McDonald's, the global fast-food giant, on Monday announced a substantial expansion of its ownership stake in Chinese operations to take advantage of growth and opportunities in the world's second-largest economy. The company revealed plans to buy out minority shareholder Carlyle Group, increasing its stake in the Chinese business from 20% to 48%.
The ousted CEO of OpenAI will lead the artificial intelligence research team newly established by Microsoft.
A day after the announcement that OpenAI's board of directors had decided to terminate Sam Altman as CEO and the subsequent resignation of co-founder Greg Brockman, CEO Satya Nadella took to Platform X to announce that both Altman and... Read more
The company's revenue declined 4.3% year-over-year to $25 billion, but still beat the analyst consensus of $24.88 billion. Similarly, comparable sales weakened by 4.9% y-o-y, but analysts expected a 5.22% decline. Comparable online sales weakened slightly more, down 6% y-o-y against estimates of a 10.3% decline.
I'm glad that even though the consumer downturn, high inflation, high borrowing, society has weathered it. I was shopping around $100 and I'm happy for these results, especially their margins which beat estimates. 😊
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed changes to its portfolio yesterday as part of its 13F quarterly report. It completely sold off several of its positions in 3Q, such as General Motors, Procter & Gamble and Activision Blizzard. It also reduced its position in Chevron and Hewlett-Packard, for example.
It's interesting and I wouldn't expect them to sell shares in the companies mentioned. However, from what I understand, Berkshire has a lot of cash right now.
Home Depot's revenue declined 2% year-over-year to $37.71 billion, which was in line with market expectations. Comparable sales overall declined 3.1% YoY on expectations of a 3.31% decline. Directly in the United States, comparable sales fell by 3.5%, slightly below the market estimate of -3.67%.
Emirates Group, the influential Dubai-based state-owned entity, is shattering records by posting an all-time high half-year profit of 10.1 billion dirhams ($2.75 billion) in the 2023-24 fiscal year, a rocketing 138% increase from the previous year's half-year profit of 4.2 billion dirhams.
The unprecedented profit success is largely attributed to strong international demand for... Read more
Shares in cloud monitoring software company Datadog saw a stunning 28% rise on Tuesday, marking its most successful day to date. The surge followed the release of the company's third-quarter results and full-year outlook, both of which beat expectations. The company's quarterly revenue was reported at $547.5 million, representing an impressive 25% year-over-year growth rate... Read more
Revenue increased 2% year-over-year to $9.979 billion. At constant exchange rates, revenue grew 1%.
Total operating expenses decreased year-on-year to USD 9.88 billion from USD 12.013 billion. The largest year-on-year decrease in operating expenses was recorded in the restructuring item, from USD 1.52 billion to USD 0.269 billion.
I don't know how to feel about this. The results are bad, but again, where there was a discount to the stock. But I don't buy and stick to DIS stock instead.
Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported a big jump in third-quarter operating profit and also a record amount of cash as Warren Buffett saw few opportunities to close deals.
Operating profit for the Omaha-based conglomerate, which includes profits from myriad wholly owned businesses such as insurance, railroads and utilities,... Read more
Shares of Airbnb fell about 3% in after-hours trading Wednesday, despite reporting better-than-expected revenue for the quarter. The decline came after the company reported a weaker-than-expected outlook for the upcoming fiscal period.
According to data from LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, Airbnb reported earnings of $6.63 per share in the recently ended quarter,... Read more
I really don't like the insider sales on $ABNB. I'm wondering what could be behind it since the results have been good. The high SBC is also not great.
Match Group reports 3Q results and posts weaker outlook for the upcoming quarter
Match Group, a technology company that operates several online dating sites, released its 3Q 2023 results. Adjusted operating profit was up 17% from the same period last year. In the outlook, the company accounts for negative effects related to exchange rate developments and geopolitical events in... Read more
Neither bad nor good;)