Tag: IS CALLED

  • Alibaba’s break-up plan raises hopes that China’s crackdown on technology will come to an end

    March 29 (Reuters) – Shares in Alibaba Group (9988.HK) and other leading Chinese tech companies rose on Wednesday as investors hailed an unprecedented revamp of the Jack Ma-founded company as the beginning of the end of Beijing’s crackdown on the sector. Alibaba said Tuesday it planned to split into six units and explore fundraising or […]

  • AMC Entertainment shares are jumping on report that Amazon is exploring a deal

    March 28 (Reuters) – Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) rose as much as 21% on Tuesday, following a report that e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) was looking to buy the theater chain. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has sent his investment advisers and top entertainment executives to investigate acquisition plans for AMC, entertainment industry […]

  • Nestle to investigate banking relationships after Credit Suisse collapse

    ZURICH, March 28 (Reuters) – Nestle (NESN.S) will examine its banking relationships following the planned acquisition of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) by UBS (UBSG.S), the food group’s CEO Mark Schneider said on Tuesday. The world’s largest food group was a customer of Credit Suisse, Schneider told broadcaster TeleZueri in an interview to be shown Tuesday evening, […]

  • Hindenburg shuts down Jack Dorsey’s payment firm Block, shares collapse

    March 23 (Reuters) – Hindenburg Research announced short positions in Block Inc (SQ.N) on Thursday, claiming the Jack Dorsey-led payments company overstated its user numbers and underestimated its customer acquisition costs. Shares of Block fell 20% to $57.85 in premarket trading after the report. If losses continue through the session, the stock could post its […]

  • The US SEC threatens to sue Coinbase for some crypto products

    March 22 (Reuters) – The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened to sue Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) over some of the crypto exchange’s products, straining the largely unregulated industry to stand. Shares of Coinbase fell nearly 13% to $67.33 in extended trading after the company said Wednesday that the regulator had issued it […]

  • First Republic Could Rally as FDIC Insures Deposits Analyst

    NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) – As beleaguered First Republic Bank (FRC.N) weighs its options, Morgan Stanley analysts say there is a “bull case” for the stock if regulators insure customer deposits until the banking crisis is over. First Republic, whose shares have lost much of their value since the start of the US banking […]

  • GameStop’s surprise profit causes short squeeze, meme stocks soar

    March 22 (Reuters) – Meme share GameStop Corp (GME.N) rose nearly 40% on Wednesday as the video game retailer’s first profitable quarter in two years squeezed bearish investors and sparked a rise in other stocks popular with retailers . AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) gained 3.4%. AMC and GameStop were at the heart of a […]

  • Nvidia announces technology to accelerate chip design at AI conference

    March 21 (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp. (NVDA.O) Chief Executive Jensen Huang unveiled a new product on Tuesday to accelerate semiconductor design as it rolled out a range of new artificial intelligence technologies based on its chips and software. Huang made the remarks at GTC, the company’s annual conference for software developers. Analysts look forward to […]

  • ECB watchdog sees no contagion of Europe after US and Swiss bank rescues

    March 17 (Reuters) – European Central Bank regulators see no contagion for eurozone banks from the recent turmoil, a source said Friday, after US lenders First Republic Bank (FRC.N) tossed a $30bn lifeline and record amounts from the Federal Reserve. To book. Major US banks stepped in on Thursday to bail out the San Francisco-based […]

  • The US banking system is sound, but not all deposits are guaranteed, Yellen tells senators

    WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – The US banking system remains sound and Americans can be confident that their deposits will be there when they are needed, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday, though she denied that recent bailouts following two major bank failures mean there is there was now a general government guarantee for […]