Shoppers explore a mostly empty mall in Columbus, Ohio. Matthew Hatcher | Getty Images Don’t expect the stream of departures from retailers’ C-suites to stop anytime soon. Already this year, Gap and Bed Bath & Beyond abruptly replaced their CEOs as the companies’ sales plunged. GameStop fired its chief financial officer in the middle of
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U.S. stock futures traded higher on Wednesday morning after a sharp rally for the three major indexes during Tuesday’s regular trading session. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 83 points, or 0.26%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.28% and 0.32%, respectively. Netflix surged more than 7% in after-hours trading after saying it lost
In this article NFLX Good enough. Netflix didn’t blow the roof off its second-quarter earnings. It announced it lost about 1 million global subscribers in the quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter it has hemorrhaged customers. And it lost 1.3 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, marking the third time in the last five
In this article GS IBM BA IBM CEO Arvind Krishna appears at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. IBM – Shares of IBM slipped 6.6% after the tech company
In this article NFLX Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Netflix reports its second-quarter earnings Tuesday, and the run-up feels like hurricane preparation. A storm is coming. It’s probably going to be bad. Shareholders are praying the foundation is sturdy enough to withstand the damage. Netflix remains the world’s largest streaming service, but the
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, July 13, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were flat after the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 200 points during Monday’s session, reversing an earlier rally as earnings season continued in earnest. Dow Jones Industrial
In this article MCD Chris Kempczinski, McDonald’s, speaks during a press conference in New York, November 17, 2016. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters McDonald’s franchisees unhappy with changes being made to ownership terms are expressing a lack of confidence in the company’s CEO and U.S. president, according to a new survey of owners that was viewed
In this article GSBD SCHW GS U.S. stock index futures were modestly higher during overnight trading Sunday as Wall Street looks ahead to a busy week of earnings. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.25%. S&P 500 futures were up 0.4%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.5%. The major averages are
A waiter works at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Jeff Rothenberg has grown accustomed to long wait times at restaurants, even when tables are visibly open. “Another restaurant we went to had open seats outside, but when we went to the host, they mentioned
In this article WFC Charles Scharf Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Friday that second-quarter profit declined 48% from a year earlier as the firm set aside funds for bad loans and was stung by declines in its equity holdings. Here are the numbers: Earnings per share: 74 cents, including an
In this article SAVE ULCC JBLU LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday reversed its stance on Spirit Airlines‘ planned tie-up with Frontier Airlines, urging Spirit shareholders to vote against the deal and calling JetBlue Airways‘ all-cash
Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi, says she is convinced Europe will fall into recession as it faces the impact of the war in Ukraine and the resultant energy crisis. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Citigroup is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell Friday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings
In this article KSS People walk near a Kohl’s department store entranceway on June 07, 2022 in Doral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Kohl’s said its chief technology and supply chain officer, Paul Gaffney, is set to depart the retailer on Aug. 1, according to a securities filing. Kohl’s said that Siobhan McFeeney, who has
Citigroup offices in New York City. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Pinterest — Shares of the image-sharing social media company surged 15% on a report from the Wall Street Journal that Elliott Management has acquired a more than 9% stake. Citigroup — Citigroup rallied 11% after second-quarter
In this article DIS ESPN Mike Windle | ESPN | Getty Images Disney is increasing the price of its sports streaming service ESPN+ to $9.99 per month, a 43% increase. The previous price of ESPN+ had been $6.99 per month. The increase will kick in on Aug. 23. An annual subscription to ESPN+ will jump
In this article M00-FF BLK RIO-GB UNH PINS WFC Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: UnitedHealth (UNH) – The health insurer’s stock rose 1.7% in the premarket after its quarterly earnings and revenue beat forecasts, and it raised its full-year outlook. The company’s results were helped in part by a strong performance
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images More home sellers are dropping their asking prices as rising mortgage interest rates and inflation have slowed down competition in the housing market. Some cities are seeing more price cuts than others. Boise, Idaho, took the lead in June, with 61.5% of sellers cutting their asking prices, according
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures rose slightly Thursday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined following a disappointing start to second quarter earnings from the country’s largest banks. More major bank results