Shares of Adani-linked companies slump as Indian conglomerate issues defense to short-seller claims
Stocks of affiliated companies founded by Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani continued to fall in Mumbai markets on Friday, extending a slide after a U.S. short seller published its two-year investigation into the group’s business practices. The shares of flagship firm Adani Enterprises 512599, -18.52% sank as much as 20% and other linked companies saw […]
Opinion: Investments in a rut? Maybe it’s the Wall Street industrial complex.
The Wall Street establishment doesn’t want you to read this article, and I’ll tell you why.If you’re an investor and not getting all the returns you deserve, there are lots of possible reasons. Perhaps the biggest one is that Wall Street likes it that way. Giant firms like Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan […]
‘He claims it’s his home’: My mother left her Florida house to all of her children. Our brother lives there — and has no plans to move. How do we get him out?
Dear Quentin, My mother passed away three years ago and left the house to my brother, my sister and me. What little was left in her bank account was distributed among the three of us. Our brother is still living in the family home. He pays the taxes, insurance and utilities to live there. The […]
This 72-year-old is hoping to fund her retirement on GoFundMe
GoFundMe campaigns have been raising piles of cash for older Walmart workers who want to retire — but the heartwarming stories about sudden windfalls mask a dark reality about economic security and growing old in America, say retirement experts.“This is not a feel-good story, this is about the failure of our retirement system,” said Teresa […]
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 […]
Curaleaf cutting staff as it exits three U.S. states
This story has been updated to provide correct figures for the number of states Curaleaf operates in; also the number of total employees at the company. Curaleaf said Thursday it has reduced its payroll by 10% as it exits California, Colorado and Oregon in the face of price compression and unchecked competition from the illicit […]
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
Fed rate cuts always lead to stock-market gains — but this one thing must happen too, veteran Wall Street strategist says
It’s way too early to proclaim a Goldilocks environment, even if major asset classes are at least pointing to a better chance of it. The S&P 500 SPX has gained 5% this year, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP is up 8%, even with a seemingly daily stream of job-cut announcements. Stay tuned Thursday to […]
Apple couldn’t save the smartphone industry from its worst year since 2013
The personal-computer market just capped off a bad year, but the smartphone market suffered more—at least by one metric. The smartphone industry shipped 1.21 billion units during 2022, marking the lowest shipment count since 2013, according to researchers from IDC. Smartphone shipments declined 11.3% on the year. The PC market saw a steeper… Source link
Dow falls 400 points after corporate earnings disappoint
U.S. stocks traded lower Wednesday, led by the Nasdaq Composite, after disappointing corporate earnings results added to fears of a possible recession.How are stocks trading On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104 points, or 0.31%, to 33733, the S&P 500 declined 3 points, or 0.07%, to 4016.95, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 30 […]