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Job openings barely budged in March as the hiring rate reached its highest level in nearly two years, Labor Department data released Tuesday showed. But layoffs also crept higher.
With prices climbing to visit Disneyland and Disney World, the cost may be some people’s financial security.
Paramount Skydance reported first-quarter results after Monday’s close, its first report since winning the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Disney faces a mixed Q2 outlook as streaming gains are offset by sports costs and park expenses ahead of earnings, with margins under pressure.
Disney is set to report earnings Wednesday for the first time under new CEO Josh D'Amaro, with traders expecting a big move in the entertainment giant's stock after the results.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was among the stocks on Jim Cramer’s radar on Mad Money as he discussed the upcoming earnings. Cramer expects a good number from the company, as he remarked: On Wednesday, Disney reports. Alright, and I think it’s a microcosm of the higher-end travel markets… The consumer’s holding strong, and the […]
Paramount Skydance is scheduled to report first-quarter results after Monday’s close, its first report since winning the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery.
DIS heads into fiscal Q2 earnings with improving streaming profitability, but higher sports costs and Experiences expenses may pressure margins.
The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE:VIX) is up 2.2% today to hover just above 17, snapping back from Friday’s close as renewed Middle East tensions and crude price spikes reintroduce risk premium into options markets. The bounce comes one trading session after the S&P 500 set a fresh all-time high of 7,230, capping the index’s best ... Market Greed Is Back: Oil and the Hormuz Strait Didn’t Get the Memo.
In April 2026, former 3-D animator Eric Ryder filed an amended US copyright lawsuit against James Cameron, Lightstorm Entertainment, and several Walt Disney subsidiaries, alleging extensive unauthorized use of his KRZ story across the entire Avatar franchise and seeking more than US$1.00 billion in damages plus injunctive relief. Separately, WK Kellogg Co announced the return of cereal-box toys through a tie-up with The Walt Disney Studios for Toy Story 5, underscoring how Disney’s...
Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat. Powell’s term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, with Kevin Warsh’s Senate vote to confirm him as successor taking place as early as May 11. While Powell is set to bow out in charge of the Fed, he has said he would stay on as a governor.
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Disney's latest fair value estimate has been nudged from US$128.42 to US$128.25 per share, a trim of about US$0.17 that reflects recent price target resets across the analyst community. Those adjustments line up with a mix of modest target cuts and at least one rating upgrade, as analysts weigh a solid start to the fiscal year against existing execution and macro risks. Read on to see how to keep track of this evolving narrative and what it might mean for your own view on Disney. Stay updated...
For Hollywood, the first weekend in May now represents the start of summer movie season, an 18 week period that usually rakes in 40% of the industry’s annual sales.
ON Semiconductor, Pfizer, Uber, McDonald’s, and many more will report earnings this week. Economic releases will include the April jobs report and purchasing managers index.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” opened to an estimated $233.6 million worldwide this weekend, driven largely by women eager to rejoin Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in the world of fashion journalism 20 years after the original movie. The film from Disney’s 20th Century Studios is the latest in a string of box office hits powered by pop-culture nostalgia among millennial and Gen X audiences, after the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” did huge business. “Nostalgia is a critical driver for people right now in how they consume entertainment,” said Martha Morrison, head of marketing for Disney Entertainment Studios.
Markets enter a big week following last week's Federal Reserve meeting and mega-cap technology earnings convergence, with focus now shifting to Friday's April jobs report at 8:30am that will provide insights into labor market health amid geopolitical uncertainties and energy-driven economic pressures.
April jobs numbers come after hiring rose more than expected in March.
Although Anne Hathaway ranks among Hollywood's most bankable actors, she has navigated a complex relationship with the public. Ever since her breakthrough performance as Mia Thermopolis in Disney’s The Princess Diaries (2001), fans and critics alike have adored and scrutinized her every interview, ...
The communication services sector is a concentration bet dressed up as diversification. After the 2018 GICS reshuffle pulled Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, and Disney out of technology and consumer discretionary, the sector became dominated by a handful of mega-cap platforms sitting alongside legacy telecom and traditional media. Anyone buying a passive sector fund here is mostly ... Concentration Risk High as Top Two Stocks Steer U.S. Communication Services ETF Performance
In late April 2026, InterDigital reported first‑quarter revenue of US$205.42 million and net income of US$75.33 million, with GAAP diluted EPS of US$2.14, alongside six new licensing agreements and renewed deals with major manufacturers such as Xiaomi, LG, and Sony. Management also highlighted record smartphone annualized recurring revenue covering roughly 85% of the global market and reaffirmed full‑year 2026 guidance, underpinned by ongoing patent enforcement successes including...
REVIEW PREVIEW NEWSLETTER A Software Revival. For long stretches of the last decade, tech stocks drove much of the market’s gains. The AI boom supercharged that trend, until it didn’t. Early in 2026, in fact, tech was the market’s kryptonite, with once-hot software companies largely to blame for the trouble.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week, including earnings results out from companies like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Paramount Skydance (PSKY), Disney (DIS), Novo Nordisk (NVO), Pfizer (PFE), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), McDonald's (MCD), and Coinbase (COIN); a wave of fresh commentary from top Federal Reserve officials; and April's jobs reports due out next Friday. May 8.
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