US stocks closed red on Friday, despite showing some recovery and optimism after the opening bell. The benchmark S&P 500 index slipped 0.61%, leaving it about 5% below its most recent peak. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.93%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 119 points, or 0.25%. Rising oil prices tied to geopolitical […]
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA) is being punished this morning after the cosmetics retailer posted a profit miss and issued “conservative” guidance for the full year. Investors bailed on ULTA also because its operating margin contracted by a significant 220 bps in the fourth quarter. Still, there’s reason to believe that Ulta Beauty stock remains well-positioned […]
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) plunged by nearly 2% in Friday afternoon trading, extending a shaky stretch for semiconductor names amid a cautious sentiment. Even though the broader indices remained steady today, the investors are weighing oil prices, geopolitical tension and renewed concerns about AI chip exports. Friday’s pullback in AMD stock added to Thursday’s […]
BigBear.ai Holdings (NYSE: BBAI) stock plunged nearly 3% on Friday and is trading around $3.95 at press time. The stock sliced through its intraday support at $4.00, on blistering volume that dwarfed its three-month average by nearly 70%. The drop left shares nursing losses from a brief post-earnings surge earlier this week, as investors digested […]
Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) is trading 0.5% down on Friday amid broader volatility in equities owing to the uncertainties around the US-Iran conflict. But the weakness in Tesla stock came as investors weighed developments that could keep the buy-the-dip case alive. Tesla has been volatile from the previous few sessions as the investors struggle between […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday that it is investigating Nike for allegedly discriminating against white workers. The agency that polices discrimination in the workplace filed an action in federal court in Missouri to compel the publicly traded athletic shoe and apparel giant to produce information in response to a subpoena the agency […]
LOS ANGELES — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements for the first, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, begin this week. Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube will face claims that their […]
The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds. The bankruptcy filing marks the third time in a little over two decades for the storied-but-now-tired brand that began as a Seattle fishing shop, later […]
CHICAGO — Cardi B was part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. What she did exactly, well, that turned into a perplexing question for two major prediction markets. At least one Kalshi trader filed a complaint with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over how the prediction market handled Sunday’s appearance by the Grammy-winning rapper. […]
The head of the Justice Department’s antitrust unit said Thursday she is leaving the role, effective immediately, at a critical moment for corporate mergers in America. Gail Slater, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust Division, wrote on X: ‘It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as […]