Category: Market News

Aug 27
Facebook agrees to settlement in Cambridge Analytica user-privacy case

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META, -4.15% has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought up by users concerning the company’s practices in sharing data with Cambridge Analytica, a Friday court filing shows. The two parties in the case filed a joint notice saying that they “reached a settlement in principle” and were asking […]

Aug 27
Arlo Technologies gets new CFO from IoT company CalAmp

Arlo Technologies Inc. ARLO, -3.56% said late Friday that Chief Financial Officer Gordon Mattingly will resign on Sept. 21, with Kurt Binder, currently the CFO of internet-of-things software company CalAmp Corp. CAMP, -1.44%, taking over the role after Mattingly’s departure. Before CalAmp, Binder held “significant” positions in finance and business management, the maker of smart […]

Aug 26
Dow posts 1,000-point drop Friday after Powell warns of pain for households, businesses

The Dow skid 1,008 points on Friday, marking its biggest pullback in more than three months, as stocks sold off sharply after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned of the pain to households and businesses to come as the central bank works to bring inflation back to its 2% target. The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

Aug 26
Dow plunges almost 900 points as stock-market losses accelerate in final hour of trading

Losses in the U.S. stock market have steepened in the final hour of trading on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.03% down more than 880 points as investors digest hawkish remarks made by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell this morning at the Jackson Hole economic symposium. The Dow was down around 2.7% […]

Aug 26
Gold futures end lower for the session and week after Powell’s remarks

Gold futures settled Friday with a loss for the session as well as the week after remarks at the Jackson Hole retreat from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pointed to more interest rate hikes as the central bank continues its efforts to tame inflation. It seems that everyone settled on the “‘tighter for longer’ interpretation,” […]

Aug 26
Dow sheds 400 points, stocks drop after Fed’s Powell warns of more pain from inflation fight

U.S. stocks tumbled Friday to session lows after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered blunt remarks on the pain the U.S. inflation fight likely will cause households and businesses at the annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming economic summit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.94% was down 406 points, or 1.2%, trading near 32,880, while the […]

Aug 26
U.S. stocks open mixed ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s speech as inflation gauge for July fell

U.S. stocks opened mixed Friday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Wyoming, as investors digested data showing price pressure eased in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.22% was up 0.2% soon after the opening bell, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.50% rose less than […]

Aug 26
Electronic Arts surges 14% on report of sale to Amazon

Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. EA, +1.59% soared 14% in premarket trading on Friday following reports that Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +2.60% is planning to announce a deal to buy the videogame maker. According to USA Today, which broke the news, rumors have been circling online about a potential acquisition for EA, with Amazon, Apple Inc. […]

Aug 26
Nio says nearly complete independent review rebuts short-seller allegations

In a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio NIO, +6.41% 9866, +1.39% said an independent review of allegations made by a short-seller that is now substantially complete found they were not substantiated. The brief statement said the review was led by three independent directors with the help of an […]

Aug 25
Open Text plans to acquire Micro Focus at $6 billion valuation

Open Text Corp. OTEX, +0.08% shares sank 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company announced plans to acquire British software company Micro Focus MFGP, +0.97% at a valuation of $6 billion. Open Text said it would pay 532 pence for each share of Micro Focus, roughly double the stock’s closing price on the London […]