Comcast SpinCo chooses corporate name Versant
Comcast’s spinoff of the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio will be named Versant, the company said Tuesday, ending a monthslong process to select a new corporate moniker. The new company chose Versant (pronounced like the root of the word “conversant”) to emphasize its versatility and its familiarity with multiple subjects, according to Chief […]
Got your Real ID? You should still get to the airport at least 3 hours early if you’re flying anytime soon.
While the Homeland Security chief said travelers without a Real ID can still fly — for now — they’ll be subject to extra screening. So everyone should brace for even longer airport security lines and delays.
Disney (DIS) earnings Q2 2025
Daytime fireworks launch over Cinderella Castle during a performance of “Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire” in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Bay Lake, Florida, April 30, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Disney will report its fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell […]
Former LPGA golfer Michelle Wie West invests in Togethxr
Former LPGA golf star Michelle Wie West is taking on a bigger role in growing women’s sports — from off the course. On Tuesday, Wie West announced she has signed on as the latest athlete investor in Togethxr, the company behind the popular “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports” slogan. Togethxr aims to increase investment in and […]
Upstart tumbles on second-quarter outlook, even as its full-year forecast gets more upbeat
Shares of Upstart Holdings Inc. tumbled after hours on Tuesday after the artificial-intelligence lending platform forecast a second-quarter loss and sales that missed Wall Street’s expectations.
Rivian Automotive (RIVN) Q1 2025 earnings
Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric automaker Rivian’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, on June 21, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez | Reuters Rivian Automotive beat Wall Street’s expectations for the first quarter and confirmed its 2025 earnings targets, but negatively adjusted its 2025 targets for vehicle deliveries and capital spending amid President Donald Trump’s […]
Cisco says it has a new chip that can make quantum computing useful more quickly
The company announced a new quantum lab and a research prototype chip that it said could make quantum computing possible within the next decade.
Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile gets Philadelphia arena naming rights
Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Philadelphia home of the NBA’s 76ers and NHL’s Flyers is getting a new name. Beginning in September the sports and entertainment venue in South Philadelphia will be named the Xfinity Mobile Arena, rebranding from the current Wells Fargo Center. The new name will remain through the 2030-2031 […]
This zero-day options craze could finally be coming to popular stocks like Nvidia and Tesla. Here’s what to know.
A surge in trading of so-called “zero days to expiry” — or “0DTE” — options has taken financial markets by storm over the past few years. Their rise has contributed to a boom in options trading that has drawn in both sophisticated investors and amateur speculators.
Toy manufacturing won’t come to U.S., but price hikes will
One of the goals of President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs against China is to drive manufacturing back to America. But the odds of that are low, at least when it comes to toys. “We don’t see that happening,” Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Tuesday, less than a day after the company […]
