Amazon cut 67,000 jobs in 2022, the first yearly decline in 20 years
Amazon.com Inc. had a pretty bad year in 2022, with the e-commerce and cloud giant recording its biggest loss ever, and with its stock suffering a yearly record loss. Its employees had a bad year, too: For the first time in 20 years, the company shrank its workforce. According to Amazon’s 2022 annual report, released […]
Wall Street wants to know when ‘GTA VI’ is going to drop, too.
The biggest question for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. executives would be the same for gamers and Wall Street analysts: When is the next “Grand Theft Auto” going to drop? Take-Two’s TTWO, -4.74% blockbuster game is due for its first new iteration in nearly a decade, and Wall Street analysts have definitely taken note, even diving […]
Electronic Arts stock plunges more than 10% as mobile versions of popular games shelved amid cuts
Electronic Arts Inc.’s earnings and revenue from the prior year were previously incorrect. They have been updated. Electronic Arts Inc. shares plummeted more than 10% in after-hours trading Tuesday, after executives disclosed disappointing forecasts and announced they are delaying an anticipated title and killing off the mobile versions of two popular games, which is expected […]
EA earnings: What to expect
Electronic Arts Inc.’s upcoming earnings will show how spending on video games has held up in the current economic climate. The Tuesday afternoon report kicks off earnings season for the major publishers, with reports from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO, -1.42% and Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI, -0.85% to come next week. But EA EA, +0.09% […]
What CEOs Are Saying: ‘The Consumer Is Under Pressure’: WSJ
Here’s what leaders from Nasdaq, Microsoft, Tesla and elsewhere said about the economy, inflation and other topics this week. Source link
AMD earnings face even more scrutiny after ‘astonishingly bad’ Intel outlook
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. gets to show Wall Street if it “certainly” ended 2022 in a better place, after the price of clearing inventory helped gut results from rival Intel Corp. AMD AMD, +0.32% is scheduled to report earnings after the close of markets on Tuesday. AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su said three months ago […]
Intel stock drops nearly 10% after earnings miss, execs predict quarterly loss as data-center market shrinks
Intel Corp. shares dropped more than 9% in the extended session Thursday after the chip maker reported a big miss for the fourth quarter, forecast a loss for the first quarter, said the data-center market was contracting and that inventory digestion will gnaw at margins. Intel INTC, +1.31% executives forecast an adjusted loss of 15 […]
Corporate Layoffs Spread Beyond High-Growth Tech Giants: WSJ
Dow, IBM and SAP say they will lay off thousands of workers as belt-tightening becomes the new business priority. Source link
UnitedHealth’s EMIS Group acquisition faces U.K. competition probe
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority will investigate the acquisition of EMIS Group PLC by UnitedHealth Group Inc., it said Friday. The CMA said it will investigate if the deal may result in a substantial lessening of competition, and set a deadline of March 17 for its phase-one decision. The watchdog has invited the parties […]
Why Snowflake shares can survive a tough winter, according to Wells Fargo
Snowflake Inc. shares have dropped almost 60% over the past 12 months amid concerns about software valuations as well as the outlook for consumption-based software companies in a choppier economic environment, but Wells Fargo’s Michael Turrin thinks that the data-warehousing name can still thrive. He initiated coverage of Snowflake’s SNOW, +1.55% stock with an overweight […]