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ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott Says Company 'Hungry And Humble,' With $10B Ambitions
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 10:33am | 312ServiceNow Inc.’s (NYSE: NOW) CEO Bill McDermott is confident the service desk software company will reach its goal of $10 billion in annual revenue, he said in an interview with MarketWatch. McDermott, who was previously the CEO of SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and joined ServiceNow last year...
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Qualcomm Shares Surge As Q2 Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates Despite Pandemic
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 6:21am | 362The shares of QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) surged in the after-hours session on Wednesday as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter. What Happened Qualcomm posted total revenue of $5.2 billion, 5% higher than the $4.98 billion posted in the same quarter...
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Hotel Industry Seeks Further Congress Aid As Revenues Expected To Slump
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 11:04am | 367American Hotel & Lodging Association, in a letter, requested U.S. lawmakers to raise the borrowing threshold for hotels in the Paycheck Protection Program. Hyatt Hotels Corp. (NYSE: H), Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) and InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (NYSE: IHG) are a few members...
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CDC Cautions About Second Coronavirus Wave In Winter
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 6:20am | 303Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could combine with the annual seasonal flu in the U.S. in winter and could be more threatening. What Happened The coronavirus outbreak, together with the annual seasonal flu...
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Next 45 Days Will Be 'Most Critical Period' For US, Says Alan Lancz Who Predicted 1987 and 2008 Crises
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 6:08am | 559According to Alan Lancz, the stock market is at a point of inflection, having recouped some of the losses caused by the coronavirus sell-off in March. Keep An Eye On The Next 45 Days In his newsletter published Wednesday, Lancz commented, “The next 45 days may just become the most critical...
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Joe Biden Accused Of Sexual Assault By Former Aid, Campaign Says It 'Absolutely Did Not Happen'
Monday, April 13, 2020 - 9:46am | 342Tara Reade, a former aide to Joseph Biden, had accused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of sexual assault in 1993 when he was a Senator. What Happened Ms. Reade, who worked as a staff assistant for a brief stint in 1993, alleged in an interview with the Associated Press that the...
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Walmart Sued For Wrongful Death By Late Employee's Estate
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 6:30am | 396Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is being sued for its failure to protect workers by the estate of an employee who died of complications caused by COVID-19. What Happened The estate of a worker named Wando Evans is suing Walmart for failing to protect workers with safety equipment such as...
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Forget Quick Recovery, Expect 30% Drop Before Market Finds Bottom, Says Satori's Dan Niles
Monday, April 6, 2020 - 9:20am | 454Dan Niles, founder and portfolio manager of the Satori fund, says the market may drop another 30% before it can find a bottom. Damage From COVID-19 Hidden Satori, a US-focused, technology biased, large-cap fund closed in the green even when the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst-ever...
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Speeding Train Driver Tries But Fails To Wreck US Navy Hospital Ship Mercy In LA
Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 8:59am | 314The train engineer crashed the locomotive through barricades and fences and came to a halt 250 yards away from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday. What Happened Eduardo Moreno, the 44-year old engineer at the controls of the speeding locomotive which crashed near the USNS Mercy, had...
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Blue Apron Increases Capacity, Says Situation Remains Fluid During Pandemic
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 12:19pm | 442Meal kit delivery company Blue Apron Holdings Inc (NYSE: APRN) is increasing its capacity for future orders as demand surges, MarketWatch reported Friday. Blue Apron Sees 'Increased Demand' In Pandemic Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley Kozlowski told MarketWatch in a statement...
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Cronos Group Reportedly Under SEC Investigation, Targeted In Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 11:58am | 500In the last two months, Cronos Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) has twice postponed submitting the filing of its 2019 financial results. On March 2, the company informed investors that it is unable to complete its financial report and statements for fiscal 2019 because its audit committee was researching...
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Haley Quits Boeing's Board Amid Bailout Request
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 8:01am | 266Expressing her disagreement with Boeing's (NYSE: BA) government bailout, Nikki Haley resigned from the company's board of directors. What Happened Former governor of South Carolina and former ambassador to the United Nations left Boeing's board of directors after the company sought a $...
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Microsoft Teams Adds 12M Customers In A Week As Coronavirus Forces Remote Work Boom
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 5:38am | 442Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) workplace communications platform Teams added 12 million daily active users between March 11 and March 18, the company said, as reported by MarketWatch. This is a stark increase in daily active users as it took about four months for Microsoft to add the...
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Michael Bloomberg Talks Frugality, Career, Money, And How He Pays For Stuff
Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 10:21am | 517If elected, he plans to take a salary of $1, just as he did as the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg tells MarketWatch in an interview. On Giving Away “When I was mayor, I took a salary of just a dollar a year. I still have all 12 one-dollar checks — 93 cents, after...
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Price Chart Trading Pioneer Predicts Worsening Stock Market Downturn
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 5:38am | 327Ralph Acampora, who is considered a pioneer in price chart-based trading, thinks that coronavirus concerns are a catalyst for a market that is overpriced and is in for an impending downturn. What Happened “The market itself was stretched, which is true, so we were begging for some kind...