In 2012, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was asked by TV host Charlie Rose whether his e-commerce company would ever venture into brick-and-mortar stores. Bezos said shoppers were well-served by existing physical retailers and that Amazon wasn’t interested in launching a “me-too” product. “We want to do something that’s uniquely Amazon,” Bezos said. “If we can … Read more
Jim Cramer’s daily rapid fire looks at stocks in the news outside the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. Coca-Cola : The soft drink giant was named top pick at Morgan Stanley, replacing PepsiCo . “This is a challenged group with GLP-1s [weight loss and diabetes drugs] and sugar,” and Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey has done a … Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google were the four leading global brands at the end of 2023, according to consulting firm Interbrand. They’re are also four of the world’s five most valuable companies. … Read more
Carlsberg shares were on course for their largest single-day decline in more than four years on Friday, after the British soft drinks maker Britvic said it had rejected the Danish brewer’s £3.11 billion ($3.9 billion) takeover proposal. Shares of Carlsberg were down by 8.0% at 10:21 a.m. London time, according to LSEG data. This is the … Read more
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