Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Moderna — The biotechnology company retreated 4% after losing $2.91 per share in the fourth quarter, a wider loss than the $2.68 expected by LSEG. However, the company beat expectations of analysts for revenue in the quarter. GameStop — Shares rallied 8% after sources familiar with … Read more

Chip giant Nvidia revealed in a filing that it took a stake in China’s self-driving startup WeRide last quarter, sending shares skyrocketing. The artificial intelligence winner owned 1.7 million shares in WeRide for a stake worth about $25 million at the end of December, according to a new 13F regulatory filing. WeRide shares surged more … Read more

A customer shops for produce at an H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2025. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. Retail sales slipped 0.9% for the month from an upwardly revised … Read more

Artistgndphotography | E+ | Getty Images As millions of Americans gather paperwork to file their returns, many could see a tax form for business payments “for the first time ever,” according to the National Taxpayer Advocate. For 2024, if you had more than $5,000 in business transactions from apps such as PayPal or Venmo, along … Read more

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 13, 2025.  NYSE DaVita, a company that provides dialysis services, saw shares tumbling Friday after issuing a weak outlook amid rising care costs, while big investor Berkshire Hathaway offloaded some shares in a preplanned agreement. The health-care stock fell 8% in premarket trading … Read more

Here are the biggest sell-side research calls on Wall Street on Friday: Jefferies reiterates Nvidia as buy Jefferies says investors should buy the dip in shares of Nvidia. “We continue to believe that most of the supply chain data points out of Asia are just noise and that the fears of a down quarter or … Read more

Stock picking looks easy, but the numbers prove it isn’t. S&P Global reports that after one year, 73% of active managers underperform their benchmarks. After five years, 95.5% of active managers miss the mark. After 15 years, nobody outperforms their benchmarks. That is not going to change, according to Charles Ellis, a veteran investment industry figure and believer … Read more

Airbnb could be due for sizable gains over the next several months despite its recent underperformance, according to Baird. The firm upgraded the stock to outperform from neutral and increased its price target by $35 to $175. That updated target now implies 24% upside potential, as of Thursday’s close. Shares jumped more than 13% in … Read more

Jalen Brunson, #11 of the New York Knicks, drives to the basket during the game against the Indiana Pacers in Round 2, Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 6, 2024. Nathaniel S. Butler | National Basketball Association | Getty Images James Dolan’s New York … Read more

Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis gives a conference during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images Google‘s AI chief told employees that he’s not worried about China’s DeepSeek and said the search giant has … Read more