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☆ Bally's shareholders wage battle over ownership, 'unfunded development projects'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Contessa Brewer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In this article BALY Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn exterior view shows the Tropicana Las Vegas at dusk on March 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker | Getty ImagesAs the famous Tropicana in Las Vegas closes its doors Tuesday, its operator Bally's Corporation is facing its own existential battle. Standard General owns about 23% of Bally's stock, it said last month. An exterior view shows the Tropicana Las Vegas on March 29, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bally's market cap stands at little more than half a billion dollars.

Persons: David Becker, Soo Kim, Kim, it's, Dan Fetters, Edward King, Fetters, King, Bally's, It's, George Rose, Chris Grove, Jim Murren, Jess Golden Organizations: Tropicana, Getty, Bally's, Standard, Growth Capital, Las, Trump, Tahoe, Chicago, Major League Baseball's Athletics, Leisure Properties, New, Acies, MGM Resorts International, CNBC Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Las Vegas, New York City, Stateline , Nevada, Seminole, Florida, Nevada, Oakland, Vegas

☆ Top stocks to play the future of energy from an investor managing a $5 billion Vanguard fund
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The Vanguard Energy Fund originated in 1984 and until Levering arrived, it had focused for more than three-decades on oil, gas and coal investments. "My view was that's fossil fuel energy — that's not energy," Levering told CNBC in an interview. Levering took over the Vanguard fund in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic had effectively shut down the global economy. Levering said the Vanguard Energy Fund is structured to remain resilient and deliver returns through its hybrid approach, regardless of the macroeconomic turns the world takes. European oil majors The Vanguard Energy Fund remains heavily weighted toward oil and gas companies.

Persons: Tom Levering, Levering Organizations: Vanguard Energy Fund, CNBC, Vanguard, Wellington Management, U.S, Congress, Invesco, Utilities, Duke Energy, Shell, BP Locations: Covid, Russia, Ukraine, French, Southern

☆ What's Warner Bros. Discovery's next move? David Zaslav and John Malone offer clues
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In this article WBDPARA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTDavid Zaslav, CEO and president of Warner Bros. Media company valuations have been plummeting amid streaming video losses, traditional TV subscriber defections, and a down advertising market. Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

Persons: David Zaslav, John Malone, Malone, David Faber, Zaslav, Faber, Bob Bakish, Simon & Schuster, Shari Redstone, David A, Peacock, Brian, Roberts, Puck's Dylan Byers, Warner Organizations: Warner Bros ., Liberty Media, Liberty Global, Qurate Retail Group, CNBC, Reuters Warner Bros, Media, Warner Bros, Discovery, Sirius XM, Sirius, Paramount Global, Paramount, Viacom, CBS, Allen, Co . Media, Technology Conference, Grogan, CNBC Paramount Global, Comcast, U.S, NBC Locations: U.S, Sun Valley , Idaho

☆ New VF Corp CEO talks plans to improve business, including Vans turnaround
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

After VF Corp 's Monday quarterly report saw the company withdraw its full-year revenue and profit forecasts, new CEO Bracken Darrell laid out his plans to improve business in an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer. The company, which owns brands including Vans, North Face and Timberland, saw its sales decline 11% in the U.S during its second quarter, with Vans sales alone down 21%. By Monday's close, VF Corp shares were trading down 4.56%. Darrell joined VF Corp in July, and he said he's no stranger to helping companies reinvigorate business, citing his 10-year run as the CEO of Logitech . And Vans really catered to that through the skater community," he said.

Persons: Bracken Darrell, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Monday's, Darrell Organizations: Vans, U.S, VF Corp, Corp, Logitech

☆ Copper is critical to energy transition. The world is falling way behind on producing enough
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

watch nowIn the meantime, copper customers, in anticipation of shortages, are either delaying clean energy projects or reducing their need for copper, an economic principle known as demand destruction. Among other actions, it would dismantle most of the clean energy projects initiated by the Biden Administration. At that point, the consensus was that there would be a major copper supply response. That's presented the industry with a whole new era of copper demand, Adkerson said. China's economy has slowed, while those in the U.S. and Europe are striving to transition to clean energy.

Persons: Wood Mackenzie, Nick Pickens, we've, we're, Tesla, eyeing, Rishi Sunak, Richard Adkerson, he's, Adkerson, That's, Clayton Walker, Matt Murphy, Murphy, Walker Organizations: Polska Miedz SA, Bloomberg, Getty, EV, P, International Energy Agency, Heritage Foundation, Republican, Biden Administration, Phoenix, Resources, Freeport, Afp, Rio, Barclays, Rio Tinto, Caterpillar Locations: Glogow, Poland, Wood, EVs, McMoRan, Freeport, China, U.S, Europe, Papua, Freeport's Indonesia, Rio Tinto, Mongolia, Salt Lake City , Utah, Indonesia, Rio

Amid "continued demand momentum" for the cruise industry, JPMorgan is bullish on Carnival . The bank upgraded the cruise liner's shares to overweight from neutral in a Monday note. Analyst Matthew Boss also raised his price target to $16 from $11, implying more than 22% upside from Friday's close. Boss underscored Weinstein's comments that Carnival is "no longer riding the coattails of a post-pause pent-up." "On the top-line, we came away confident in current trends with all three management teams," Boss said.

Persons: Matthew Boss, Boss, Josh Weinstein —, —, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, CCL

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Oracle, Tesla, McDonald's, Amazon, Nio, Carnival, AMD and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

UBS reiterates McDonald's as buy UBS said McDonald's is "well positioned to drive further sales growth and market share gains." JPMorgan upgrades Carnival to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said it sees an "attractive risk/reward" for the cruise operator. Bank of America upgrades Carnival to buy from neutral Bank of America said it's getting bullish on cruise demand. Morgan Stanley upgrades Sentinel One to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the cybersecurity company has an attractive risk/reward. Morgan Stanley reiterates Home Depot as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on the company's long-term growth outlook.

Persons: McDonald's, it's, Morgan Stanley downgrades Bill.com, Morgan Stanley, Wolfe, Tesla, Nomura, Evercore, Wedbush, it's bullish, Argus, Abercrombie, Jefferies Organizations: UBS, JPMorgan, JPMorgan Chase, Petrobras, CCL, Bank of America, of America, Intuit, Oracle, Disney, Auto, Citi, U.S . Bancorp Citi, U.S . Bancorp, Sentinel, AMD, Abercrombie, Fitch

☆ Alex Roepers has nearly doubled the S&P 500's returns over 30 years by holding only a few stocks at a time. He told us how he nails the right picks — and detailed 4 bets he's making now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( James Faris | Akin Oyedele | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hedge fund manager Alex Roepers has scored a 3,500% return in the last 30 years. Here are four stocks that the top hedge fund manager is bullish on right now. Investors who think the S&P 500's 1,900% return over the past three decades is impressive must not be familiar with the work of hedge fund manager Alex Roepers. Those tenets set a high bar for what companies can qualify for inclusion in Roepers' fund. The hedge fund manager said he looks to enter investments when they're trading at 5x-6x EV/EBITDA or 7x-8x EV/EBIT, before exiting them at 8x-9x EV/EBITDA or 11x-13x EV/EBIT.

☆ Barclays upgrades United Airlines, sees stock surging more than 50%
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of United Airlines could be in for big gains, according to Barclays. To be sure, Oglenski noted the likelihood of "pushback" on his upgrade of United shares. Barclays also noted that the ongoing rebound in long-haul international travel will spur outsized benefits for United in 2023. United shares have soared 38.2% year to date, continuing a 48% rally during the past 12 months. UAL 1Y mountain United Airlines shares surged during the past 12 months —CNBC's Michael Bloom contributed to this report.

☆ Twitch's gambling ban goes into effect today. Here's how it will enforce the new policy, just 2 days after Drake streamed himself playing roulette on the platform.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Tanya Chen | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Days before the ban, Drake posted a stream of himself playing roulette that drew in 22,000 viewers. Starting today, here is how the platform is cracking down on gambling content — Drake not precluded. Twitch announced its gambling ban in September, and received an immediate and overwhelmingly positive reaction from its online community. Along with the major gambling websites listed, Twitch may ban more gambling sites if deemed necessary. Before the new rules took effect, Drake squeezed in a final gambling stream.

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