GameStop ( NYSE:GME ) stock has risen 13.1% to its highest close since December, marking a resurgence for the videogame retailer and original meme stock. The stock closed at $18.01, its highest since December 28, when it ended at $18.07. GameStop ( NYSE:GME ) shares also recorded their biggest single daily percentage gain since May 3, when they climbed 29.1%....
A financial executive, Bruce Garelick, has been convicted of enabling his boss and others to make over $22 million illegally by trading off his tips ahead of the public announcement that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump's media company public. Garelick was convicted of tipping others in 2021 to news that the special purpose acquisition...
EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NYSE:EPAM ), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, announced its results for the first quarter of 2024, which were down 3.8% year-over-year. The company's CEO and President, Arkadiy Dobkin, stated that the company's solid performance in the first quarter reflects its adaptability to a challenging...
Amazon ( NASDAQ:AMZN ) has announced its intention to launch a dedicated online store in Ireland in 2025. This move, according to the company, will provide Irish customers with a wide selection of great value products with fast delivery, while also offering opportunities for small- and medium-sized Irish businesses to reach a bigger audience at home and abroad....
Ripple and XRPL Labs have joined Hedera developer Swirlds Labs and the Algorand Foundation as founding members of the Decentralized Recovery (DeRec) Alliance. The alliance aims to standardize and expedite digital asset recovery in the web3 industry, particularly for crypto non-experts. The DeRec Alliance was founded by Hedera co-founder Leemon Baird to provide an...
After a deeper corrective decline, Bitcoin ( CRYPTOCAP:BTC ) bounces strongly, suggesting that the correction may be over at the ideal 38,2% Fibonacci retracement near 56k support. A bullish continuation within wave could send the price back to all-time highs towards 75k-80k area, but short-term pullbacks should be noted. Bitcoin ( CRYPTOCAP:BTC ) price has been...
YETI (NYSE: NYSE:YETI ) reported better-than-expected Q1 CY2024 results, with revenue up 12.7% YoY to $341.4 million. The company made a non-GAAP profit of $0.34 per share, improving from its $0.18 per share in the same quarter last year. YETI's Q1 CY2024 highlights included a balanced, double-digit growth across both wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels, as...
Robinhood shares ( NASDAQ:HOOD ) rose after the retail brokerage reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, with net income of $157 million, or 18 cents per share, and record revenue of $618 million. Cryptocurrency transactions accounted for $126 million in revenue in the quarter. The company's earnings per share and revenue numbers were both records...
Airbnb shares ( NASDAQ:ABNB ) fell more than 8% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company issued a weaker-than-expected current-quarter outlook, overshadowing its strong Q1 results that topped Wall Street expectations. The company said its current-quarter results face "a significant sequential headwind" from the timing of Easter, an added leap-year day in...
Roblox ( NYSE:RBLX ), an online gaming platform and game creation system, missed analysts' expectations in Q1 CY2024, with revenue up 22.3% year on year to $801.3 million. The company's next quarter's revenue guidance of $867.5 million also underwhelmed, coming in 7.6% below analysts' estimates. Roblox ( NYSE:RBLX ) made a GAAP loss of $0.43 per share, improving...
Warner Bros. Discovery ( NASDAQ:WBD ) reported first-quarter results that missed analyst expectations on both the top and bottom lines, despite strength in its streaming unit. The company's stock fell nearly 4% in premarket trading. The company, which owns streaming service Max, a portfolio of cable TV networks including TNT and Discovery, and a film studio, said...
Upstart Holdings, Inc., ( NASDAQ:UPST ) the leading AI lending marketplace, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended March 31, 2024. The company reported a 24% increase in revenue to $128 million, while total fee revenue increased 18% year-over-year. Transaction volume and conversion rate reached $1.1 billion across the...
Bain Capital is in discussions to purchase education-software provider PowerSchool ( NYSE:PWSC ), a company based in Folsom, California. The $6 billion deal is still weeks away from being finalized, and it is expected to arrive at a time when private equity-led buyouts appear to be undergoing a resurgence. PowerSchool ( NYSE:PWSC ), which makes cloud-based...
Intel Corp ( NASDAQ:INTC ) has revised its current-quarter revenue guidance after the US Department of Commerce revoked certain licenses for exporting certain items to a Chinese company. The move comes amid U.S. alarm at Huawei's ability to develop advanced chips, as demonstrated in the Mate 60 Pro smartphone released in August, despite sweeping export controls...
Celsius ( LSE:CEL ), the native token of Celsius Network, has experienced a 370% price rally in a week, defying market selloff. The rally is attributed to the token's massive burn initiated recently, which resulted in the destruction of 94% of its total supply. This massive incineration led to a weekly pump of roughly 370% for the token, which is part of the...
Consumer financing firm Affirm Holdings ( NASDAQ:AFRM ) reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the March quarter, while revenue and other financial metrics beat Wall Street targets. Guidance came in above expectations, and Affirm stock was down 8.8% in morning trading. The company reported a 43-cent per share loss for the three months ended March 31, compared...
Toncoin ( LSE:TON ) will be listed on HashKey Exchange, a licensed virtual asset exchange in Hong Kong, starting on May 9. The listing schedule includes deposits and withdrawals, with the trading pair TON/USD available only to professional traders. The partnership between TON Foundation and HashKey Group extends beyond listing arrangements, as both entities...
Reddit shares ( NYSE:RDDT ) rose 10% after the social media platform posted strong revenue growth and improved profitability in its first earnings report since its market debut. The company surprised Wall Street with a forecast that it could post an adjusted profit in the second quarter, and its revenue outlook was far above estimates. Reddit's revenue for the...