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Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Verizon – Shares of the telecommunications giant were up 2% in after-hours trading after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a big stake in Verizon. As of Dec. 31, Berkshire Hathaway owned 146,716,496 Verizon shares worth $8.6 billion at the end of 2020. SolarEdge –

U.S. stock index futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday after the Dow closed at a record high. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 11 points. S&P futures were unchanged, while Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.13%. The move comes after the Dow closed at a record high during regular

Airline industry workers hold signs during a protest in Federal Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, on September 9, 2020. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI | AFP | Getty Images Most new claims for unemployment benefits are coming from repeat layoffs, according to new research, hinting at unstable work prospects for a broad swath of Americans and signaling another dimension

As a record amount of money flows into the market, Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue sees a troubling trend. Shue, who oversees almost $136 billion in assets, is concerned retail investors are rushing into stocks and cryptocurrencies that are high risk and offer few benefits — if any at all. “It’s a little bit of chasing

Pedestrians walk in snow past the Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes rose at the start of extended trading Monday evening after finishing strong last week. Dow futures rose 180 points, suggested an implied open

Neil Woodford, Woodford Investment Management. Woodford Investment Management LONDON — Neil Woodford, the former U.K. star stockpicker whose investment firm collapsed in 2019, has said “sorry” to investors as he shared plans to make a comeback with a new business.  Woodford said in an interview with The Telegraph, published Saturday, that he was “very sorry

The bronze Charging Bull in the financial district of New York City. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images  LONDON — The SPAC craze is starting to gain some momentum in Europe.   After a banner year for so-called special purpose acquisition companies in the U.S., a growing number of blank-check firms are raising funds with the intention

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Bill Michael, U.K. chairman of accounting giant KPMG, has quit his role after telling staff to stop moaning about the coronavirus pandemic during a virtual meeting earlier this week.  KPMG on Friday confirmed that Michael, who has headed up the U.K. firm since 2017, had resigned

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Desktop Metal Inc. (NYSE: DM), today, Thursday, December 10, 2020, in celebration of its listing. To honor the occasion, Ric Fulop, Co-Founder and CEO, rings The Opening Bell®. NYSE Roger Lee of Battery Ventures says that “SPAC” used to be a “bad four-letter word” in Silicon Valley. Now, the

Luis Alvarez The GameStop bubble has come and gone but the rookie investors who speak emoji and Reddit may be here to stay with big implications for brokerage firms, as well as traditional investors who must pay closer attention to where this fast-moving, smartphone app-wielding crowd is moving next. “We believe some of the new

A visitor wearing a mask walks outside the Shanghai Disney Resort, that will be closed during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Shanghai, China January 24, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Walt Disney Company — Shares of the

Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks at the Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters There is growing hostility to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among an increasing number of policymakers in Washington, D.C. Last year, some in Congress called for a merger

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walt Disney (DIS) – Disney reported quarterly profit of 32 cents per share, surprising analysts who had expected a loss of 41 cents per share. Disney saw a not-unexpected slump in theme park attendance and box office results due to Covid, but the

A man wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 walks in London. May James | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images The U.K. economy contracted by 9.9% in 2020, its largest annual contraction since records began, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged economic activity. In the final quarter of the

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Futures tied to major U.S. equity benchmarks were flat in overnight trading on Thursday as Wall Street looked set to wrap up the week with modest gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dipped 27 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC on Thursday the company discussed but “quickly dismissed” the idea of buying bitcoin with corporate cash like Telsa. However, Khosrowshahi said Uber would consider accepting cryptocurrencies as payment. The comments come after Tesla announced earlier this week that it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin with some cash on

Whitney Wolfe Herd speaks onstage during the Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference at Monarch Beach Resort on November 13, 2017 in Dana Point, California. Joe Scarnici | Getty Images Entertainment When 31-year-old Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd takes her company public this week, she will be noted not only for her youth but

U.S. stock index futures moved higher during overnight trading on Wednesday as stocks looked to build on February’s momentum. Futures contracts tied to the Dow gained 34 points, or 0.09%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.06% and 0.07%, respectively. The move comes after the Dow advanced 63 points during regular trading hours

The red hot SPAC market is getting even hotter in 2021, raising concerns about rampant speculation detached from reason that could leave retail investors fresh off the GameStop bust holding the bag. Not only are special purpose acquisition companies raising a record level of capital — more than $30 billion so far for its biggest

U.S. stock were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday following the regular session that snapped a six-day winning streak on Wall Street. Dow futures rose 35 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.14% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.13%. Better-than-expected earnings from Twitter, Lyft, Cisco Systems, Mattel and Yelp boosted sentiment on Wall Street. Lyft reported