Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Ulta Beauty – The beauty retailer jumped 12% after posting beats on the top and bottom lines in the fiscal third quarter. Ulta reported earnings of $5.14 per share on revenue of $2.53 billion. That topped analysts' forecast for earnings...
Ulta Beauty on Thursday beat Wall Street's fiscal third-quarter expectations, fending off fears of fiercer competition and slowing demand for makeup and skincare.The retailer hiked its full-year outlook slightly to reflect the better-than-expected results. For the fiscal year, it said it now expects net sales to range from $11.1...
Lululemon's U.S. growth is continuing to slow, but the athletic apparel retailer is making big gains abroad, leading to a 9% increase in sales year over year.The yoga pants company on Thursday beat Wall Street's expectations on the top and bottom lines and said it's "pleased" with the start to...
A pedestrian walks by a 'hiring now' sign in front of a U-Haul store on December 03, 2024 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAfter a month in which hiring was essentially muted due to storms and strikes, the jobs report due out Friday could provide a clearer...
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. American Eagle Outfitters – The stock fell 14% after the apparel retailer missed revenue expectations for the third quarter and provided weak holiday guidance. The company anticipates that comparable sales will rise 1% and total sales will decline 4%. Analysts...
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Gregg Greenberg spent 14 years as a journalist at TheStreet.com where he wrote the highly popular column "The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Glamour to ESPN the Magazine, and on humor sites such as Points in Case.
Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan answers questions during a news conference for the Inflation Report 2023-III in Ankara, Turkey on July 27, 2023.Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesTurkey's central bank expects inflation to hit 58% by the end of 2023, its new governor Hafize Gaye...
The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by a quarter of a point Wednesday, in its continued effort to tame inflation.In a move that financial markets had completely priced in, the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee raised the funds rate to a target range of 5.25% to 5.5%....
InvestmentNews columnist Ed Slott got a lot of people thinking about Roth IRA and Roth 401(k) strategies this week — and whether traditional tax-deferred saving should be anyone’s go-to in the current tax environment. In his column Monday, Slott urged advisors to be “sounding the alarm” about growing pretax balances...
President Joe Biden has nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley as the next commissioner of the Social Security Administration. The agency is responsible for distributing Social Security to more than 70 million beneficiaries and commands a $1 trillion budget, according to Reuters, which reported O’Malley’s selection Wednesday. It has been...
Brokers and investment advisors would have to remediate conflicts of interest related to interactions with investors conducted through artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and similar technology under a proposal released Wednesday by the SEC. By a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved releasing a 243-page proposal for public comment...
The Mega Millions jackpot grew to $910 million on July 26, 2023.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThe Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $910 million, with the next high-stakes drawing on Friday at 11:00 p.m. ET.The big prize has only exceeded $1 billion four times,...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. Tuesday fined LPL Financial $3 million for falling down on its oversight of two financial advisors who pocketed $2.4 million from 13 clients, mostly senior citizens. The two advisors, who are not named in the Finra settlement, from May 2018 to August 2020...
