The Wall Street Journal first reported that Paramount was preparing a cash bid for all of Warner Bros. Discovery. Cheng Xin / Getty Images Close Warner Bros. Discovery shares closed 29% higher yesterday following the initial report, and were up a further 10% soon after the opening bell. Paramount Skydance shares advanced more than 3% Friday morning. Both are significantly higher this year. In June, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it intended to split into two companies, one made up of its studios and HBO M ...

RH said its performance was hurt by "the polarizing impact of tariff uncertainty and the worst housing market in almost 50 years." A bright spot was its RH Gallery location in England, which saw demand up 76%, and online demand 34% higher. Close The company noted that because of the tariffs, it has continued to move production out of China, and was now "aggressively responding" to the 50% duties the Trump administration has slapped on imports from India, which constitutes 7% of RH's business. In addition, t ...

Close Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) advertising revenue will likely take a massive hit in 2020, with thousands of companies under financial stress forced to cut back to keep their balance sheets in the green. This is a big deal for the tech giant because those receipts comprise the vast majority of total revenues (see: How Alphabet Makes Money), raising doubts about the stock's capacity to recover heavy losses posted in the first quarter decline. Needham's Laura Martin warned in March that travel industry ad spendi ...

Adobe's stock has had a tough year so far, with shares down more than 20% for 2025 through Thursday's close. David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty Images Close Adobe (ADBE) just reported record quarterly revenue driven by artificial intelligence gains. Will it revive confidence in the stock? Wall Street is optimistic. The shares finished Thursday a bit below $351, and the mean price target as tracked by Visible Alpha, above $461, represents a more than 30% premium. Most of the analysts tracking the stock ha ...

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery were Thursday's top gainers on the S&P 500. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Close Key Takeaways News of a possible takeover bid helped send shares of two media and entertainment powerhouses streaming higher, while a blistering rally ran out of steam for a major enterprise software player. Shares of Synopsys (SNPS) jumped 13%, clawing back a portion of the previous session's 36% plunge. The volatility came after the electronic design automation software provider mis ...

Source: TradingView.com. The stock surged nearly 10% to a record close near $370 Wednesday, before pulling back slightly in Thursday's session. They've added more than half their value since the start of the year, with a close to 20% gain over the past five days alone, boosted by the company's strong quarterly results, a new $10 billion customer, and the resurgence of the AI trade after Oracle (ORCL) reported a massive increase in its backlog. In a note to clients on Monday, Melius Research analysts said th ...

Table of Contents Expand Table of Contents Analysts from Deutsche Bank and Barclays have lately raised their year-end targets for the S&P 500. Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images Close KEY TAKEAWAYS Top Stories U.S. Markets: Read Today's Live Coverage Inflation Report Shows Prices Squeezed Budgets in August The AI Trade Picks Up Steam After Oracle's 'Truly Historic' Quarter Is AI To Blame For The Lousy Job Market? Companies Expect to Be Able to Manage Tariffs, Deutsche Bank Says AI Offers Another Boo ...

With Wednesday's gains, shares of Oracle have roughly doubled in value since the start of this year. Jeremy Moeller / GC Images/ Getty Images Close Key Takeaways Oracle's (ORCL) blistering stock gain amid strong AI demand has Wall Street analysts racing to raise their price targets—with most expecting its record run isn't over yet. Do you have a news tip for Investopedia reporters? Please email us at The shares soared 36% on Wednesday to a record high of about $328, a day after the computing giant reported ...

Major U.S. equities indexes turned in a mixed performance in the midweek trading session as the August Producer Price Index report revealed an unanticipated decline in wholesale inflation. The signal of moderating price pressure came a day before the release of the closely followed Consumer Price Index data. Shares of Oracle soared Wednesday as investors cheered its latest results and outlook. Joan Cros / NurPhoto via Getty Images Close Key Takeaways The S&P 500 added 0.3% in the midweek trading session, no ...

Buy now, pay later company Klarna is the latest fintech IPO to reach the stock market. Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images Close Key Takeaways Shares of Klarna, a leading buy now, pay later firm, finished their first trading session Wednesday above their IPO price. The fintech company late Tuesday announced the sale of 34.4 million shares at $40 apiece in the closely- watched initial public offering. The stock, which trades using the ticker "KLAR," opened at $52, rising above $57 and slipping below $ ...