Tag: Marketwatch

Jan 08
Absci stock rockets after collaboration with Merck could lead to more than $600 million in payments

Shares of Absci Corp. ABSI, +17.10% skyrocketed 59.1% on heavy volume in premarket trading Friday, after the biotechnology company said it could be eligible to receive up to $610 million in upfront fees and milestone payments from Merck & Co. Inc. MRK, +1.86% as part of a research collaboration agreement. Trading volume ballooned to 9.7 […]

Jan 08
Papa John's to add 1,350 stores in China by 2040

Papa John’s International Inc. PZZA, +1.39% said early Friday that it has signed a franchisee development agreement with Asian private-equity firm Fountainvest Partners to open more than 1,350 locations in South China by 2040. This is the biggest franchisee deal in Papa John’s history. Fountainvest has also purchased a majority stake in another Papa John’s […]

Jan 08
Boot Barn says preliminary earnings beat the Street

Boot Barn Holdings Inc. BOOT, +0.59% shares rose 3% in Friday premarket trading after the retailer pre-announced fiscal third-quarter results, delivering numbers that beat Street expectations. Boot Barn expects sales of $485.9 million, up from $302.3 million last year and ahead of the FactSet consensus for $452.7 million. Earnings per share are expected to be […]

Jan 08
Wall Street expects up to 40% increase in bonuses

U.S. investment bankers are expected to earn larger bonuses at Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +0.15%, Bank of America Corp. BAC, +2.18%, Morgan Stanley C, +1.34%, JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.99%, Citigroup Inc. C, +1.34% and Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +2.13%, according to a report Friday by efinancialcareers.com. […]

Jan 08
Kanye West partners with Balenciaga for Gap Yeezy collection

Kanye West partners with Balenciaga for Gap Yeezy collection – MarketWatch Skip to main content Latest Watchlist Markets Investing Personal Finance Economy Retirement How to Invest Video Center Live Events MarketWatch Picks Published: Jan. 7, 2022 at 9:29 a.m. ET Kanye West, now known as Ye, has partnered with luxury label Balenciaga on a Yeezy […]

Jan 08
FDA says adults can now get Moderna's COVID-19 booster five months after getting the first two shots

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that adults who have been vaccinated with Moderna Inc.’s MRNA, -1.02% COVID-19 vaccine can get a booster dose five months after completing the primary series of shots. The previous recommendation was to wait six months. Moderna’s stock was down 0.2% in trading on Friday. The suggested window between […]

Jan 08
Cruise stocks surge, after Stifel analyst says 2022 will be the 'Year of the Cruise!'

Shares of cruise operators rallied Friday, to buck the broad-market selloff, after Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski pounded the table on the group, saying 2022 was going to be known as the “Year of the Cruise!” Shares of Royal Caribbean Group RCL, +3.98%, which Wieczynski said was his “top idea for 2022,” climbed 3.6%; Carnival […]

Jan 08
Biden invited to give State of the Union address on March 1

Biden invited to give State of the Union address on March 1 – MarketWatch Skip to main content Latest Watchlist Markets Investing Personal Finance Economy Retirement How to Invest Video Center Live Events MarketWatch Picks Published: Jan. 7, 2022 at 12:55 p.m. ET House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Joe Biden to give his […]

Jan 08
Oil prices end lower for the day, but gain for the week as traders eye unrest in Kazakhstan

Oil prices ended lower on Friday, but finished the week higher as traders kept an eye on unrest in Kazakhstan. Should any significant amount of production from the country be lost, “the bull market in oil will be extended,” said Michael Lynch, president at Strategic Energy & Economic Research. However, “OPEC+ is unlikely to react […]

Jan 07
D.R. Horton stock sinks to lead the S&P 500's losers as rising Treasury yields weigh on home builders

Shares of D.R. Horton Inc. DHI, -6.17% sank 5.8% in afternoon trading Friday, enough to pace the S&P 500’s SPX, -0.41% decliners, as the continued rise in Treasury yields and mortgage rates weighs heavily on the home-builders sector. D.R. Horton’s stock has now tumbled 11.9% this week, which would make it the biggest weekly drop […]