Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Katherine Taylor | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Amazon – The e-commerce giant’s stock surged more than 10% in extended trading after the company reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter. Amazon reported earnings of $6.47 per share on revenue of $87.44 billion, while analysts
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Elon Musk Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn’t have a lot of love for Wall Street – a fact he often mentions, including on Wednesday night’s earnings conference call. To begin with, Musk’s company hosts an nontraditional quarterly call with shareholders: After making a short statement about Tesla’s results,
Anfisa Kameneva | EyeEm | Getty Images Many workers don’t have access to retirement savings programs. That is changing. Now, efforts on both a national and state level aim to give more individuals access to plans. In December, Congress ushered in the Secure Act. Among the changes included in the legislation are new ways for
Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 29, 2020. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images All times below are in Eastern time. 7:48 am: Russia closes border with China Russia plans to close
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon’s ongoing effort to get orders to your doorstep more quickly is likely to drag down profit numbers when the company reports fourth-quarter results
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Coca-Cola (KO) – The beverage giant matched estimates with quarterly earnings of 44 cents per share, with revenue above Street forecasts. Coca-Cola also said it had its largest market share gain – as measured by value – in nearly a decade. Verizon (VZ) – Verizon missed
Michael Corbat, CEO, Citigroup, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC Citigroup is making a push for investors’ dollars with a new digital robo-advisor that’s free for customers with at least $50,000 in deposits or investments at the bank. That’s the threshold needed to qualify for
eclipse_images | E+ | Getty Images If you can’t beat the crypto crowd, it might be time to join them, experts say. Virtual currency and its underlying technology, blockchain, are here to stay – and that means both will play some role in investors’ lives. “It’s actually very hard to decouple blockchain and bitcoin,” said
There is a reason that Chile is one of the hottest global traveler destinations these days, and the Atacama Desert is one of its shining stars. Beige, rocky and seemingly lifeless, the north-easternmost part of Chile — generally regarded as the driest desert on earth — feels more like the surface of the moon than
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks to meetings for technology regulations and social media issues in Washington on September 19, 2019. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Facebook users are clicking on more ads than before, according to the company’s own tools that are provided to advertisers, suggesting the company will announce strong fourth quarter
2016A statue is seen next to the logo of Germany’s Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Deutsche Bank on Thursday posted a full-year net loss of 5.3 billion euros ($5.8 billion) amid a huge transformation project, the cost of which the German lender said is now 70% complete. The German lender announced
A deadly spreading virus is now worrying some of the world’s biggest companies. The word “virus” or “coronavirus” was mentioned by 27 different S&P Composite 1500 companies on earnings calls this week, according to CNBC’s screening using FactSet. The Wuhan virus has infected more than 6,100 people in China, topping the number of cases from
The Federal Reserve‘s decision Wednesday to keep interest rates steady came as a relief to many. For good reason. Although the federal funds rate, which is what banks charge one another for short-term borrowing, is not the rate that consumers pay, the Fed’s moves still affect the borrowing and saving rates they see every day.
People with protective face masks pass in front of a thermal scanner as they enter a shopping mall in Bangkok on January 29, 2020. Mladen Antonov | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. 7:36 am: Death toll of coronavirus climbs
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on October 23, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Facebook is set to report
[The stream is slated to start at 2:30 pm ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday with reporters following the central bank’s two-day policy meeting. The central bank decided to keep rates unchanged on Wednesday. Over the past few months,
Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett, a life-long newspaper fan and booster, is giving up on his bet that local news would help protect papers in small to medium-sized cities. Berkshire Hathaway is selling its 31 newspapers to Lee Enterprises for $140 million in cash. The deal includes Buffett’s home-town daily, The
With the Powerball jackpot close to $400 million for Wednesday night’s drawing, you may be daydreaming about what you would do if you win. Among past recipients of huge jackpots — whether Powerball or Mega Millions — some common themes emerge when it comes to how they intended to handle their sudden windfall, based on
Amid concerns about the Coronavirus causing illness and deaths in China, many parade goers during New York City, New York’s annual Lunar New Year parade wore surgical masks, January 25, 2020. EuropaNewswire | Gado | Getty Images U.S. health officials are fast-tracking work on a coronavirus vaccine, hoping to start an early-stage trial within the
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the Tesla China-made Model 3 Delivery Ceremony in Shanghai. STR | AFP | Getty Images Tesla shares have skyrocketed by about 120% since the electric car maker last delivered an earnings report in October, and investors eagerly anticipate the company’s fourth quarter results, which it is scheduled to report