Alphabet Inc. investors are probably breathing a little easier ahead of the company’s Thursday afternoon earnings report, all thanks to Facebook. There was some anxiety about the state of digital advertising heading into this earnings season, and Snap Inc. SNAP, -10.29% didn’t help matters by delivering a gloomy forecast Tuesday. But Facebook parent Meta Platforms … Read more
Meta Platforms Inc. changed its narrative in a big way this week, and that’s resonating on Wall Street. Three months ago, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his leadership team sounded fairly defiant as they laid out big spending plans despite economic angst, an attitude that helped send shares toward one of their worst days on … Read more
U.S. stock futures were pointing to a stronger start Thursday, buoyed by upbeat results from Facebook parent Meta Platforms as well as the after-glow from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. What’s happening Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.16% fell 45 points, or 0.1%, to 34103. S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.48% gained 20 … Read more
Pinterest Inc. reportedly laid off about 150 workers Wednesday, becoming the latest tech company to cut jobs amid economic worries. Bloomberg News reported the cuts affect less than 5% of Pinterest’s workforce, and came across multiple teams. “We’re making organizational changes to further set us up to deliver against our company priorities and our long-term … Read more
For years, Wall Street groused about Silicon Valley’s refusal to pay dividends and buy back stock as tech companies grew into cash-generating machines. That is no longer a problem, even though those tech companies are generating fewer profits than they were in previous years. In fact, some tech companies are basically paying off Wall Street … Read more
Meta Platforms Inc. shares soared in late trading Wednesday despite an earnings miss, as the Facebook parent company guided for potentially more revenue than Wall Street expected in the new year and promised more share repurchases amid cost cuts. Meta META, +2.79% said it hauled in $32.17 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, down from $33.67 billion … Read more
A California judge on Wednesday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s bid for a preliminary injunction to block Meta Platforms Inc.’s proposed acquisition of VR startup Within Unlimited. The sealed decision from federal judge Edward Davila of San Jose, Calif., does not preclude the agency from pursuing a separate case to block the deal, according to … Read more
Are Snap Inc.’s problems of its own making or reflective of broader challenges in the digital-advertising space? With Snap shares SNAP, +4.24% down 15% in premarket trading Wednesday after another disappointing earnings report, that’s the key question yet again—especially as rivals Meta Platforms Inc. META, +1.30% and Alphabet Inc. GOOG, +1.96% GOOGL, +1.96% prepare to … Read more
Snap Inc.’s life as a high-growth young tech stock is over, and its rivals are about to show how much of that change is about Snapchat. “From our recent conversations with our partners, it seems like advertising demand hasn’t really improved, but it hasn’t gotten significantly worse either,” Snap co-founder and Chief Executive Evan Spiegel … Read more
BRUSSELS — A top European Union official told Elon Musk on Tuesday that Twitter Inc. will have to do more over the coming months to prepare for the bloc’s new social-media regulations. Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for the internal market, told Musk during a video call that there were only a few months left before major … Read more