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REUTERS/Brendan McDermidSummarySummary Companies Amazon down after signaling slower AWS growthPinterest, Snap fall on downbeat forecastsIntel gains on upbeat view on marginsMarch PCE index due at 8:30 a.m. ETFutures down: Dow 0.37%, S&P 0.37%, Nasdaq 0.28%April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday as Amazon's warning about a slowdown in its cloud business and downbeat forecasts from Snap and Pinterest dented Wall Street sentiment, while investors awaited a key inflation report later in the day. The main U.S. indexes ended up sharply on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX) logging its biggest one-day percentage gain since early January. Analysts expect first-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies to fall 2.4% year-over-year compared with a forecast for a 5.1% fall at the start of April. ET, Dow e-minis were down 127 points, or 0.37%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 15.25 points, or 0.37%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 37.25 points, or 0.28%.

☆ Futures dip as Amazon warns of slowdown in cloud segment
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares slipped 1.1% in premarket trading as the company signaled its cloud growth would slow further, overshadowing its better-than-expected quarterly results. The weak updates followed stronger-than-expected earnings from big technology and growth companies this week including Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) which led analysts to improve first-quarter profit estimates for S&P 500 companies. The main U.S. indexes ended up sharply on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX) logging its biggest one-day percentage gain since early January. Analysts expect first-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies to fall 2.4% year-over-year compared with a forecast for a 5.1% fall at the start of April. ET, Dow e-minis were down 105 points, or 0.31%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 16 points, or 0.39%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 48.75 points, or 0.37%.

☆ A.I. could serve as the next major catalyst for these cybersecurity stocks. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

While a major headache for customers and businesses alike, the emergence of sophisticated AI attacks could serve as a major boon for cloud companies operating in the cybersecurity space. For many years, cybersecurity cloud companies have harnessed AI and machine learning to stop attacks, monitor suspicious activity and protect businesses. .IXIC YTD mountain Nasdaq Composite so far this year As investors dip back into the technology sector, cybersecurity stocks across have risen across the board, with the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) up about 7.5% this year. Cybersecurity providers CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks are up 25.6% and 38.5%, respectively, year to date. "The basket of cloud and cybersecurity stocks offers something for everyone," Eyal said.

☆ Here are the top 10 stock analysts of the past decade, according to TipRanks
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

TipRanks' algorithms calculated the average return and statistical significance of each rating, as well as the analysts' overall success rate. To come up with this list, TipRanks analyzed every stock recommendation made by analysts in the past decade. TipRanks is celebrating a decade of simplifying investment decisions through its data-driven research tools: Here is a list of the 10 best analysts on Wall Street. Bolton's best rating in the past decade has been on ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR), a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company. These analysts generated significant returns from their recommendations in the past decade and have notable success rates.

☆ Lighting Round: VICI Properties, Trade Desk, Cloudflare
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLighting Round: VICI Properties, Trade Desk, Cloudflare"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer discusses a number of stocks, like VICI Properties, Trade Desk, and Cloudflare.

☆ Elon Musk appears to offer $1 million bounty to 'convict' those responsible for Twitter 'botnets'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk appeared to offer a $1 million bounty to help find the source of "botnets" on Twitter. The user said by taking control of several accounts, botnets were able to suppress certain accounts by mass blocking, unfollowing, and reporting them. Blogger Jane Wong pointed out that Twitter's algorithm specifically labels if Musk wrote a tweet. He plans to allow only the tweets of verified accounts and those users follow on the For You feed. "Legacy verified accounts," those verified by Twitter before Musk's takeover for free largely on the basis of noteworthiness, will begin to lose their verification marks this weekend, according to Twitter.

☆ Top Wall Street analysts prefer these five stocks despite ongoing uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are five stocks chosen by Wall Street's top analysts, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Nonetheless, several analysts, including Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani, remain bullish on the stock. Foot LockerThis week, sneaker and athletic apparel retailer Foot Locker (FL) delivered upbeat results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. Guggenheim analyst Robert Drbul expects Foot Locker to benefit from CEO Dillon's "extensive knowledge and deep understanding of off-mall and big-box retailing." (See Foot Locker Stock Chart on TipRanks)Cisco Systems

☆ SVB Collapse Puts Pressure on Enterprise-Tech Pipeline
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Angus Loten | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince spoke at The Wall Street Journal CIO Network Summit on Tuesday in Palo Alto, Calif. The abrupt collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is expected to put a damper on innovation in the enterprise-technology market—at least in the short term—with emerging software startups facing new fundraising challenges and higher-priced loans, corporate technology chiefs, investors and industry analysts say. Beyond added financial pressures, they say, enterprise-tech developers—which make business software tools for companies—will also have to adjust to the sudden loss of the bank as a networking hub at the center of the startup ecosystem, which has helped foster the growth of countless go-to enterprise software products and services.

☆ We asked 4 expert tech investors how to invest in AI without getting sucked in by the hype. Here's what they told us.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Marley Jay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Insider spoke to four tech fund managers about their ideas and approaches to the theme. This year, Open AI's ChatGPT has attracted even more hype — and much more money — as Microsoft invested $10 billion in Open AI. "Fads and themes are really common in technology," mutual fund manager Matthew Moberg told Insider. "A lot of the leading AI companies are using Cloudflare today, and we think that will increase." Michael Loukas is the CEO of TrueMark Investments, which launched its Tech, AI, and Deep Learning ETF three years ago.

☆ The Club's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday: CPI, volatile market, oil dips
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The analysts have buys on Palo Alto Networks (PANW), with the most upside to price target, as well as CrowdStrike (CRWD), Check Point (CHKP) and Fortinet (FTNT). They increase price target to $255 per share from $215. But they think any pullback in shares of the Club stock would be short-lived ahead of the chip company's March 20 to 23 GTC developer conference . The analyst say Club holding TJX Companies (TJX) is best positioned and raise price target to $88 from $85. Industrial gas company and Club holding Linde 's (LIN) price target was increased to $378 per share from $370 at BMO Capital.

☆ Security Gets Blended With Corporate Networks in New Cloud Platforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

As everything moves to the cloud, a new generation of cybersecurity platforms has emerged, combining corporate networks with security tools such as malware protection into a single system that tech leaders can manage centrally. Older technology can be upgraded to lay the groundwork for implementing a new platform, Mr. Franch said, but it needs to happen without disrupting the existing corporate network. PREVIEWAt Carriage Services, Mr. Franch wants to undertake a network modernization similar to one he oversaw as chief technology officer of commercial real-estate services company Cushman & Wakefield. Modernization tends to reduce complexity and increase visibility of what’s on the network, which can benefit security, according to Mr. Franch. Goya Foods Inc. CIO Suvajit Basu said the Jersey City, N.J.-based company uses cybersecurity services from about seven vendors and a total of about 12 cybersecurity tools, many purchased and implemented over time.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Lyft, Spotify, Expedia, Yelp and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Expedia — The travel company's stock toppled nearly 8% after falling short of analysts' revenue and earnings expectations for the recent quarter. Yelp — Yelp's stock jumped 4% after fourth-quarter revenue beat analysts expectations, according to Refinitiv. Deutsche Bank — Shares fell 3% after Bank of America downgraded Deutsche Bank to underperform from neutral, saying the European bank is "struggling to improve profitability." The decline in shares came despite a top-and-bottom line beat on analysts' expectations, according to FactSet. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the fourth quarter came in below analysts' expectations, according to FactSet.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday: Stocks stumble, again
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

RL (RL) gets price target increase at $135 per share from $115 at Credit Suisse. Bank of America lowers price target on Mattel (MAT) to $21 per share from $26. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

☆ Jim Cramer gives his take on recent quarterly earnings from New Relic, Cloudflare and Alteryx
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJim Cramer gives his take on recent quarterly earnings from New Relic, Cloudflare and AlteryxCramer gave his thoughts on earnings reports from three enterprise software companies.

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Lyft, Expedia, Yelp and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading:Lyft — The ride-sharing company cratered 31.5% after issuing weak guidance in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report. Lyft said it anticipates about $975 million in revenue, lower than the $1.09 billion analysts expected, according to StreetAccount. Yelp — The consumer review platform gained more than 5% in the premarket after it posted fourth-quarter revenue of $309 million, topping analysts' expectations of $307 million. Deutsche Bank — Shares of the German bank dipped more than 3% in pre-market trading after Deutsche Bank was downgraded to underperform from neutral at Bank of America. Newell Brands — The parent company of Rubbermaid and Yankee Candle slumped 7.5% after reporting earnings that missed analysts' expectations.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Lyft, Expedia, Yelp, PayPal and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Expedia — The travel company's shares fell 1.8% after the company missed analysts' expectations on earnings and revenue in the latest quarter. Analysts called for earnings of $1.67 per share on revenue of $2.70 billion, according to Refinitiv. Lyft also anticipates making roughly $975 million in revenue in the fiscal first quarter of 2023, lower than the $1.09 billion analysts anticipated, according to StreetAccount. Revenue came in at $7.38 billion, compared to analysts' estimate of $7.39 billion, according to Refinitiv. The company had revenue of $309 million, compared to analysts' forecasts of $307 million, according to Refinitiv.

☆ Economic optimism at Davos is 'bizarre' and a prolonged downturn is more likely, says Cloudflare CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Britney Nguyen | Cadie Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cloudflare's CEO called the "tenor of optimism" for the economy at the World Economic Forum "bizarre." Matthew Prince told Insider a prolonged downturn is likely, in an interview at Davos. Of the 22 chief economists surveyed by the WEF, around two-thirds think a global recession is likely this year, and 18% think it is "extremely likely." Some respondents to the WEC's economic outlook survey think some of these issues could become less threatening throughout the year. Two-thirds of survey respondents think the cost-of-living crisis could be less severe at the end of the year, while close to the same amount of survey respondents think the energy crisis in Europe will also improve by 2023's end.

☆ Cloudflare's CEO says he is 'kind of excited' about an upcoming recession for these 4 reasons
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Cadie Thompson | Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said his company is prepared for an upcoming recession. According to Prince, who spoke to Insider at the World Economic Forum, economic downturns can have a silver lining. See 4 reasons the CEO is "kind of excited" for an upcoming recession. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops — delivered daily to your inbox. Nevertheless, Prince said he's looking on the bright side: "I guess it's a little masochistic or sadistic or something, but kind of excited about the upcoming recession."

☆ Cloudflare says White House asked tech firm to bypass Iran censorship, but US sanctions got in the way
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In the case of San Francisco-based Cloudflare, Prince said the White House official suggested the company could be given a “license” to operate in Iran, but Prince replied that it was “too late” for that. Prince did not name the White House official. CNN has requested comment from the White House National Security Council. About 10% of Russian households use that anti-censorship Cloudflare technology, Prince claimed. The phone call from the White House, Prince said, illustrated a difficult “tradeoff” between sanctions meant to punish human rights-flouting regimes and the need to get technology into the hands of dissidents.

☆ Davos 2023: CEOs buzz about ChatGPT-style AI at World Economic Forum
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Jeffrey Dastin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Business titans trudging through Alpine snow can't stop talking about a chatbot from San Francisco. Businesses including CarMax Inc (KMX.N) have already used Microsoft and OpenAI's tech, such as to generate thousands of customer review summaries when marketing used vehicles. Such buzz carried through gatherings at Davos, like talk about a slide-generating bot dubbed ChatBCG after the management consulting firm. loadingGenerative AI is "a game-changer that society and industry need to be ready for," stated an article on the World Economic Forum's website. Reporting By Jeffrey Dastin in Davos, Switzerland; Editing by Kenneth Li and Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Davos 2023: Palantir CEO predicts hiring while preparing for economic slowdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Jeffrey Dastin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) is still looking to grow its headcount even as it scrutinizes its spending and confronts economic uncertainty, its chief executive told Reuters. Economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum largely expect a recession this year. Asked about potential cuts, Karp said Palantir was doing well in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada while evaluating spend in slower markets. The top cloud providers are Amazon (AMZN.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Google (GOOGL.O), though Karp said his company is "cloud agnostic." Reporting By Jeffrey Dastin in Davos, Switzerland; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Cloudflare Takes Aim at a Top Security Threat: Your Inbox
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Cloud-infrastructure company Cloudflare Inc. announced Wednesday new email security capabilities aimed at helping businesses defend against phishing, malware and other cyberattacks commonly targeting corporate email accounts. It provides web performance, cybersecurity and other services to millions of customers, of which more than 156,000 pay for its services. Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare Photo: Cloudflare Inc.Chief Executive Matthew Prince said the new security functions are also in response to an increase in ransomware and other sophisticated cyberattacks, some of which are perpetrated by relatively unsophisticated hackers. Prince said, referring to the growth of so-called “ransomware-as-a-service,” where ransomware operators provide malware programs to affiliates to launch attacks. Prince said Cloudflare, which was itself a customer of Area 1 before pursuing an acquisition, has more closely integrated its existing cybersecurity services with Area 1’s email security platform.

☆ Annual plans allow Cloudflare to have more free cash flow up-front, says CEO Matthew Prince
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAnnual plans allow Cloudflare to have more free cash flow up-front, says CEO Matthew PrinceCloudflare CEO Matthew Prince and CNBC's Frank Holland join 'TechCheck' to discuss the company's recent authorization to aid government agencies in modernization pursuits, the cash flow benefit of subscription services and annual plans, and the cybersecurity concerns of criminal prosecutions over data breaches.

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Amazon, Tesla, DoorDash, Disney, Zillow & more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Piper Sandler reiterates Amazon as outperform Piper said it's "more positive on the out-year opportunity" after attending the most recent Amazon Web Services conference in Las Vegas. Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by shares of Apple and that it sees no evidence of demand destruction. Morgan Stanley reiterates Hostess as overweight Morgan Stanley said after a meeting with Hostess management that it sees multiple growth drivers for the maker of Twinkies. Morgan Stanley reiterates Rocket Lab as overweight Morgan Stanley said investors should buy the dip in shares of the space satellite company. Morgan Stanley reiterates FedEx as equal weight Morgan Stanley said it's staying cautious and has low visibility heading into FedEx earnings later this month.

☆ Exclusive: Sentry, recently valued at over $3 billion, has acquired Codecov, a maker of software development tools
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Application monitoring service Sentry has acquired development tool maker Codecov. Sentry recently raised $90 million in Series E funding, which valued the company at more than $3 billion. Sentry, a startup that makes an application performance monitoring platform, said it has acquired Codecov, a startup that makes software development tools. The company, which has raised over $200 million to date from Accel, NEA, Bond and others, was recently valued at more than $3 billion. Combining the two services will allow Sentry to monitor for errors at every stage of the development process, Sentry CEO Milin Desai tells Insider.

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