receive $600 each for their name, image and likeness (NIL) to appear in the game, no matter if they are the star quarterback or a backup defensive lineman on their team. Players will also get a free copy of the game from EA Sports, Electronics Arts’s EA, +1.91% ...
AT&T confirms service outage, while Verizon says its network is running fine
Market Watch· 2024-02-22 14:28
AT&T Inc. confirmed “wireless service interruptions” that were impacting some of its users Thursday morning, following user reports of outages. Tens of thousands of AT&T T, -2.50% users had flagged service disruptions on Downdetector around 9 a.m. Eastern time. AT&T said it was “working urgently to restore service” to affected customers. The carrier said that users should turn to Wi-Fi calling until the problems are fixed. While customers of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -1.73% and T-Mobile US Inc. ...
Jeff Bezos has sold 50 million Amazon shares this month, for around $8 billion
Market Watch· 2024-02-21 02:29
Amazon.com Inc. founder and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos sold another $2 billion tranche of stock in recent days, bringing his total stock sales this month to about $8 billion. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bezos sold about 14 million shares between Thursday and Tuesday, at prices ranging from $166.41 a share to $170.89, for roughly $2.2 billion. Bezos had previously offloaded about 36 million shares since Feb. 7, in tranches of around 12 million shares apiece. The m ...
OpenAI's Sam Altman has plans for AI that could mean big money for Intel
Market Watch· 2024-02-21 01:55
“Many companies, including giants Nvidia and Qualcomm, will likely partner with Intel for packaging and/or wafer capacity, and this seems to be going somewhat unnoticed.”I’m bullish on Intel for three main reasons: the leadership of Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger, the company’s strong ecosystem and Intel’s INTC, +2.32% ambitious foundry business — which has perhaps found the perfect moment to become the most important driver of Intel’s future. Open AI CEO Sam Altman drew widespread attention recently when he ...
Amazon to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, reflecting ‘evolving nature of American economy'
Market Watch· 2024-02-20 22:32
Amazon.com Inc. is set to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average in a week, a move meant to reflect “the evolving nature of the American economy,” S&P Dow Jones Indices said late Tuesday. Amazon AMZN, -1.43% replaces Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA, +1.50% in the Dow Jones DJIA. The change was prompted by Walmart Inc.’s WMT, +3.23% 3-to-1 stock split, Dow Jones Indices said. Amazon’s stock rose 1.3% in after-hours trading following the news. ...
Teladoc's stock sinks on downbeat forecast
Market Watch· 2024-02-20 21:38
Shares of telehealth-technology provider Teladoc Health Inc. TDOC sank after hours on Tuesday following a largely downbeat forecast for the first quarter and full year. The company, known for its BetterHelp therapy app, said it expected first-quarter sales of $630 million to $645 million, below FactSet forecasts of $673 million. It said it expected to lose 45 cents a share to 55 cents a share during that period, worse than analyst expectations for a 41-cent per-share loss. For the full year, Teladoc said i ...
Palo Alto Networks' stock tumbles as earnings forecast underwhelms
Market Watch· 2024-02-20 21:29
Palo Alto Networks Inc. shares were tumbling in Tuesday’s extended session after the cybersecurity company came up short with its forecasts for the current quarter and trimmed its full-year revenue outlook. The company models fiscal third-quarter revenue of $1.95 billion to $1.98 billion along with $2.30 billion to $2.35 billion in billings, a metric that takes into account deferred revenue. The FactSet consensus was for $2.04 billion in revenue and $2.62 billion in billings. Palo Alto Networks PANW, -0 ...
Why DraftKings made $8 million and BetMGM lost nearly $5 million on Super Bowl bets in New York
Market Watch· 2024-02-20 21:11
The New York Gaming Commission just released numbers showing how New York-based sportsbooks performed during the recent Super Bowl, and the most surprising revelation is how much better one of the biggest sportsbooks did than one of its rivals.DraftKings DKNG, -7.29% made $8.8 million in revenue from $52.3 million in Super Bowl bets, while BetMGM MGM, -0.42% lost $4.8 million after taking in $10.8 million in bets.The biggest sportsbooks had the San Francisco 49ers winning the game against the Kansas City Ch ...