The Federal Reserve has shown that it knows how to maintain the flow of credit during a crisis. But bond investors now also expect the Fed’s unprecedented stimulus in financial markets to change the course of the credit cycle – that is, preventing more companies from falling than expected just …
Read More »Microsoft’s earnings beat estimates, thanks to “at home” trend
Text size Denis Charlet / AFP via Getty Images Microsoft released better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter as demand for its cloud-based software increased amid the pandemic-induced change to work and learn from home. For the quarter ended June 30, Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) posted revenue of $ 38 …
Read More »Whole Foods Sues Workers for Banning BLM Face Coatings
A federal lawsuit against Whole Foods Market accuses the supermarket chain of retaliating against its employees when it prohibited them from wearing Black Lives Matter face covers while they worked. July 20, 2020 9:35 PM 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article BOSTON – Whole Foods Market …
Read More »Analyst says IBM stock earnings after earnings exceed, but “really important things” could be better
Shares of International Business Machines Corp. rose on Tuesday after the company beat expectations for the June quarter, but analysts did not give the company too much credit for clearing a low level. Mused Moffett, Nathanson analyst, Lisa Ellis: “We are still working to achieve the correct semantics: when companies …
Read More »Microsoft Stock ‘is the main name of the cloud to play’. Street ratchets increase price targets.
Text size Microsoft plans to report earnings on Wednesday. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images As Microsoft will report earnings on Wednesday after the close of trading, Wall Street was frantically updating price targets and estimates on Monday to prepare for what could be better-than-expected results. Microsoft’s fourth fiscal quarter should …
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