Hong Kong CNN — One of China’s top investment bankers has become unreachable, according to his company. China Renaissance, an investment bank and private equity firm based in Beijing, said in a Thursday filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it “has been unable to contact” Bao Fan, its chairman and CEO. Shares of […]
New York CNN — Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave 11.5 million shares of his stake in the electric automaker to an undisclosed charity last year, shares worth about $1.9 billion at the time they were donated. The donation would make him the second largest charitable donor in 2022, according to a ranking of the Chronicle […]
A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN — Everyone seems to be in a bit of a debt bind at the moment: […]
A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. New York CNN — Many people don’t have the time or inclination to do deep research on stocks. It’s often easier to buy an exchange-traded fund that owns a basket of the top […]
Reuters — Lyft (LYFT) on Thursday forecast current-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates, blaming extremely cold weather in some of its major markets and lower prices, especially during peak hours, sending its shares down nearly 25% in extended trading. The company’s outlook was in contrast to that of its larger rival Uber (UBER), whose strong […]
A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. New York CNN — Meme stock mania was supposed to be over, right? Guess what: It’s not. Sure, the entire market did well in January. But many of the Reddit/WallStreetBets darlings of two […]
A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN — Investors are pretty bad at living in the moment. We’re currently in the thick […]
New York CNN — Goldman Sachs had a rough year in 2022. And CEO David Solomon was punished for that. Sort of. The investment banking giant said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday that Solomon received $25 million in annual compensation last year. While that is still a very large amount of money, […]
New York CNN — Chevron reported a record full-year profit of $36.5 billion, buoyed by high oil prices. Adjusted earnings for the year more than doubled from the $15.6 billion Chevron earned in 2021 and up 36% from its previous record profit set in 2011. The oil company’s fourth-quarter earnings came in at $7.9 billion, […]
London CNN — European and Asian stocks pushed higher on the first major trading day of 2023 as investors try to look beyond a gloomy outlook for the world economy, China’s worst Covid outbreak and stubbornly high inflation in Europe. But after a positive start, Wall Street succumbed to fear again. US stocks opened higher […]
