(Reuters) -Gap raised its annual sales forecast and its first-quarter results beat market expectations, boosted by strength in its Old Navy and Gap brands as budget-strained Americans snap up its trendy denim bottoms and active wear apparel. Shares of the company surged 21% after the bell as the Banana Republic owner saw strong spring shopping,…
(Reuters) -Dell Technologies beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, ending a streak of six-quarters of decline, but its results fail to impress investors, sending its shares down more than 13% in extended trading. A surge in demand for high-performance computing and large-scale data centers to support growing adoption of generative AI has…
(Reuters) – Merck on Wednesday agreed to acquire privately held biotech EyeBio for as much as $3 billion, the latest in a string of deals by the US drugmaker to bolster its future growth. It agreed to pay $1.3 billion in cash and another $1.7 billion in future milestone-based payments for EyeBio, and will gain…
(Reuters) -ConocoPhillips on Wednesday agreed to buy Marathon Oil in a $22.5 billion all-stock deal, the latest in a series of mega-deals in the oil and gas industry as companies look to bolster reserves. The U.S. oil and gas industry has been riding a consolidation wave over the last two years. Last year was one…
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay $197 million to resolve a class action by millions of consumers accusing the financial payment companies of keeping cash access fees artificially high. The plaintiffs’ lawyers revealed the proposed accord on Wednesday in a filing in Washington, D.C., federal court. The settlement involves…
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) – Nvidia’s shares rallied around 6% to hit a record high on Tuesday, leaving the AI chipmaker’s stock market value about $100 billion away from overtaking Apple in a major reshuffle of Wall street’s biggest players. Last trading at $1,128, Nvidia’s market capitalization reached $2.8 trillion, compared to a market value…
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Elon Musk is offering factory tours to 15 Tesla shareholders who vote on his $56 billion pay package at the upcoming meeting, the latest effort by the electric vehicle maker to rally votes for the compensation after a court struck it down. The upcoming vote is seen as…
(Reuters) – American Airlines on Tuesday cut its second-quarter profit forecast, sending the shares of the carrier down about 4% in aftermarket trading. The company now expects second-quarter adjusted earnings per diluted share to be between $1.00 and $1.15, down from its previous expectations of between $1.15 and $1.45 per share. It now expects total…
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – FTX’s bankruptcy lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell were not complicit in the fraud that caused the crypto company to collapse, a court-appointed examiner concluded on Thursday. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in November of stealing $8 billion from FTX customers. FTX creditors and investors had accused…
(Reuters) – Anglo American was pressed by key shareholders including BlackRock to extend talks with BHP Group over its proposed 38.6 billion pound ($49.18 billion) mining merger, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. BHP, the world’s biggest listed mining group, now has until May 29 to make a firm bid for Anglo American or it…
