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 […]
Salesforce carries heavy ‘disruption risk’ that threatens its stock, analyst says
Salesforce Inc. is shaking up its leadership and its broader organization, and those changes carry uncertainty for its stock, according to an analyst. Cowen & Co.’s Derrick Wood downgraded shares of Salesforce CRM, +0.54% to market perform from outperform Friday, warning of the potential for “elevated levels of disruption risk” due to a handful of […]
Labor board upholds Amazon union victory at Staten Island warehouse, after months of wrangling
A U.S. labor representative on Wednesday dismissed Amazon.com Inc.’s objections to a historic union-election victory at a warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y. last year, following months of aggressive efforts by the online retailer to squash the organizing effort. Amazon said it would appeal the decision, which came from a regional director of the National Labor […]
Inari Amertron falls after report that Apple plans to drop broadcom chip
Shares of Inari Amertron Bhd. fell as much as 8.9% in early trade following a report that Apple Inc. plans to cease using some parts from major chip suppliers, including Broadcom Inc., by 2025. Shares of the Malaysia’s leading outsourced semiconductor assembly and test provider 0166, -5.71% dropped to 2.57 ringgit (59 U.S. cents) on […]