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Affirm stock soars as company tops revenue expectations ‘despite volatile market conditions’

Shares of Affirm Holdings Inc. emerged in after-hours trading Thursday after the buy-now pay-later company delivered a revenue beat and an upbeat volume forecast in the face of “volatile market conditions.” The company posted a fiscal third-quarter net loss of $54.7 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with a loss of $287 million, or […]

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Beyond Meat’s stock slides 20% on weak sales, heads lower than IPO price for first time

Beyond Meat Inc.’s not-so-good 2022 took an ugly turn for the worse Wednesday with quarterly results that lacked sizzle. The maker of plant-based meat products BYND, -13.83% reported a net loss of $100.5 million, or $1.58 a share, compared with a net loss of $27.3 million, or 43 cents a share, in the same quarter […]

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Stock Turmoil Spreads to Junk Bonds, Hurts Deals

Shock waves from the stock market’s declines are spreading into junk bonds, sending prices tumbling and forcing some companies to cancel new deals. Average prices of US high-yield bonds fell to around 91 cents on the dollar Monday, the lowest level since May of 2020 when pandemic shutdowns slammed the global economy, according to data […]

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Prologis Offers to Buy Duke Realty in Nearly $24 Billion Deal

prolog Inc., PLD -5.26% the world’s largest owner of warehouse space, said it offered to buy Duke Realty Corp. DRE 3.92% in a nearly $24 billion deal, a vote of confidence in the e-commerce business at a time when investors are getting nervous about its growth. Prologis controls a 1 billion square foot global network […]