Google’s parent company; Alphabet, reported Q2 earnings on Tuesday, beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines, sending the stock up as much as 6% in after-hours trading. Google ad revenues totaled $58.14 billion in the quarter, better than the $57.5 billion expected and $56.3 billion reported in the …
Read More »Q1 Earnings Season Highlights: Top 5
Despite fears of an economic slowdown or recession, Wall Street’s first-quarter earnings season provided a ray of hope, as the results largely suggested that things may not be as bad as previously anticipated. The data are in, and they reflect a narrative of resilience, with over 95% of S&P 500 …
Read More »Tesla’s earnings drop more than 20% from last year
Shares in electric vehicle maker, Tesla, dropped 4% after the company reported Q1 earnings after the bell. Here are the results. Earnings per share are 85 cents adjusted versus 85 cents expected, according to the average analyst estimates. Tesla’s revenues were $23.33 billion as opposed to the $23.21 billion anticipated. …
Read More »Elon Musk is assembling a team to develop a competitor to ChatGPT
A report by The Information on Monday quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks about setting up a new research lab to develop an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report stated that Musk, the head of Tesla and Twitter, …
Read More »Higher car prices drive Stellantis to 2022 net profit beat
Stellantis NV announced a new share buyback program for 2023 after the automaker posted better-than-expected annual profit, thanks to price hikes that helped outweigh lower car shipments in Europe and elevated input costs. The automaker formed from a merger between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot-owner PSA Group in 2021 reported a 26% year-on-year jump …
Read More »Will Fed step down pace of interest rate hiking?
Tomorrow is Jerome Powell’s last FOMC speech for 2022. The Federal Reserve has previously signaled a general tendency to step down the pace of interest rate hikes upon concluding its two-day meeting on Wednesday, with extensive expectations of a half-point rate hike to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. Nevertheless, …
Read More »Roblox Stock Fell 5% Before Earnings For This Reason
Roblox is expected to report earnings on Wednesday, and investors are getting ready for foreseen disappointment.Roblox warned investors last month that bookings were down roughly 7% to 10% per user in September. In the case of Roblox, “bookings” basically means customer purchases of Robux virtual currency, to spend later in …
Read More »Musk slashes Twitter’s workforce on claims about revenues
News outlets published claims that Twitter’s entire curation team was fired. Elon Musk ended his first week as Twitter’s owner with an indelible mark by slashing, by some estimates, up to half of the company’s workforce with little notice and abruptly cutting off employees’ access to their computers and work …
Read More »Fortuna Silver Earnings Retreat On Weaker Silver Price
Fortuna Silver released its Q2 results this week, reporting quarterly production of 1.65 million ounces of silver and 62,200 ounces of gold, translating to a meaningful increase in revenue. However, with the impacts of provisional pricing adjustments, an inventory write-down, inflationary pressures, and weaker silver prices, earnings were down sharply …
Read More »Starbucks earnings beat Wall Street estimates
Starbucks on Tuesday reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue, despite lockdowns in China Here’s what the company reported for the quarter ended July 3 compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Here’s what the company reported for the quarter ended July 3 …
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