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In this article GME GameStop shares surged in extended trading Thursday after the company said it planned to implement a stock split. The video game retailer said it will seek stockholder approval at its next shareholder meeting for an increase in the number of Class A common stock from 300,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 to partly conduct

In this article ARKK Catherine Wood, chief executive officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s hard to talk about the topic of women in investing without mentioning Cathie Wood. The founder, CEO

In this article KR MCD Carl Icahn Adam Jeffery | CNBC Carl Icahn is expanding his animal-welfare campaign to the nation’s largest supermarket chain, Kroger, after the famed activist investor initially targeted McDonald’s. Icahn has submitted a plan to nominate two candidates to Kroger’s board, the Cincinnati-based company said in a release Tuesday. Kroger said

In this article NVDA ADBE NKE NET RIOT A silhouette of a woman wearing a protective face shield and a protective face mask is seen near to a Nike logo at a shopping mall. Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana | Reuters Investors made it through another volatile week, as the three major indexes notched gains for the

SeventyFour | iStock | Getty Images Company: SLM Corp. (SLM) Business: SLM originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts. In addition, it

In this article GME NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen just bought another 100,000 shares of the video game retailer on Tuesday, bringing his ownership to 11.9% as the activist investor tries to push the company into e-commerce. The meme stock jumped as high as about 20% in after-hours trading Tuesday

In this article BLK Larry Fink David Orrell | CNBC Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the adoption of digital currencies by central banks, according to BlackRock’s Larry Fink. The CEO of the $10 trillion-asset money manager called it one of the “less discussed” outcomes of the war, which began one month ago, in his

In this article OXY Wall Street legends Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett have taken different approaches to shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent weeks. Icahn had been selling to exit his long equity position. Buffett’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, has been building a position worth billions. In an interview Tuesday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime,” Icahn

Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased an additional 18.1 million shares of Occidental Petroleum for almost $1 billion on the first three days of this week. An SEC filing Wednesday shows it paid a weighted average of $54.41 per share, a total of $985 million for the new shares. At Wednesday’s

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchangein New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bargains are addictive. During my teenage years in Boston, my friends and I would frequent Filene’s Basement, rummaging through tables piled high with designer clothes, scavenging for amazing items,

In this article CAT S NOW TTWO ORCL Jim Umpleby, CEO of Caterpillar Inc. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investors caught a break last week, as the major averages ended Friday with gains, but volatility will likely remain a central theme going forward. Not only are investors weighing the Federal Reserve’s recently announced rate hike, but

In this article BBBY Shoppers exit a Bed Bath & Beyond store in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Business: Bed Bath & Beyond runs a chain of retail stores. It operates through two segments, North American Retail and Institutional Sales. The company sells a range

Some pumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field on November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Hedge funds have ramped up their commodity bets as prices surged during geopolitical turmoil, and managers with big exposure are reaping sizable profits. The

(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Emerging markets, specifically those in Eastern Europe, have been whipsawed amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. With sanctions in place and Russia’s hard default deadline approaching in April, investors are particularly focused on the region’s sovereign debt — an area that Gramercy Funds has specialized in since its inception

In this article MRT.UN-CA CNE-CA CFW-CA Thomas Barwick | Stone | Getty Images Less than a third of corporate board seats are now held by women, despite evidence that has shown that gender diversity in boardrooms can lead to higher credit ratings and improved stock performance. Women are gaining ground in the boardroom. In 2022,

In this article JPM JPMorgan Chase says that companies can deal with global labor shortages in part by tapping the neurodiverse and people with criminal backgrounds. The New York-based bank has hired thousands of people with criminal records and hundreds of people with autism or other conditions, Brian Lamb, JPMorgan’s global head of diversity, equity

In this article CP-CA A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive pulls a train in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, March 22, 2021. Alex Ramadan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Canadian Pacific (CP) Business: Canadian Pacific owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain,

Attendees during the 2022 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The annual CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference in Houston, which wrapped up Friday, could not have come at a better — or more fraught — time. Energy executives,

A Deutsche Bank AG flag flies outside the company’s office on Wall Street in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deutsche Bank said Friday that it was winding down its operations in Russia, one day after its chief financial officer said it wasn’t “practical” to shutter the unit.  “Like some international peers

In this article BABA BIDU 9618-HK China’s economic headwinds and slowing retail sales growth could weigh on Alibaba’s fiscal second quarter earnings when it reports numbers on Thursday. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Shares of Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. are falling Monday as investors reassess their positions amid renewed delisting fears.