Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has reportedly added Dogecoin ( CRYPTOCAP:DOGE ) as a payment method for some Tesla products, leading to a 20% increase in the CRYPTOCAP:DOGE price. The move follows a month-long hindrance by Musk about accepting Dogecoin as an official form of payment for Tesla vehicles. Traders immediately responded to the news, with the DOGE price...
Berkshire Hathaway's ( LSE:BRK ) Q1 operating earnings rose 39% to $11.22 billion, driven by robust insurance and investment income. The Omaha-based company reported a 39% increase from $8.065 billion in the year-ago quarter. At the end of the quarter, approximately 75% of the aggregate fair value was concentrated in five companies. In Q1 net earnings, investment...
Wayfair ( NYSE:W ) reported a Q1 non-GAAP loss of 32 cents per share, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 45 cents per share. The company reported a loss of $1.13 per share in the year-ago quarter. Net revenues of $2.73 billion surpassed the consensus mark by 3.3%, with the top line decreasing 1.6% year over year. LTM net revenues per active customer...
Dogwifhat ( CRYPTOCAP:WIF ), a meme coin, has risen nearly 10% to become the largest gainer among the top nine Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) networks, Optimism and Arbitrum. The rise in Dogwifhat's price follows the recent surge of Pepe ( CRYPTOCAP:PEPE ) and Cat in a Dogs World ($MEW), as Solana-based meme coins lead the sector. Solana's fast and scalable blockchain...
Bitcoin's price has breached the $64,000 threshold, causing over $175 million in total liquidations. Over $150 million in shorts position were wiped out, with Binance seeing the most liquidations, with the largest single order being $5.09 million for the Ethereum/USDT trading pair. The price reached an intra-day high of $64,540 on May 4, and trading volume rose by...
Amneal Pharmaceuticals ( NASDAQ:AMRX ) has announced a $270 million settlement to settle claims related to its alleged contribution to the opioid crisis in the U.S. The agreement, payable over a decade, aims to address a substantial portion of the more than 900 opioid-related lawsuits facing the company. State attorneys general have accused Amneal ( NASDAQ:AMRX )...
Singaporean telehealth provider Mobile-Health Network Solutions ( NASDAQ:MNDR ) has experienced a significant drop in its stock price, dropping 85% to $3.39 a share, below its $4 IPO price. The stock, which surged over 580% in its first weeks of trading, was one of the hottest US IPOs of the year. The telehealth provider's market value was over $925 million at the...
Meta has invested $30 billion in 1 million NVIDIA GPUs to improve its AI model training capabilities and push technological boundaries in AI development. The acquisition, which includes a million GPUs, is one of the largest in the technology industry for such equipment and represents a major milestone in Meta's strategic direction towards the development of...
A US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into TD Bank ( NYSE:TD ) is focused on how Chinese drug traffickers and crime groups used Canada's second-largest lender to launder their money from fentanyl sales. The bank disclosed last year that it was cooperating with authorities in an investigation into its anti-money laundering compliance program by the DoJ....
Solana ( CRYPTOCAP:SOL ) has become the top performer among the top 10 crypto tokens, with Popcat (POPCAT) hitting a new all-time high of $0.6100 and market capitalization upwards of $577.58 million. This surge is attributed to the growing popularity of projects launched on the CRYPTOCAP:SOL blockchain, which have consistently posted remarkable success. Meme...
Cloudflare Inc. shares ( NYSE:NET ) fell by 18.35% after the company's second-quarter revenue projections fell short of analysts' expectations. The company estimated revenue to be between $393.5 million and $394.5 million in the second quarter, with the midpoint missing analysts' estimates of $394.5 million. This has raised concerns about the company's ability to...
Apple stock ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) rallied 7% after the company announced a record-setting $110B stock buyback program, marking the largest buyback value ever announced in US history. The move follows Apple's second-quarter earnings, which topped Wall Street's estimates by 22%. The company's board authorized $110 billion in share repurchases, a 22% increase over last...
Amgen Inc.'s shares ( NASDAQ:AMGN ) rose by 15.9% when the market opened on Friday, marking its biggest intraday rise since July 2009. The company has emerged as a potential competitor to Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S, which currently dominate the weight-loss market. Demand for anti-obesity drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy is so strong that Intelligence's...
Square-parent Block ( NYSE:SQ ) reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates, with guidance for Square stock coming in above expectations. Square's earnings for the period ended March 31 were 74 cents per share on an adjusted basis, up 85% from the year-earlier period. Net revenue came in at $5.96 billion, up 19% from a year earlier, including...
Booking Holdings ( NASDAQ:BKNG ) has reported a remarkable surge in earnings for the first quarter, defying earlier concerns about the travel industry's recovery. The company's stellar performance not only exceeded analyst expectations but also underscored a robust demand for travel services despite ongoing global challenges. Unveiling Impressive...
Sony Group Corp. and Apollo Global Management Inc. have proposed a $26 billion deal to buy Paramount Global ( NASDAQ:PARA ), the media giant that owns CBS and MTV. The offer is described as a nonbinding expression of interest and would be an all-cash offer for Paramount shares, plus the assumption of debt. Paramount, controlled by Shari Redstone, is weighing a...
Moderna ( NASDAQ:MRNA ) stock broke out for the first time in a year after beating Wall Street's first-quarter expectations as its second potential approval looms. The company hopes to win Food and Drug Administration approval for its RSV vaccine, which causes cold-like symptoms in most people but can be serious or deadly in babies and older adults. The FDA is due...
Apple is ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) facing low expectations as it prepares to report its second-quarter results, with its reputation as a market leader being refuted this year. The company's reputation for outperforming in all market conditions has been refuted, as it sharply lags peers with better growth, a clearer AI narrative, and a cheaper price tag. However, there may...