Donald J. Trump’s return to power as president has bolstered right-wing lawmakers in Israel and the United States who support Israeli annexation of the West Bank, an occupied territory long seen by Palestinians and the international community as part of an eventual Palestinian state.On Friday, Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced bills that would bar the use of the term “West Bank” in United States government documents and materials, replacing the phrase with “Judea and Samaria,” the biblical names for the region that are widely used in Israel and the administrative name used by the state to describe…
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Check out the companies making headlines after hours: Alphabet — Shares dropped 7.4% after Google parent Alphabet posted a revenue miss . Fourth-quarter revenue of $96.47 billion fell short of the $96.56 billion expected by analysts polled by LSEG. On the other hand, earnings per share of $2.15 exceeded the $2.13 consensus estimate. Chipotle Mexican Grill — Shares of the burrito chain fell nearly 5% after fourth-quarter same-store sales rose less than expected and the company said the key metric would show only low- to mid-single digit growth in fiscal 2025. In the fourth quarter, Chipotle earned 25 cents per…
A Chipotle restaurant stands in Manhattan, New York City, on Feb. 6, 2024.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesChipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday said traffic to its restaurants keeps rising, helping the company top analysts’ estimates for its quarterly earnings.However, the burrito chain disappointed investors with its same-store sales forecast for 2025. Shares of the company fell more than 3% in extended trading.Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: 25 cents adjusted vs. 24 cents expectedRevenue: $2.85 billion, meeting expectationsChipotle reported fourth-quarter net income of $331.8 million,…
Tech stocks have accounted for most of the big gains for investors over the past 15 years, but there are plenty of stocks outside that group that have also scored some strong runs. Chris Grisanti, MAI Capital Management’s chief market strategist, joined CNBC’s “Three-Stock Lunch” segment on Tuesday. He identified three nontech stocks that look good at the moment: pharmaceutical giant Pfizer , European aerospace manufacturer Airbus and pizza chain Domino’s . Pfizer The drugmaker is fresh off an earnings report that failed to win over investors. Pfizer reported 63 cents in adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter…
AMD CEO Lisa Su.Courtesy: AMDAdvanced Micro Devices reported fourth-quarter results on Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations for sales and earnings, but the stock fell about 5% in extended trading as the company missed estimates in its key data center segment.Here’s how the chipmaker did, versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ended Dec. 28:Earnings per share: $1.09, adjusted, versus $1.08 expectedRevenue: $7.66 billion versus $7.53 billionAMD said it expects $7.1 billion in sales in the first quarter, plus or minus $300 million. It projected its gross margin to be about 54%. Analysts expected AMD to guide for revenue of…
Family members visit the crash site on the banks of the Potomac River, where American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a US Army military helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on February 2, 2025. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAll 67 victims in last week’s deadly collision of an American Airlines regional jet with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River have been recovered, officials said Tuesday. Sixty-six of them have been identified, the D.C. Fire and EMS department said.Rescue responders had been working over the past several days to remove wreckage…
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc., speaks at the inaugural 2024 Business, Government, and Society Forum at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Stanford, California, U.S., April 3, 2024. Carlos Barria | ReutersAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company plans to invest more money in innovating artificial intelligence tools and its core businesses.”We are confident about the opportunities ahead, and to accelerate our progress, we expect to invest approximately $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025,” Pichai said in Tuesday’s earnings release announcing the investment plan.The capex figure came in ahead of the $59.73 billion consensus estimate for…
When Jalen Hurts was the quarterback at Oklahoma, author Damon West spoke to the football team. West’s speech revolved around a carrot, an egg and a coffee bean. He explained that when you put all three in boiling water, the carrot softens and the egg hardens, but the coffee bean spreads to the rest of the water, getting stronger and impacting what’s around it.Though most of Hurts’ teammates thought it was a good speech, only Hurts continued to bring it up months later.“It was just Jalen,” Caleb King-Kelly, Hurts’ teammate at Oklahoma, said. “Like, sure, it’s a good story, but…
Flags outside the Fairmont Royal York in downtown Toronto, Feb. 3, 2025. Andrew Francis Wallace | Toronto Star | Getty ImagesA complicated scenario is emerging surrounding the tariff drama that could put the Federal Reserve in an uncomfortable Catch-22, unsure whether to use its policy levers to tame inflation or boost growth.With many bridges to cross yet in President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the levies as a tool both of foreign and economic policy, the central bank will have a delicate balance to strike.Many economists expect the tariffs both to raise prices and shave the pace of gross domestic product,…
The head of Snapchat operator Snap, Evan Spiegel, presents the new generation of Spectacles.Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesSnap shares jumped rallied in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.Here is how the company did compared with Wall Street’s expectations.Earnings per share: 16 cents adjusted vs. 14 cents expected, according to LSEGRevenue: $1.56 billion vs. $1.55 billion expected, according to LSEG Global daily active users: 453 million vs. 451.1 million expected, according to StreetAccountGlobal average revenue per user: $3.44 vs. $3.44 expected, according to StreetAccountRevenue for the fourth quarter increased 14% from $1.36 billion a year earlier.…
