Apple reported iPhone revenue of $56 billion for its fiscal first quarter on Tuesday, blowing past analysts’ estimates, proving that the new iPhone 11 is off to a strong start. IPhone revenue for the quarter rose 8% from a year earlier and climbed from the fourth quarter when Apple generated $33.36 billion in iPhone sales.
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Customers look at Apple’s new iPhone 11 series smartphones at an Apple retail store at the IFC Mall in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Take a look at the companies making headlines after the bell. Apple – Apple stock rose 2.5% after it reported strong fourth-quarter
A father and daughter play with a digital tablet at an Estée Lauder store in Shanghai. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Chinese coronavirus is forcing Wall Street to turn sour on certain stocks. Bank of America downgraded shares of Wynn Resorts to neutral from buy and Oppenheimer downgraded shares of cosmetic company
If you can clear a few hurdles, high health care costs might help lower your 2019 tax bill. The deduction for medical expenses is one of the few tax breaks currently available to individuals, due to tax-law changes in effect from 2018 through 2025 that doubled the standard deduction and eliminated most other write-offs. As
Starbucks President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson is pictured at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 20, 2019. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, but investors focused on its warning that the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could deal a blow to
Apple reported revenue and profit significantly higher than what Wall Street analysts expected and spiked as much as 3% before settling down up around 1% in after-hours trading Apple’s revenue was up 9% to $91.8 billion which beat its own guidance. That’s a significant change from the same quarter last year when it had to
The Federal Reserve heads into its first meeting of the new decade with its key responsibility — interest rates — well resolved, but with a slew of other less headline-grabbing but still significant decisions on the table. Practically no one expects the central bank to move its benchmark borrowing rate until at least September. Central
A customer holds boxes of 3M Co. 8247 R95 particulate respirators at a pharmacy in the Central district of Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of industrial giant 3M said Tuesday that the company is increasing production of its respiratory protection products, such as
Kathy Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The agency created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from abuse is being gutted from the inside, according to some consumer advocates and legal experts. A new enforcement policy at the Consumer Financial Protection
The spread of the coronavirus is causing concern for members of the public and global financial markets, but health experts are keen to put the virus into context. Chinese health authorities said Tuesday that the coronavirus outbreak has killed 106 people and infected 4,515. The officials also said 60 people had been discharged. While the
U.S. industrial giant 3M forecast 2020 profit below expectations and narrowly missed quarterly revenue estimates on Tuesday, as it faces sluggish demand in Asia, its largest market outside the United States, sending its shares down 2.4%. 3M, which makes everything from adhesive tapes to air filters, also said it would cut 1,500 jobs globally as it
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: 3M (MMM) – 3M reported quarterly profit of $1.95 per share, compared to a consensus estimate of $2.10 a share. However, that number included a 20 cents a share charge for newly announced job cuts totaling 1,500. Revenue came in slightly below Wall Street forecasts. Pfizer
A battery start-up that’s backed by iPod inventor and Nest founder Tony Fadell, and which claims to have found a green and scalable way to make lithium-ion batteries more efficient, on Tuesday announced that it raised $18.5 million in its Series A funding round. New Orleans-based Advano is focused on increasing batteries’ energy density by
Hill Street Studios Here’s a head-scratcher: Getting a raise could hurt your standard of living in retirement. That conclusion seems counterintuitive. After all, wouldn’t saving the same percentage of a larger paycheck yield more savings, and therefore a healthier retirement? Not exactly, according to new research published by Morningstar. “Raises — and how we spend
Laborers work in the Qingdao branch of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile in Qingdao, China. STR | AFP | Getty Images Automakers are withdrawing employees from China and weighing whether to suspend manufacturing in the country as the virus that emerged in Wuhan less than a month ago ravages the mainland. Most major automakers have restricted or banned
U.S. Treasury yields are sliding, and that could negatively impact financial institutions, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “Worries about a worldwide slowdown mean people will buy [U.S.] Treasurys, and when people buy Treasurys, interest rates go down,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Lower long-term rates translate to lower earnings for the banks, which is why
American multinational sport clothing brand Nike store seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Getty Images The deadly coronavirus, whose spread accelerated around the globe, is battering the stock market, and some U.S. companies are particularly vulnerable to the disease as their growth has been driven by Chinese consumers. Wall Street analysts
Jetta Productions Inc Bring out your box of receipts. Tax season begins today. Eager taxpayers can start filing their 2019 tax returns on Monday, Jan. 27. The IRS expects it will receive more than 150 million returns. People with elaborate returns can ask for a six-month extension to file, but they have until April 15
U.S. health officials are currently monitoring 110 people across 26 states for the coronavirus, including the five patients who contracted the deadly infection in China and brought it back to America. The disease, which has killed at least 81 people in China and sickened more than 2,800 worldwide, isn’t spreading within the community in the
Retired L.A. Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, told CNBC in 2016 he hoped people would remember him more for investing than basketball in 20 years. “Playing basketball, the focus is always on winning — winning championships, winning championships, winning championships,” Bryant said during a CNBC “Squawk on the