Meta leaps in premarket, pulling Amazon, Alphabet higher; Estee Lauder falls
- S&P 500 gains as investors digest positive earnings, megacap results outlook
- JPMorgan is worried about further S&P 500 sell-off potential
- Oil rises as dollar slips, focus shifts to economic data
- China acquired top-end Nvidia AI chips despite recent US ban- Reuters
- SAP Q1 results fall short of Wall Street estimates as transformation kicks off
- Fisker (FSR) Appoints Michael Healy as Chief Restructuring Officer
- Kroger (KR), Albertsons and C&S Wholesale Grocers Announce an Updated and Expanded Divestiture Plan
- Costar Group (CSGP) to Acquire Matterport (MTTR) for $5.50/sh Cash and Stock
- Jaguar Health (JAGX) Files $75M Mixed Shelf
- Apple (AAPL) PT Lowered to $210 at Morgan Stanley, 'We'd buy post-earnings weakness'
- Midday movers: PepsiCo, JetBlue fall; GM, Danaher and UPS rise
- After-hours movers: Cadence Design Systems, Cleveland-Cliffs, Riot Platforms, and more
- Midday movers: Tesla, Li Auto and CNH Industrial fall; Salesforce rises
- Midday movers: Netflix, Super Micro fall; Paramount Global gains
- After-hours movers: Netflix, Intuitive Surgical, Nordstrom, KB Home
Google releases new AI 'Bard' to testers ahead of public release
February 6, 2023 2:49 PM ESTGoogles parent company, Alphabet Inc, (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced in a blog post on Monday that the company is planning to launch a chatbot service called Bard. Bard is powered by LaMDA, Google's AI that can generate human-like prose. The technology company opened the conversational AI service to test users for feedback, and will be followed by a public release in the coming... More
Meta downgraded at HSBC following 4Q miss; announces 2023 as 'year of efficiency'
February 3, 2023 8:26 AM ESTHSBC Global Research downgraded Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) to a Reduce rating (From Hold), and reiterated a price target of $110.00, following the social media companys 4Q results. Meta reported 4Q EPS of $1.76, missing the consensus estimate of $2.20.
The results showed higher users and growing engagement, but a 4.5% revenue decrease and a large restructuring charge of $4.2bn, only partially offset by lower depreciation. 2022 marks the first year of declining revenue at Meta.
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