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☆ ‘Problemista’ actor Laith Nakli plays an immigration lawyer. In real life he’s fighting his own case
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Khalil, played by Laith Nakli, perks up and races to scribble on his notepad. And as he helps promote the film, he’s speaking out about a side of himself that few people have seen. Laith Nakli, actorThe crime could have led to his deportation. … That pressure is just completely unfair.”Actor Laith Nakli plays an earnest immigration lawyer in "Problemista." The cloud Nakli feels every day wasn’t literally depicted on-screen, but Nakli says he saw it clearly hovering over Alejandro’s every move.

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DETROIT – General Motors' long-time head of manufacturing is retiring, and the company has hired a former Tesla and Google executive to fill his shoes. The Detroit automaker said on Tuesday that Gerald Johnson, executive vice president of Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, will pass the baton to Jens Peter "JP" Clausen, a former executive with Tesla, Lego and, most recently, Google. Johnson's departure isn't unexpected after a 44-year tenure with the automaker, however GM also announced another more surprising departure on Tuesday: that of Mike Abbott, executive vice president of software and services. Baris Cetinok, current vice president of product in software and services, has been named Abbott's interim replacement while a search is conducted. The company's board members include former Tesla President of Global Sales and Service Jon McNeill.

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☆ Lego revenue ticks higher in 2023, despite trade-downs and China pullback
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Lego company grew sales 2% last year, even as the global toy industry saw sales slip 7%, according to data from Circana. The pandemic-era gains that fueled exponential toy industry sales growth waned in 2023 as consumers cut discretionary spending amid rising inflationary costs and increased credit card debt. Meanwhile Denmark-based Lego posted resilient sales, with revenue reaching 65.9 billion Danish krone, or about $9.65 billion, it said Tuesday. The company saw sales jump 27% in 2021 and 17% in 2022. The toymaker's top-performing brands last year included Lego Icons, Lego Technic, Lego City, Lego Harry Potter and Lego Star Wars.

Persons: Niels Christiansen, Harry Potter, Christiansen, Lego, We're Organizations: CNBC, Lego, Lego Star, Epic Games Locations: Denmark, Lego City, China

☆ Lego revenue grows 2% in 2023, as CEO hails 'very, very strong' U.S. progress
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lego said its 2023 revenue was 2% higher compared to the previous year, growing to 65.9 billion Danish krone (around $9.65 billion). "It was a difficult year," Lego CEO Niels Christiansen told CNBC. The Danish toymaker said operating profit declined slightly from 17.9 billion Danish krone to 17.1 billion, noting that it had boosted spending on strategic initiatives designed to drive growth. Net profit came in at 13.1 billion Danish krone in 2023, compared to 13.8 billion the previous year. Toy company Hasbro earlier this month said its 2023 revenue fell by 15% compared to 2022 and that it expected to see a further decline this year.

Persons: Lego, Niels Christiansen, toymaker Organizations: CNBC, Toy, Hasbro Locations: China, U.S, Europe

☆ Barbie is the blueprint as Mattel seeks to revitalize American Girl, Fisher-Price
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

This is especially important for the company's Fisher-Price and American Girl brands, which have been in the midst of their own transformations for several years. In just the last year, net global sales for American Girl were down 9%. When it comes to to the American Girl brand, Kreiz admits that the challenges "were not product driven," but rather an issue with its commercial strategy. American Girl doll by Mattel Source: Mattel"We think there's some real opportunities to continue to grow the brand and extend the story that exists within American Girl thoughtfully, and we want to do it authentically," said Silverman. Mattel executives remained tightlipped about what to expect from an upcoming American Girl movie, which currently does not have a release date.

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☆ Helen Mirren gets her own Barbie for International Women’s Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Actress Helen Mirren has said she is “blown away” by a new Barbie created in her likeness. The glamorous doll, complete with its own Academy Award, is one of a series of eight launched by toymaker Mattel to mark International Women’s Day on Friday. Mirren, the 78-year-old star who narrated last year’s hit “Barbie” movie, said she regards the creation of the doll as a “huge compliment.”The new dolls were created to mark International Women's Day. And the cherry on top of the cake is my doll having a miniature Oscar. Thank you @barbie @barbiestyle @Mattel”Previous role model dolls have included TV producer Shonda Rhimes, professional skateboarder Sky Brown and Sarah Gilbert, who developed the Covid-19 vaccine.

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☆ These are the stocks investors should bet against, Wolfe Research says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As the market seesaws, Wolfe Research is eyeing stocks where it thinks downward pressure is building. But no matter which way the market heads from here, Wolfe thinks there are some stocks that could make for profitable short selling targets. Tesla has the second-most mentions among Wolfe's short interest screens with six, trailing Walgreens , which has seven. The stock's short interest hovers around 16% of float, and it appears on seven of Wolfe's short screens. DraftKings now appears on four of Wolfe's short screens, up from three in the month prior.

Persons: Wolfe, Tesla, DraftKings Organizations: Wolfe Research, Reserve, Dow Jones Industrial, Walgreens, LSEG, Hasbro, Moderna Locations: chug

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Uber, Airbnb, MGM Resorts, Robinhood and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Uber — Uber's shares jumped 11%, climbing to a new 52-week high, after the ride-hailing company announced an inaugural $7 billion share repurchase authorization program. The higher end of the company's full-year earnings per share guidance, $11.40, was also above estimates of $10.83 per share. On Tuesday, DaVita posted earnings of $1.87 per share, ex-items, on $3.15 billion in revenue. Robinhood Markets — Shares of the trading platform jumped 9% after the company posted a surprise earnings and revenue beat. Robinhood posted earnings of 3 cents per share, while analysts expected a 1 cent per share loss, according to LSEG.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: JetBlue Airways, Arista Networks, Tripadvisor and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Arista Networks — The computer networking stock dropped more than 7% even after the company topped fourth-quarter estimates. Arista Networks said it expected first-quarter revenue to range between $1.52 billion and $1.56 billion versus an estimate of $1.53 billion. Revenue of $2.14 billion was greater than the $2.08 billion expected by analysts polled by FactSet. For the current period, the company expected earnings to range between $130 million and $150 million versus a $174 million estimate. Molson Coors Beverage — Shares added nearly 3% after the beer maker posted a fourth-quarter earnings beat.

Persons: Carl Icahn, Goldman Sachs, Tripadvisor, Datadog, LSEG, ZoomInfo, Tim Hortons, Burger King, BTIG, Hakyung Kim, Alex Harring, Fred Imbert, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox Organizations: JetBlue Airways —, JetBlue Airways, Arista Networks, Revenue, Hasbro, LSEG, FactSet, ZoomInfo Technologies, Cadence, Design Systems, Lattice Semiconductor, Restaurant, Molson Coors Beverage

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: JetBlue Airways, Shopify, Biogen and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Shopify — The e-commerce company saw shares slide more than 10% after it gave a mixed forecast for the current quarter. The company did beat fourth-quarter earnings and revenue estimates. Arista Networks — The computer networking stock fell 4% despite topping fourth-quarter estimates. Marriott International — The hotel chain stock declined 5.7% after missing fourth-quarter revenue estimates. Biogen — The biotechnology stock slumped more than 6% after missing Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates as revenue and profit declined from a year ago.

Persons: WK Kellogg, Shopify, Goldman Sachs, Marriott's, ZoomInfo, Carl Icahn, Wall, Tripadvisor, Horton, Lennar, Bruker, Microstrategy, CleanSpark, —, Macheel, Samantha Subin, Yun Li, Sarah Min, Alex Harring Organizations: Arista Networks, Marriott, ZoomInfo, —, LSEG, JetBlue Airways —, Hasbro, &, Toll, Cadence, Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Miners, Iris Energy

☆ Hasbro stock plunges after revenue drop, downbeat outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Laya Neelakandan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Toy company Hasbro reported a more than 20% hit to its fourth-quarter revenue and issued a downbeat 2024 forecast Tuesday morning. Here's how Hasbro performed in the fourth quarter compared with estimates from LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv:Earnings per share: 38 cents vs. 66 cents per share expected. 38 cents vs. 66 cents per share expected. Revenue: $1.29 billion vs. $1.36 billion expected. Hasbro expects further revenue declines in the year ahead.

Persons: Gina Goetter Organizations: Hasbro, Brand, ExCel, Toy, Revenue Locations: London, England, LSEG

☆ Stock futures slip after fresh Dow record, Wall Street looks to inflation data: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on January 26, 2023 in New York City. Stock futures were marginally lower on Tuesday morning as investors prepared for a key inflation report. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 38 points or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.18%, while Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.21%. In regular trading, the 30-stock Dow closed at a fresh record.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Disney, PayPal, Arm and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ralph Lauren reported earnings of $4.17 per share, excluding items, while analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings of $3.57 per share. The company, which is anticipating soft sales growth this year, also announced a $1 billion share buyback program. Arm Holdings — The chipmaker's stock soared more than 28% after it reported a fiscal third-quarter earnings beat . Apollo Global Management — Shares rose nearly 3% after the asset management company's fourth quarter earnings topped estimates. The company reported $32 billion of inflows during the quarter, pushing its total assets under management to $651 billion.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Estee Lauder, Nvidia, McDonald's, Caterpillar and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Estee Lauder — The cosmetics stock jumped 15% after Estee Lauder beat expectations with its latest results. In its second quarter, Estee Lauder reported adjusted earnings of 88 cents per share, topping the FactSet consensus estimate of 54 cents per share. Caterpillar — Shares of the heavy machinery maker popped more than 4% after the company reported adjusted earnings per share of $5.23 for the fourth quarter. In its first quarter, the industrial gas supplier reported adjusted earnings of $2.82 per share, weaker than earnings of $3.00 per share expected by analysts polled by StreetAccount. Stellantis — Stellantis shares slid 1.7% after Italian daily Il Messaggero , citing financial sources, reported the French government is reviewing a merger between Stellantis and Renault to compete with German and Chinese automakers, according to FactSet.

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☆ Here are Jim Cramer's rapid-fire takes on 5 stocks in the news Monday
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jim Cramer said this deal is Novo's way to "get more product" and addresses the "tremendous shortage" of these high-demand drugs. Shares of Eli Lilly , a stock in the CNBC Investing Club 's portfolio, were also up more than 4% ahead of Tuesday's earnings. Snap – The social media firm laid off 10% of its workforce ahead of Tuesday's earnings. Jim pointed out that Club name Starbucks (SBUX) has also been experiencing the same thing. Jim said buy McDonald's stock on weakness.

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Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs reiterated a buy rating on Nvidia and raised its price target on the high-flying semiconductor maker. Yet his price target sits at $225, implying an upside of 19.7% as he sees opportunity elsewhere. "Anyone pulling up a chart of UBER share price performance in 2023 will think, 'That's a scary chart. Analyst Sarah James upgraded the insurer to overweight from neutral and hiked her price target o $372 from $334. — Alex Harring 5:42 a.m.: Goldman hikes Nvidia price target Things continue to look up for Nvidia , according to Goldman Sachs.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Meta, Apple, Intel, Amazon, Clorox and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Apple — The iPhone maker's shares inched down 0.3% after Apple provided financial guidance for the current quarter that hinted at weak iPhone sales. Amazon posted $1 in earnings per share on $169.96 billion in revenue, according to LSEG. Analysts polled by LSEG had estimated $8.9 billion in revenue and earnings of $4.18 per share this year. Bristol Myers Squibb — The pharmaceutical stock added 1% after fourth-quarter earnings and revenue at the maker of the Opdivo anti-cancer treatment beat analysts' estimates. ExxonMobil , the largest oil company in the U.S., rose 1% after its fourth-quarter earnings per share topped analysts' estimates.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Meta, Amazon, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chevron and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Amazon — The e-commerce giant popped nearly 7% a day after posting an earnings and revenue beat . Revenue came in at $1.56 billion, topping the consensus estimate of $1.45 billion. The company reported $2.48 earnings per share, while analysts polled by LSEG had expected $2.21 per share. Analysts polled by LSEG expected guidance of $8.9 billion in revenue and earnings of $4.18 per share this year. Cinga also raised its full-year revenue outlook to at least $235 billion, topping the consensus estimate of $228.65 billion, per StreetAccount.

Persons: Amazon's, LSEG, Skechers, —, Clorox, Cigna, Cinga, Mattel, Hakyung Kim, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound Organizations: LSEG, Revenue, Myers, Chevron, LSEG . Revenue, Exxon Mobil —, Apple —, Apple, Technology, Journal, Barington, Mattel, Citi, Sea Limited Locations: Bristol, China

☆ A new space photo of Japan's first spacecraft to land on the moon shows why it's not generating any power
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Mari Yamaguchi | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, touched down on the Moon early on Saturday. One of the lander's main engines lost thrust about 50 meters (54 yards) above the moon surface, causing a harder landing than planned. 275 images from spaceTwo probes on Japan's SLIM moon lander. Japan followed the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India to reach the moon surface. A spacecraft designed by a Japanese company crashed during a lunar landing attempt in April, and a new flagship rocket failed its debut launch in March.

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Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, touched down on the Moon early on Saturday. Improved accuracy would give scientists access to more of the moon, since probes could be placed nearer to obstacles. One of the lander's main engines lost thrust about 50 meters (54 yards) above the moon surface, causing a harder landing than planned. For the pinpoint landing, Sakai said, he would give SLIM a “perfect score.”“We demonstrated that we can land where we want,” Sakai said. Japan followed the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India to reach the moon surface.

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TOKYO (AP) — As Japan's space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it's aiming to hit a very small target. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle, is using “pinpoint landing” technology that promises far greater control than any previous moon landing. The mission's main goal is to test new landing technology that would allow moon mission to land “where we want to, rather than where it is easy to land,” JAXA has said. After landing, the spacecraft will seek clues about the origin of the Moon, including analyzing minerals with a special camera. Japan also hopes a success will help regain confidence for its space technology after a number of failures.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Instacart, Spirit Airlines, Marathon Digital and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Following the ruling, Bank of America downgraded Spirit to an underperform rating, while Susquehanna downgraded the airline to negative. Rivian — The electric vehicle manufacturer slid nearly 8% following a downgrade to a hold rating from Deutsche Bank. Polaris , Mattel — The stocks moved following rating changes from Morgan Stanley. Meanwhile, toymaker Mattel slid 2.8% after Morgan Stanley downgraded shares to equal weight, citing lofty consensus estimates and a tough 2024 outlook. Marathon Digital — The crypto mining firm slid 3% during Wednesday's trading session.

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☆ From FedEx to airlines, companies are starting to lose their pricing power
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-29 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Andrew Kelly | ReutersAfter years of unbridled consumer spending on everything from home improvement to dream vacations, some companies are now finding the limits of their pricing power. Nike last week lowered its annual sales growth forecast and unveiled plans to cut costs by $2 billion over the next three years. "Goods companies don't have the pricing power they did in the pandemic, and some in the hotel and travel [industries] — they don't have the pricing power they did in the immediate post-Covid," he added. Sales growth for companies in the S&P 500 is on track to average 2.7% this year, according to mid-December analyst estimates posted by FactSet. Consumer spending on apparel and groceries rose 2.4% and 2.1%, respectively, from the year-earlier period, according to the survey.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American children as a powerful but humble leader who expanded early education and rural healthcare. A public ceremony honoring Mankiller’s legacy is set for Tuesday in Tahlequah in northeast Oklahoma, where the Cherokee Nation is headquartered. The rollout of the Barbie doll featuring Mankiller wearing a ribbon skirt, black shoes and carrying a woven basket has been met with conflicting reactions. I didn't know it was coming.”Olaya also wonders how her mother would feel about being honored with a Barbie doll. “I have a warm feeling about the thought of my granddaughters playing with a Wilma Mankiller Barbie,” she said.

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WILL SHOPPERS FIND BLACK FRIDAY DEALS THIS YEAR? HOW MUCH ARE SHOPPERS EXPECTED TO SPEND? Spending online during Black Friday is expected to rise 5.7% to roughly $9.6 billion, according to Adobe. WHAT ARE RETAILERS DOING TO ATTRACT HOLIDAY SHOPPERS? Macy's CEO Jeff Gennette on Thursday said the competitive landscape has shifted to Black Friday deals prior to Black Friday.

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