Tag: Marketwatch

Aug 29
Stocks end with back-to-back losses after Dow’s 1,000-point skid on Friday

Stocks booked back-to-back losses on Monday, with the Dow adding to its 1,000-point skid Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed not to back down on fighting inflation until U.S. costs of living fall back to its 2% target range. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.57% shed about 183 points, or 0.6%, to […]

Aug 29
All three major U.S. stock indexes remain down in final hour of trading

U.S. stocks narrowed their morning losses, but remained broadly lower in the final hour of trading on Monday. Dow industrials DJIA, -0.57% and the S&P 500 SPX, -0.67% were down by around 0.1% each, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.02% was off 0.4%. Equities have been weighed down by Friday’s remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman […]

Aug 29
Faraday Future to set special shareholder meeting amid steep stock losses

Embattled EV maker Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. FFIE, -8.00% said Monday it has filed a revised preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of a special shareholder meeting. Faraday Future, which last month announced another delay for its planned EV as it seeks to raise money to operate through the […]

Aug 29
Gray Television gives raises to 2,000 employees by raising minimum wage to $18/hour

Gray Television Inc. GTN, -0.40% said Monday that it will start paying a minimum wage of $18 per hour, effective Oct. 1. The TV station owner’s new hourly wage, for all full-time, non-commissioned and non-contracted employees, will give a raise to about 2,000 employees. The new wage is 60% higher than the federal Executive Order […]

Aug 29
U.S. stocks open lower as Wall Street selloff continues

U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as the selloff on Wall Street continued following Friday’s 1,000-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.91% pulled back 255 points, or 0.8%, to 32,027. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.94% dropped 32 points, or 0.8%, to 4,026. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.17% […]

Aug 29
Dow in danger of another unanimous selloff as all 30 stocks fall premarket

All 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.03% components are falling in premarket trading Monday, as the previous session’s 1000+-point plunge, sparked by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, looked set to continue. Dow futures YM00, -0.70% slid 277 points, or 0.9%. The biggest Dow decliner ahead of the open was Dow Inc.’s […]

Aug 27
Federal judge signals openness to Trump request for special master to review Mar-a-Lago files

Federal judge Aileen Cannon late Saturday set a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 1, on Donald Trump’s request that a special master be appointed to review the documents and other materials recovered by the FBI during a search of the former president’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., rather than allow the FBI to continue its […]

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 […]