Новости за 19.02.2016

A top executive at Yahoo Inc. on Thursday said the company missed revenue targets last year because it was too focused on adding users instead of selling ads

What investors should watch for, and why a Hollywood hospital paid hackers $17,000.

What investors should watch for, and why a Hollywood hospital paid hackers $17,000.

Poland’s national archive said Thursday that the country’s legendary anticommunist leader Lech Walesa had in his early years been a spy for communist secret police, in an official confirmation of the existence of documents that has been suspected for decades

California officials said Thursday that a massive natural-gas leak west of Los Angeles that displaced several thousand residents has been plugged after nearly four months.

Qualcomm Inc. shares rose in the extended session Thursday after the chipmaker said it entered into a patent licensing agreement with China's Lenovo Group Ltd. . Qualcomm shares advanced 1.2% to $49.65 after hours. Under the agreement, Lenovo gets a royalty-bearing patent license from Qualcomm to develop, make, and sell certain 3G and 4G mobile devices under the Motorola and Lenovo brands. Qualcomm did not release financial details of the deal.

Either the Atlanta Fed is wrong and the U.S. economy is headed towards deep recession or the Treasury market is significantly mispriced.

Either the Atlanta Fed is wrong and the U.S. economy is headed towards deep recession or the Treasury market is significantly mispriced.

The shift to negative interest rates will only compound the risks of financial instability and set the stage for the next economic crisis, warns Stephen Roach.

Shares of TrueCar Inc. tanked in Thursday's extended session after the online car-shopping site issued weak quarterly and full-year outlooks. TrueCar reported its fourth-quarter loss widened $27.4 million, or 33 cents a share, from a loss of $9.8 million, or 13 cents a share. On an adjusted basis, the company lost 6 cents a share. Revenue rose to $63.6 million from $55.5 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast a loss of 4 cents a share and revenue of $65.3 million. TrueCar projected... Читать дальше...

Hearing loss affects more than 7 million boomers in the workforce.

Trinity Industries Inc. shares fell in the extended session after the maker of railcars and barges forecast earnings well below Wall Street estimates. Trinity shares dropped 11% to $18.90 after hours. The company estimated 2016 earnings of $2 to $2.40 a share assuming that "the current weak market conditions will continue throughout the year." Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast full-year earnings of $3.65 a share. Trinity reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.30 a share on revenue of... Читать дальше...

Nordstrom Inc. reported profit and sales for the holiday quarter that lagged analysts' expectations Thursday, and shares fell more than 6%. The retail chain said it earned net income of $180 million, or $1 a share, on total sales of $4.14 billion; analysts surveyed by FactSet, on average, expected profit of $1.20 a share on sales of $4.22 billion. The company's forecast also held bad news for investors, as Nordstrom said earnings will fall about 30% in the first half of the year partly due to... Читать дальше...

San Francisco Fed President John Williams said the U.S. is “looking pretty good” despite the market developments.

Applied Materials jumps 7% in after-hours trades

Applied Materials Inc. late Thursday reported its first-quarter earnings fell to $286 million, or 25 cents a share, from $348 million, or 28 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the maker of semiconductor manufacturing tools earned 26 cents a share. Revenue fell 5% to $2.26 billion while new orders dropped 6% to $2.28 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast adjusted earnings of 25 cents a share on revenue of $2.24 billion. In the second quarter, AMAT expects adjusted earnings... Читать дальше...

Nordstrom shares skid 6% following earnings report

Comment posters describing themselves as current and former Amazon.com employees voice workplace complaints.

Comment posters describing themselves as current and former Amazon.com employees voice workplace complaints.

U.S. stock-market winning streak is snapped; Dow falls 41 points; Nasdaq, 1%

U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday, ending a three-day winning streak. The S&P 500 finished 9 points, or 0.5%, lower at 1,917, led by losses in energy and healthcare stocks. Meanwhile, defensive plays like utilities and telecom gained ground, which underscored the nervousness lingering in the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 41 points, or 0.3%, at 16,413. On the Dow, a surge in shares of International Business Machines Corp. were muted by a drop in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Читать дальше...