As you could imagine, the CEO of legendary aftermarket auto parts maker Holley, Tom Tomlinson, has one heck of a garage at home. “I recently completed a 1973 Camaro — it looks like a 1973 Camaro on the outside, but everything underneath the skin is a modern supercar,” Tomlinson told told Yahoo Finance Live. Tomlinson, dabbles in building restomods, owns a Tesla Model 3 Performance and the 707 horsepower Jeep Trackhawk. This writer isn’t keen on being the bearer of bad news to a fellow car… Source link
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Dalian Wanda, which acquired AMC Entertainment in 2012, surrendered control of the struggling exhibitor as it issued and sold tranches of new stock to raise cash — diluting the stake of the Chinese conglomerate. CEO Adam Aron confirmed the Wanda era was over although the company continues to be AMC largest single largest shareholder. Wanda holds less than 10% of the world’s biggest cinema chain. “They have been absolutely delightful,” he said on a post-earnings conference call… Source link
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AMC Entertainment revenue plunged last quarter to $162 million from close to $1.5 billion the year before as the global pandemic squeezed exhibition. That beat expectations, coming about $20 million above Wall Street’s consensus estimates. The stock is up 3% in late trading. Net losses widened to $946 million, including a hefty one-time impairment charge, from $13.5 million the year before. For full-year 2020, AMC said it lost $4.58 billion vs. $149M loss in all of 2019. More from Deadline As… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk trolls GM, Chrysler on Twitter. Ford CEO responds with 1 word.
Just one word. That’s all Ford CEO Jim Farley used to respond to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday. “Tesla & Ford are the only American carmakers not to have gone bankrupt out of 1000’s of car startups. Prototypes are easy, production is hard & being cash flow positive is excruciating,” Musk tweeted Thursday. Farley retweeted Musk early Friday saying only, “Respect.” Related: Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk moved to Texas citing that California Reaction on Twitter has been swift with likes, retweets and… Source link
Read More »Former Google CEO: China is winning AI race, US must do more
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the threat of the Chinese Communist Party, the obligation for the U.S. to help Taiwan and extending the nuclear treaty with Russia. An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons – something that Google itself has shied away from on ethical grounds. Schmidt and current executives from Google, Microsoft, Source link
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Bloomberg Buffett’s Letter to Break Months of Silence Amid Tumult in U.S. (Bloomberg) — While 2020 raged, Warren Buffett mostly held his tongue.He stayed quiet through a heated presidential election, a racial reckoning that sparked nationwide protests and an exuberance for stocks that’s gripped millions of Americans. Not to mention a global pandemic. Now, the billionaire chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has a chance to break his silence with the release of his annual… Source link
Read More »Costco to boost minimum wage to $16 per hour next week, CEO says
Costco (COST) will boost its minimum wage by $1 to $16 starting next week, the membership warehouse retailer’s CEO said on Thursday during a Senate panel hearing. “Two years ago, we moved our starting hourly wage to $15 or more everywhere in the U.S. Effective next week, the starting wage will go to $16,” CEO Craig Jelinek said during his testimony before the U.S. Senate Budget Committee. The executive noted that while there’s “a lot of external focus” on the minimum wage, he made a case that… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Finance Presents: Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
In this episode of Yahoo Finance Presents Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, talks to Yahoo Finance senior reporter Anjalee Khemlani about the company’s new boosters for COVID-19 variant strands as well as the continued rollout of their vaccines. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] ANJALEE KHEMLANI: Joining me now is Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna. Stephane, thank you so much for joining me today. STEPHANE BANCEL: Thank you so much for having us. ANJALEE KHEMLANI: So great news, you have the booster… Source link
Read More »Texas shows need for infrastructure spending has ‘never been greater’: Engineering CEO
TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Places Bet on 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks When billionaire financier Ray Dalio makes a move, Wall Street pays attention. Dalio, who got his start working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange trading commodity futures, founded the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, in 1975. With the firm managing about $140 billion in global investments and Dalio’s own net worth coming at $17 billion, he has earned legendary status on Wall Street. Summing… Source link
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TipRanks 3 Stocks Flashing Signs of Strong Insider Buying For an individual investor to beat the market, you need an edge. Investing strategies come in different forms and you can rely on several factors to achieve the end goal of strong returns. Be it following analyst ratings, upcoming catalysts or recognizing the latest market moving trends. There is another option: following the signal from those in the know – the corporate insiders. These are the company officers whose positions give… Source link
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