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☆ Cybersecurity 'still number one on the agenda in boardrooms,' Cramer says as Palo Alto reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Palo Alto Networks is set to release earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter on Friday after the closing bell. The firm predicted Palo Alto could reach a valuation of $100 billion over the next few years, a sizeable upside from its current $65 billion market capitalization. Palo Alto's edge Palo Alto has a track record of overcoming market headwinds in the long term. In a saturated cybersecurity market, Palo Alto is the "only real soup-to-nuts cyber play ," Jim said recently, allowing it to dominate the field. Signage outside Palo Alto Networks headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

Persons: Palo, Jim Cramer, Wolfe, Nikesh Arora's, That's, Tenable, Jim, Jim Cramer's, David Paul Morris Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Barclays, RBC Capital Markets, Nike Inc, Wolfe Research, Palo, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Palo Alto, Palo, PANW, Santa Clara , California, U.S

☆ Subway India is now charging extra for a cheese slice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —Subway sandwiches in India will no longer come with the option of a free cheese slice following revisions to its menu that analysts say are more about cost-cutting than just a matter of taste. They now charge 30 rupees ($0.40) extra for the cheese slice in most sandwiches, but are offering a free “cheezy” sauce instead. Subway has “replaced the cheese slice with liquid cheese blend … You just lost a loyal customer,” one unimpressed customer, Sumit Arora, wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. A Subway store manager in New Delhi told Reuters the new cheese sauce costs 400 rupees per kilogram. If a customer adds the cheese slice — which was once free — it will now cost up to 15% more.

Persons: Domino ’, “, ”, Sumit Arora, Mayur, Karan Taurani Organizations: Reuters, Subway India, Brands, Twitter, India’s, Subway Locations: India, Nepal, New Delhi

☆ Subway India takes away free cheese slice, offers sauce as inflation bites
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Riddhima Talwani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

They now charge 30 rupees ($0.40) extra for the cheese slice in most sandwiches, but are offering a free "cheezy" sauce instead. Subway has "replaced the cheese slice with liquid cheese blend ... You just lost a loyal customer," one unimpressed customer, Sumit Arora, wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. A Subway store manager in New Delhi told Reuters the new cheese sauce costs 400 rupees/kilogram. A cheese slice, said Culinary Brands' marketing head Mayur Hola, "can be added on at a small cost". A Subway sandwich costs around 200-300 rupees ($2.4 to $3.6) in India, and if a customer adds the cheese slice - which was once free - will now cost up to 15% higher.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Everstone, Sumit Arora, Mayur, Karan Taurani, Riddhima Talwani, Varun Vyas, Jatindra, Saurabh Sharma, Aditya Kalra, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Subway, Brands, Twitter, Reuters, India’s, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, India, DELHI, Nepal, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow

☆ We are changing our rating on this stock after a brutal and unwarranted sell-off
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It's a flawed read-through that we believes provides a buying a opportunity— are upgrading our rating on PANW shares to a buy. We would snap up more shares of Palo Alto on Monday were we not restricted after a mention of the stock on-air. In late April into early May, PANW shares fell after negative comments from Tenable (TENB) and Cloudflare (NET). As a market leader in thirteen categories within security, Palo Alto is a winner from what is happening in the market. Arora Nikesh, Palo Alto Networks CEO & Chairman at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd, 2022.

Persons: PANW, Palo, Morgan Stanley, Morgan, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Arora Nikesh, Adam Galica Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Palo, Palo Alto, Barclays, RBC, CNBC Locations: Palo Alto, Palo, PANW, Davos, Switzerland

REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File PhotoNEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - India has restricted imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers with immediate effect, according to a government notice on Thursday, in a bid to push local manufacturing. In April-June, electronics imports, which include laptops, tablets and personal computers, was $19.7 billion, up 6.25% year-on-year. Electronics imports range between 7% to 10% of the country's total merchandise imports. "The move's spirit is to push manufacturing to India. India has been trying to push local manufacturing by giving production-linked incentives in over two dozen sectors, including electronics.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, It's, Ali Akhtar Jafri, Madhavi Arora, Shivam Patel, Shivangi Singh, Sudipto Ganguly, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Electronics, Dell, Samsung, LG Electronics, Apple Inc, Lenovo, HK, HP Inc, Dixon Technologies, Emkay, India Cellular and Electronics Association, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, China, Mumbai

☆ UK markets watchdog ready to pounce as new consumer power comes into force
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The new duty is particularly significant for being more granular, requiring "good outcomes" and no "forseeable harm" for customers across products and services, price and value. The duty will help the FCA tackle harms pre-emptively to stop a mis-selling scandal in the first place, she added. Firms will have to demonstrate to the FCA how they are providing good outcomes, a step the watchdog hopes will improve on the low trust in financial services. It says it will help ensure that banks pass on higher interest rates to savers, and provide help to those struggling to pay a mortgage. ($1 = 0.7770 pounds)Reporting by Huw Jones; Editing by Conor HumphriesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nisha Arora, Arora, Philip Deeks, James's, Jonathan Herbst, Herbst, KPMG's Deeks, Deeks, Huw Jones, Conor Humphries Organizations: Financial, Authority, FCA, Reuters, Norton Rose, Thomson

☆ $13 billion hedge fund Schonfeld loses several senior technology and recruiting personnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Several leaders in Schonfeld's technology and recruiting teams have recently exited. Several leaders of multi-strategy hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors' technology and recruiting operations have exited the firm, according to people familiar with the matter. Steve Kordik, who headed up a team in North America responsible for supporting the trading technology platform, left in May. Tom Burdo, director of front-office technology talent acquisition, left in June. Schonfeld, which manages about $13 billion in outside money, grew from some 600 employees in mid-2021 to around 860 at the end of 2022, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Persons: Vincent Aniello, Schonfeld, Steve Kordik, Renee Kenas, Radhika Arora, Tom Burdo, Point72, buildout, Colin Lancaster, Mitesh, It's, Toby Kung, Derry Herlihy, Goldman Sachs, Riccardo Riboldi Organizations: Advisors, Securities and Exchange Commission, LinkedIn, Citadel, Derry, Delta Locations: North America, Macquarie

☆ Here are our top 4 stocks and worst 4 stocks to start the second half of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

There are some new names on both the July leaders and July laggards list since we did this exercise looking at our January to June portfolio performance. META 1M mountain Meta stock performance month-to-date. Meta Platforms (META) remains a top performer in the portfolio to start the second half, rising 7.6% for the first two weeks of July after more than doubling in the first half. To start out the first half of 2023, Nvidia was our top-performing stock in the portfolio with nearly a triple. The analysts warned that FL's high exposure to lower-income consumers could pressure the second half of the year.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim, Meta, Baird, Mary Dillon, Foot, Nikesh Arora, PANW, Eli Lilly, Lilly, Mounjaro that's, Johnson, Jim Cramer, Brendan McDermid Organizations: Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, Investing, Nasdaq, HAL, Halliburton, Natural Resources, Coterra Energy, Meta, Nvidia, Apple, Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, PANW, Palo, Reuters, Nordisk, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, & ' $ Locations: North America, FL, PANW, Palo, New York City, U.S

☆ Jim Cramer gauges the threat of Microsoft's cybersecurity foray on Palo Alto Networks stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Microsoft (MSFT) updated plans to expand further into cybersecurity this week, creating chaos in pure-play vendors like Club name Palo Alto Networks (PANW). We think that decline was an overreaction and the bounce since shows that investors have come to realize that Microsoft's moves pose little threat to cybersecurity leader Palo Alto. Bottom line We believe Palo Alto will stay the cybersecurity leader regardless of Microsoft's announcement. Founded in 2005, Palo Alto has been in the space much longer than Microsoft, and it has a first-mover advantage. Signage outside Palo Alto Networks headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

Persons: Palo Alto, I'm, Jim Cramer, Nikesh Arora, Arora, We've, Brent Thill, Goldman Sachs, Gabriela Borges, Satya Nadella, Palo, Jim, Jim Cramer's, David Paul Morris Organizations: Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Jefferies, Alto Networks, Apple, Management, JPMorgan, Nasdaq, Big Tech, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Palo Alto, Palo, PANW, cybersecurity, Santa Clara , California, U.S

☆ Palo Alto Networks CEO says Microsoft has a long way to go on cybersecurity
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks ' CEO Nikesh Arora told CNBC's Jim Cramer that while Microsoft's foray into the cybersecurity sphere certainly substantiates the market, the company is just dipping its toes into a sector Palo Alto has been swimming in for years. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced it would be expanding its cybersecurity offering entering the Secure Access Service Edge space, known as SASE, a large part of the cybersecurity market dominated by smaller companies like Palo Alto. "From what I read, they're sort of heading off into a good start, but they have a long way to go." Arora added that Palo Alto can provide comprehensive services that Microsoft might not be able to do. "While Microsoft's entering the SASE market, the world is going towards a multi-enforcement point, zero-trust network," he said.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Nikesh Arora, CNBC's Jim Cramer, we've, Arora, CrowdStrike, Zscaler, who've Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Palo, Microsoft Locations: Palo Alto, Palo

☆ Palo Alto Network CEO Nikesh Arora goes one-on-one with Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Palo Alto Network CEO Nikesh Arora goes one-on-one with Jim CramerPalo Alto Network CEO sits down with 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk competition in the cybersecurity space, the increase in global cyberattacks and more.

Persons: Nikesh Arora, Jim Cramer Palo, Jim Cramer Organizations: Palo Alto, Jim Cramer Palo Alto

Here's a breakdown of two analyst calls targeting Microsoft and Palo Alto, along with our take, too. "In this 'Game of Thrones' battle for AI market share we view the enterprise as the golden-goose opportunity, as we estimate the AI market opportunity is an $800 billion market over the next decade," the analysts argued. Palo Alto Networks The news: RBC Capital Markets on Wednesday bumped Palo Alto Networks' price target to $277 a share, from $232. Morgan Stanley said last week that Palo Alto was on its way to becoming the first cybersecurity company to notch a $100 billion market valuation. Privately held companies have been left to develop AI technology at breakneck speed, giving rise to systems like Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard.

Persons: Palo, Nikesh Arora, WedBush, Morgan Stanley, Jim Cramer's, PANW, Jim Cramer, Jim, Google's Bard, Lionel Bonaventure Organizations: Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Alto, CNBC, Palo, RBC, Markets, Privately, Getty Locations: Palo Alto, OpenAI

☆ We're locking in a huge gain on one stock, plus what to do after a catalyst hits
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Following the trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 265 shares of AMD, decreasing its weighting to 1.25% from 1.14%. Separately, we are downgrading our Palo Alto Networks (PANW) rating to a 2. It was Palo Alto Networks' fourth consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability. Usually we only buy stocks for fundamentals reasons, but we called this potential event as a special catalyst you had to buy ahead of. Nikesh Arora, Palo Alto Networks Adam Galica | CNBC

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Stocks, Jim Cramer, Jim, Nikesh Arora, Galica Organizations: Micro Devices, AMD, Nvidia, Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: Palo

☆ Here's what earnings from industry rivals mean for two Club names
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

And that's what we care most about as investors in the cybersecurity industry since February, when we first took a position in Palo Alto . "We don't see the demand for cybersecurity slowing down.," Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora told CNBC Thursday. Palo Alto last week delivered a quarterly beat, while raising its full-year earnings guidance . We prefer Palo Alto over CrowdStrike for multiple reasons, including the former's profitability profile, its leading multi-platform approach and Arora's deft leadership. With ample growth still ahead, we're staying long Palo Alto.

Persons: Palo, Nordstrom, Macy's, Jeff Gennette, Gennette, Wednesday's, Erik Nordstrom, —, CrowdStrike, Burt Podbere, Podbere, Nikesh Arora, we're, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Daniel Acker Organizations: Nordstrom, TJX Companies, Palo Alto Networks, Marshalls, Palo, CNBC, Palo Alto, TJ Maxx, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: New York, U.S, Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Peoria , Illinois

☆ Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora: We don't see the demand for cybersecurity slowing down
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | 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 EmailPalo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora: We don't see the demand for cybersecurity slowing downPalo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss whether the demand for cybersecurity is slowing down, the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, and more.

Persons: Nikesh Arora, ‘ Squawk Organizations: Alto

☆ Palo Alto Networks CEO calls generative AI a boon for customer satisfaction and company efficiency
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Palo Alto Networks ' CEO Nikesh Arora lauded generative artificial intelligence in the cybersecurity space on Tuesday, telling CNBC's Jim Cramer the technology has the potential to maximize efficiency for customers and workers. "I think there's going to be tremendous amounts of efficiency and customer happiness driven from [generative AI] at one end," Arora said. Arora said generative AI will allow the company to double in size within the next few years without having to proportionally scale employees. Instead, generative AI was able to finish the project in four hours. For example, he said he's already heard discussions of people creating safe words so as not to be fooled by deepfakes or bad AI.

☆ Here’s the secret sauce that fueled Palo Alto Networks’ beat and raise despite tough times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bottom line Once again, Palo Alto Networks delivered an upside quarter despite uncertainty related to the slowing and more cost-conscious macroeconomic environment. Palo Alto Networks isn't cheap on a classical earnings basis. The fiscal Q3 results clearly show Palo Alto Networks as a preferred partner despite industry headwinds related to elongated sales cycles. PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks (PANW) YTD performance Outlook For Palo Alto Networks' current fiscal 2023 fourth quarter, the company sees rosy times ahead. Signage outside Palo Alto Networks headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

☆ Explainer: What India's decision to scrap its 2000-rupee note means for its economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Ira Dugal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MUMBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - India will withdraw its highest denomination currency note from circulation, the central bank said on Friday. WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT WITHDRAW 2000-RUPEE NOTES? When 2000-rupee notes were introduced in 2016 they were intended to replenish the Indian economy's currency in circulation quickly after demonetisation. However, the central bank has frequently said that it wants to reduce high value notes in circulation and had stopped printing 2000-rupee notes over the past four years. The value of 2000-rupee notes in circulation is 3.62 trillion Indian rupees ($44.27 billion).

☆ Here's our Monthly Meeting rapid-fire update on all 34 stocks in the Club's portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Here's a rapid-fire update on all 34 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Ford (F): CEO Jim Farley did a fantastic job delivering in the automaker's latest quarter, and we like his decision to scale back Ford's business in China . 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. Here's a rapid-fire update on all 34 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club.

☆ Here are 4 stocks Jim Cramer thought about buying for the Club and the reasons why
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks YTD Palo Alto Networks (PANW) shares fell more than 4% at one point Monday afternoon to a session low of $190.67, and we can't find any reason for the decline. The selling might be nothing more than some short-term profit-taking after Palo Alto rallied over 8% in last week's struggling market. HON YTD mountain Honeywell YTD Here's one more name we thought about buying: Honeywell (HON). As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Arora Nikesh, Palo Alto Networks CEO & Chairman at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd, 2022.

☆ Wiz's rapid ascent to $10 billion valuation in market downturn shows cloud security is 'still huge'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The accelerated shift to cloud computing has boosted adoption of security software that can identify the spots where hackers can wage attacks. Older security companies such as Palo Alto Networks and Rapid7 have widened their portfolios to specialize in securing the cloud. Regardless of how Thomas views Wiz, in February his company added the startup to its list of competitors, putting it alongside Palo Alto Networks . Rappaport called out Palo Alto Networks, which has an offering called Prisma Cloud, as his company's best place to snag business. Rappaport also knows plenty about Microsoft, having sold his prior security startup, Adallom, to the company for $320 million in 2015.

☆ Club meeting recap: Banks in focus, Big Tech earnings, Palo Alto
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. Equities rise with banks in focus Bullish on tech Palo Alto is a buy 1. Bullish on tech Two Big Tech Club holdings — Alphabet ( GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) – reported quarterly beats Tuesday, despite gathering macroeconomic clouds. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

☆ Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora sits down one-on-one with Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | 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 EmailPalo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora sits down one-on-one with Jim CramerNikesh Arora, Palo Alto Networks CEO, joins "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer to discuss A.I., and the impact of a slowing macro enviornment after its presentation at the RSA Conference.

☆ LinusBio is using strands of hair to revolutionize the autism-detection process. Check out the slideshow it used to raise $16 million from GreatPoint and Bow Capital.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Healthcare startup LinusBio just raised a $16 million Series A funding round. The startup uses precision sequencing to detect autism and other complex diseases at birth. Disease detection and treatment startup LinusBio just raised a $16 million Series A funding round led by GreatPoint Ventures and Bow Capital. The startup diverges from startups like Elemy and Akili Technologies, which focus on treatment and support for people already diagnosed with autism. Check out the 16-page pitch deck LinusBio used to raise $16 million from VCs.

☆ Ukrainian deputy foreign minister due to seek Indian aid - report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, April 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova is due to visit India on Monday and will seek humanitarian aid and equipment to repair energy infrastructure damaged during Russia's invasion, the Hindu newspaper reported on Saturday. Dzhaparova is expected to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kyiv, the newspaper said. Ukraine is keen to get an invitation to participate in G20 meetings and for Zelenskiy to be invited to speak to G20 leaders during the summit, the newspaper said. The Indian Council of World Affairs, a New Delhi-based think tank, said on Twitter it would host a talk with Dzhaparova on Tuesday. Writing by Neha Arora; Additional reporting by Krishn Kaushik in NEW DELHI; Editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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