Boeing said Wednesday it is planning to shed 7,000 more jobs to cope with a sharp downturn in air travel and jetliner demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and the prolonged grounding of its bestselling plane. Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, reiterated expectations that regulators would soon lift their ban on the 737 Max, a grounding

Intel CEO Robert “Bob” Swan announces the chip group’s new microprocessors called “Tiger Lake” at the technology fair CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2020. Christoph Dernbach | picture alliance | Getty Images Intel shares fell as much as 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that were

Morgan Stanley beat analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit, fueled by better-than-expected results from the firm’s Wall Street trading operations. The bank said Thursday in a release that profit jumped 25% from a year earlier to $2.72 billion, or $1.66 per share, exceeding the $1.28 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. It generated revenue

A United Airlines airplane takes off at San Francisco International Airport. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images United Airlines on Wednesday posted a wider-than-expected third quarter loss as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hammer air travel demand, but the carrier trimmed its cash burn. Here’s how United performed compared with what Wall Street

Levi Strauss & Co. shares soared more than 9% Tuesday after the denim maker reported online sales growth of 52%, which helped offset losses elsewhere in the business during the fiscal third quarter.  Management told analysts it expects the strong performance will continue into the holiday quarter, though it is calling for sales to be down

Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of cloud communications company Twilio rose as much as 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the company said in a filing that it expects more third-quarter revenue than the $401 million to $406 million range it had provided in August. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had

PepsiCo on Thursday reported its quarterly sales grew by more than 5% as consumers bought more of its Tostitos and pancake mixes. The food and beverage giant also provided an outlook for its earnings and revenue for the first time since yanking its forecast in April, when coronavirus pandemic lockdowns hit sales. Shares of the company

A customer carries a to-go bag outside a Darden Restaurants Inc. Olive Garden restaurant in Clarksville, Indiana, U.S., on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported that its revenue fell by more than 28% in its fiscal first quarter as the company’s business slowly recovers from

A FedEx worker unloads packages from his delivery truck on March 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News U.S. delivery firm FedEx reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, after price hikes, lower fuel costs and efficiency gains countered negative impacts associated with a pandemic-fueled surge in e-commerce shipments. Shares in

Kraft Heinz is looking to capitalize on consumers’ rediscovered interest in store-bought mac and cheese and Ore-Ida french fries as it unveiled a turnaround plan Tuesday that will shave $2 billion in costs through 2024 and invest some of that in marketing its products. The company is expecting long-term organic sales growth of 1% to 2%

Peloton said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter sales surged 172%, as its high-tech stationary bike and treadmill became two of the hottest commodities for people looking to work out at home during the coronavirus pandemic.  The fitness equipment maker also offered Wall Street an eye-popping outlook for the current quarter and fiscal 2021, with sales of its

Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and chief executive officer of Slack Technologies Inc., speaks during an event in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Slack shares fell as much as 20% in extended trading on Tuesday after the team communications software company reported fiscal second-quarter results and full-year guidance that exceeded analysts’

The Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans app is displayed on a smartphone Aug. 6, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg via Getty Images Rocket Companies, the parent of mortgage lender Quicken Loans, swung to a quarterly profit in its first results as a public company on Wednesday, driven by higher borrowings on the back of lower

Gap Inc. said Thursday its total sales tumbled 18% during the latest quarter, as e-commerce revenue surged 95% from a year ago, but those gains were offset by a 48% drop in store sales during the coronavirus pandemic.  It swung to a net loss from a year ago, as the lower sales combined with additional shipping

People wearing masks walk past a large face mask sign in front of a Best Buy near Columbus Circle that as the city enters Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Best Buy on Tuesday reported strong second-quarter sales growth, helped

An Estee Lauder cosmetics counter in Los Angeles, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Estee Lauder forecast current-quarter profit below analysts’ estimates on Thursday after posting a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, as travel restrictions and store closures put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus dampened demand for its premium makeup brands. The company and other

A traveler wearing a protective mask waits to put a suitcase in the back of ride-sharing car displaying Lyft signage at San Francisco International Airport on Monday, May 4, 2020. Paul Morris | Bloomberg via Getty Images Lyft reported second-quarter earnings Wednesday, which showed a 61% revenue drop versus the same period last year, but a glimmer

Chuck Robbins, chief executive officer of Cisco Technologies Inc., pauses during a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2020. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cisco shares fell about 6% in extended trading on Wednesday after the maker of computer networking equipment provided a

A Popeyes fast food chain restaurant is seen on August 30, 2019 on a street of Washington D.C. Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images Restaurant Brands International on Thursday reported that its quarterly revenue plunged 25% as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on same-store sales at Burger King and Tim Hortons. But Popeyes, which has become

Disney reported mixed earnings for its fiscal third quarter on Tuesday, but the stock rose 5% in extended trading after CEO Bob Chapek announced a new streaming service and said Disney+ subscribers will get exclusive access to the release of “Mulan,” which has been repeatedly delayed due to theater closures. Disney continues to feel the

Caterpillar Inc. excavators are displayed for sale at the Whayne Supply Co. dealership in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Industrial machinery manufacturer Caterpillar said Friday that cost reduction and prioritized spending helped it offset a $1.4 billion decline in dealer inventories during the second quarter and

General Motors lost $806 million and burned through billions of dollars of cash in the second quarter in what is expected to be the worst three months of the year for the auto industry as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered factories and devastated sales. GM’s results released Wednesday reflected a 34% drop in U.S. vehicle sales, which

The board game Monopoly by toymaker Hasbro at a toy store in New York City. Getty Images Store closures, product shortages and lower retail inventory hampered Hasbro in its fiscal second quarter, as the company dealt with the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic. Despite strong demand for toys in the quarter, Hasbro’s revenue fell

Intel shares fell as much as 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and said next-generation chips would come out later than it had expected.  Here’s how the company did: Earnings: $1.23 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.11 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $19.73 billion,

Pedestrians walk outside an E*Trade Financial office in New York, U.S. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images E-Trade’s trading activity and new accounts surged in the second quarter amid a boom in retail investing that started during the coronavirus market turmoil.  The broker — slated to be acquired by Morgan Stanley in the second half

United Airlines on Tuesday said it lost $1.63 billion during the second quarter, driven by a plunge in air travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic. During the same quarter last year it posted a $1.05 billion profit. Revenue plunged to $1.48 billion in the three months ended June 30, an 87% drop from $11.4 billion

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, reported a 21% jump in quarterly profit on Friday as investors poured money into its fixed-income funds and cash management services. The asset manager’s fixed-income funds took in $60.27 billion in new money. Its cash-management business attracted over $24.2 billion in net inflows in the second quarter. Financial markets

Goldman Sachs on Wednesday reported blowout second-quarter earnings as its reliance on trading and investment banking paid off amid the market turbulence caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The bank said it generated $2.42 billion in profit, or $6.26 a share, crushing the $3.78 a share estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. It was the New York-based bank’s biggest

Walgreens Boots Alliance said Thursday that the pandemic hurt its fiscal third-quarter results as fewer people went to the doctor and got prescriptions and the company spent more to staff and clean stores. The drugstore chain said its profits were dragged down primarily by the United Kingdom. They were also squeezed by increased sales of low-margin

The denim maker Levi Strauss & Co.‘s sales fell 62% during its fiscal second quarter, the company announced Tuesday, as its online sales weren’t enough to make up for its stores being temporarily shut for roughly 10 weeks during the Covid-19 crisis.  Consumers by and large have shifted away from tight pants and denim, opting