California’s Budget Deficit Blows Up
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget last month projected a $22.5 billion deficit, but apparently his forecast was too sunny. The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) warned last week that the state’s budget hole may be a lot bigger owing to plunging revenue. Look out below. Source link
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 […]
Opinion: Apple offers breadcrumbs for a forecast, but is that enough to reassure Wall Street?
Apple Inc.’s breadcrumbs lead back to a familiar place: The iPhone is all that matters. After posting its largest revenue decline in more than six years — led by underwhelming iPhone sales — in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report Thursday, Apple once again refused to provide a traditional forecast for the coming quarter or year. […]
Meta stock spikes despite earnings miss, as Facebook hits 2 billion users for first time and sales guidance quells fears
Meta Platforms Inc. shares soared in after-hours trading Wednesday despite an earnings miss, as the Facebook parent company guided for potentially more revenue than Wall Street expected in the new year and promised more share repurchases amid cost cuts. Meta META, +2.79% said it hauled in $32.17 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, down from $33.67 billion […]
Royal KPN posts forecast beating profit, begins $325.5 million share buyback program
Royal KPN NV on Tuesday reported a 21% rise in fourth-quarter net profit that beat forecasts, and said it has started a new 300 million-euro ($325.5 million) share buyback program. The Dutch telecommunications operator KPN, +0.92% made a net profit for the quarter of EUR190 million compared with EUR157 million for the same period a […]
Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google face earnings test amid Big Tech layoffs
In the biggest week of the holiday-earnings season, Big Tech results will receive the spotlight amid thousands of layoffs that could only be the beginning.After tech stocks were decimated in 2022, investors will be looking for signs of a turnaround in holiday reports and potential forecasts for the year ahead from three of 2022’s top […]
McDonald’s earnings haven’t been hit by higher prices, as ‘it just seems like Americans are more upset by the change in price at grocery stores’
Rising prices have kept diners away from many restaurants, but not McDonald’s Corp. As the ubiquitous burger chain prepares to report fourth-quarter results on Tuesday with its stock close to record highs, Wall Street could get pickier about signs of the company’s growth, though analysts were largely upbeat heading into the report. Some said McDonald’s […]
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 […]
GE has seen only 1 thing that warns of falling demand in 2023
That’s General Electric Co. Chief Executive Larry Culp, who said Tuesday he was only seeing one demand indicator that suggests the U.S. economy was slowing. But that indicator was enough for the company to provide a 2023 earnings estimate below Wall Street expectations. The aerospace, power and renewable energy company reported before Tuesday’s opening bell […]
Microsoft stock dives into the red after forecast misses, CFO warns about deceleration
Microsoft Corp.’s profit declined more than 12% in the holiday season, and executives said Tuesday that a revenue deceleration at the end of 2022 is expected to continue into the new year as the company lays off workers. Microsoft MSFT Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said in a conference call Tuesday that “we are seeing […]