General Mills’ Cheerios for sale on a store shelf. Lisa Baertlein | Reuters Cheerios maker General Mills Inc’s quarterly sales fell short of Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, hit by weak demand for its baking products and snacks in the United States and challenges in key emerging markets such as Brazil and India. The company,
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Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, attends a media event in Mumbai on May 3, 2017. Abhijit Bhatlekar | Mint | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Adobe shares fell as much as 4% on Tuesday after hours, as the company reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings and soft quarterly guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings:
Chewy shares fell 2% in extended trading Tuesday despite reporting a narrower-than-expected second quarter loss. The pet food and product retailer posted net sales of $1.15 billion, topping estimates of $1.13 billion, according to a survey of analysts by Refinitiv. Sales also grew 43% from last year. The company’s second quarter loss widened to $82.9
TransferWise co-founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise booked a profit for the third year in a row, a rare show of growth for an industry littered with start-ups that have struggled to break even. The London-based company said on Wednesday that its net profit after tax climbed to £10.3 million
Oracle said Mark Hurd, one of the software vendor’s two CEOs, is taking a leave of absence for health reasons, nine years after joining the company from Hewlett-Packard. The stock dropped in extended trading after the announcement. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s founder and chief technology officer, will handle Hurd’s responsibilities along with Safra Catz, the other