US stocks wavered on Monday as investors put a bruising week behind them, waiting for an upcoming flurry of economic data to help set expectations for interest-rate cuts in 2026. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell below the flat line to erase gains earlier in the trading session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) shed 0.3% after closing sharply lower Friday. Recently, jitters about over-cooked AI expectations have prompted investors to jump out of tech and into va ...

U.S. stock futures are up early Monday morning, following a mixed week that saw rotation out of expensive tech stocks in favor of value, despite the third consecutive interest rate cut on Wednesday. Investors on Monday will be eagerly awaiting the results of the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, alongside the speeches of Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran and New York Fed President John Williams, both scheduled early in the day, ahead of a slew of other economic data that is set to be released over the ...

U.S. stock futures are up early Monday morning, following a mixed week that saw rotation out of expensive tech stocks in favor of value, despite the third consecutive interest rate cut on Wednesday. Investors on Monday will be eagerly awaiting the results of the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, alongside the speeches of Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran and New York Fed President John Williams, both scheduled early in the day, ahead of a slew of other economic data that is set to be released over the ...

格隆汇12月15日｜曾被誉为扫地机器人"鼻祖"Roomba的制造商iRobot(IRBT.US)今日盘前暴跌超80%， 至0.82美元。消息面上，iRobot于12月14日向美国法院申请破产保护。公司将被其主要制造商、总部位 于中国深圳的杉川机器人(Picea Robotics)收购后私有化。 根据提交至特拉华州破产法院的文件，iRobot在2024年营收达约6.82亿美元，但利润受科沃斯 （Ecovacs）等中国竞争对手的冲击。尽管iRobot在美国与日本等核心市场仍保持领先地位，但竞争迫 使公司降价，并加大技术升级投资，侵蚀利润空间。此外，美国近期实施的新关税也对公司构成重大打 击。iRobot为美国市场生产扫地机器人的主要基地在越南，相关产品面临高达46%的进口关税。这些关 税预计将今年公司成本推高约2300万美元，并增加业务规划的不确定性。 这家1990年创立的消费机器人公司，在2002年推出首款扫地机器人，2005年在纳斯达克上市。不过，公 司净利在2022年转盈为亏，净亏损达2亿8630万美元。 此前3月，iRobot曾对持续经营能力表示担忧，称面临激烈的低价竞争与美国加征关税冲击。 ...

iRobot, the maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, marking a dramatic reversal for a company that once defined the consumer robotics industry... ...

iRobot says that customer service and app functionality won't be disrupted despite the restructuring. ...

The parent company of Roomba, which has sold millions of cleaning robots, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday after 35 years of operation. In a Sunday press release, Massachusetts-based robotics company iRobot said it had filed for bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware court.The company said that it would be wholly acquired by its main manufacturer and lender, vacuum cleaner maker Shenzhen PICEA. Picea has R&D and manufacturing facilities in China and Vietnam, per the release. The Picea ...

There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday, punctuating a 35-year run that took it from the dreams of AI researchers to your kitchen floor and, finally, to the tender mercies of its Chinese supplier.Brooks, the founding director of MIT’s Co ...

Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday and will turn over its business to a pair of Chinese companies and go private, capping a years-long fall from grace. ...

当地时间12月14日，扫地机器人制造商iRobot宣布已与其有担保贷款方及主要合同制造商杉川机器人及 杉川子公司Santrum（统称"PICEA"）签署重组支持协议，通过法院监督程序推进PICEA收购iRobot事 宜。为推进交易，iRobot及其部分关联公司已主动向美国特拉华州法院启动预先打包第11章破产程序， 公司预计将于2026年2月前完成该程序。根据重组协议条款，PICEA将获得iRobot公司100%股权权益， 此举将显著降低公司负债水平，使iRobot得以维持正常运营、推进产品开发路线图并保持全球业务布 局。 ...