Corporate/Industrial News

Jobless claims inch up to 220,000, layoffs still low

Business
Jessica Roberts

The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week was barely changed at 220,000, indicating that layoffs remain ...

IBM pulls ads from X after Elon Musk’s incendiary comments over white pride

Business
Jessica Roberts

Last Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 5:29 p.m. ET First Published: Nov. 16, 2023 at 5:02 p.m. ET IBM Corp. IBM has ...

Don’t be fooled: Huge one-day stock rallies are more common in bear markets

Business
Jessica Roberts

Published: Nov. 15, 2023 at 6:18 p.m. ET Bullish stock investors should temper the enthusiasm with which they greeted the stock market’s ...

The Magnificent Seven add more than $200 billion to their market caps

Business
Jessica Roberts

Published: Nov. 14, 2023 at 4:45 p.m. ET It was a magnificent day for the stock market Tuesday, highlighted by a strong ...

Veterans Day 2023: Are banks closed on Friday? Are schools open?

Trending
Sarah Wilson

An earlier version of this report inaccurately characterized the U.S. bond market’s hours on Friday. It is open. There are plenty of ...

The Collapse of Clean-Energy Stocks. What Comes Next.

Business
Jessica Roberts

Clean-energy stocks are suffering through their worst slump in years, causing the industry’s value to tumble by tens of billions of dollars ...

Apple ‘investing quite a bit’ in generative AI, but Cook is being tight-lipped

Technology
Michael Johnson

Published: Nov. 2, 2023 at 8:23 p.m. ET Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook says his company is “investing quite a bit” ...

ADP says 113,000 private-sector jobs created in October. U.S. labor market softening?

Business
Jessica Roberts

Last Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 9:20 a.m. ET First Published: Nov. 1, 2023 at 8:19 a.m. ET The numbers: Businesses in ...

Google’s stock sheds market cap the size of Nike in one of Wall Street’s five worst drops ever

Business
Jessica Roberts

Published: Oct. 25, 2023 at 4:58 p.m. ET The selloff in Alphabet Inc. shares Wednesday resulted in the fifth-largest one-day decline in ...

Tesla’s stock falls after earnings. Is Wall Street missing the big picture?

Business
Jessica Roberts

As Tesla Inc. shares were down 7% premarket Thursday in the wake of earnings, numerous analysts saw silver linings. Yes, Tesla TSLA, ...