#stock

https://www.tipranks.com/news/shares-of-canadas-mda-space-mda-plunge-25-after-echostar-cancels-contract

$200 million in stock buybacks in three years. The top lines their own pockets instead of putting money back into the company and/or investing in their devoted workforce.

The CEO joyfully shouts, "innovation!" While he does nothing but micromanage sales and marketing. How about you focus on cutting ties with captain ponytail and the stock will increase. Analysts and shareholders will dance in the streets.

Stock buybacks, layoffs, and no raises. How can the top be this greedy? You've let amazing talent go over the last couple years while allowing the CMO to hire her friends who do nothing but su-k the air out of the room. Culture isn't dying; it's dead.

We have leaders that are incredibly insecure—primarily the CMO and CTO. They surround themselves with pathetic yes-men and yes-women. They don't respect feedback that would improve their departments. They are dictators. Speak up and you will be laid off.

The CMO continues to build a top-heavy org while cutting those who were doing the work of three people and added tremendous value for the cost. She hires SVPs & VPs in California who take credit for the work that came before them. She then lays people off in lower cost states. She's bleeding money.

Why is Elevance Health stock tanking again? Did I miss some news? Does this mean even more rifs in fourth quarter 2025? Why can't they get this ship up right again?

Someone is a doggie lover. It's not dog food, it's food food. Capital Management increased stake in Freshpet by 13% recently. Since the move, FRPT is down 12%. Checkout Marketbeat.com. Revenues are down. Why buy individual stocks anyway. Risks too high. Use AI.

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/tmobile-att-verizon-fall-after-echostar-announces-spectrum-sale-to-spacex-93CH-4228969

Dismal Jobs Report and Schwab Stock price down by ~5-6%. Are we seeing Rick’s cost cutting approach backfiring or strategic? Will possible Fed. rate cut even matter?

Let’s take it easy shall we? Yes, stock performance this year to date is very good (up 29%).

The 5 years prior to Jan 1 2025 it was down 22%.

It was down during the longest bull run in market history. The stock price was $45.23 in Jan of 1999.

So let’s stop short on calling Stank some kind of financial genius shall we?

All he does is burn through billions of cash and layoff headcount (you) to cover up his mistakes. Think about if we had an extra $200 billion of free cash instead of debt…

The marketing research company has allegedly laid off 1,000 employees who worked at its Gurgaon, India office, located near the country’s capital city of New Delhi, information shared by Reddit users on the r/Gurgaon subthread showed...

The stock also snagged price target cuts from many analysts, with UBS downgrading it to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Buy,’ citing the company’s soft contract value growth, the Fly reported. The firm stated that the company now appears to be a 3% organic grower in 2026, down from the previously expected 6% rate. According to the firm, this will limit stock upside.

Wells Fargo cut its price target for the stock to $225 from $345, citing a wide contract value miss in the second quarter. The firm based its toned-down expectations on macro uncertainty pressuring the selling environment, as well as cancellations and non-renewals of federal government contracts.

It noted that 40% of federal contracts would come up for renewal in the second half of 2025.

https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/gartner-layoff-buzz-gains-steam-online-weeks-after-earnings-induced-stock-slump/chwIIpURdpF

1000 people got laid off at Gartner Gurgaon in the past 2 days

https://www.reddit.com/r/gurgaon/comments/1n8iuh6/1000_people_got_laid_off_at_gartner_gurgaon_in/

Source: https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-sends-harsh-message-on-intel-stock

"The U.S. government just announced it’s taking a stake in Intel, and let me be clear: I abhor this idea. America has thrived for over 200 years because the government stayed in its lane."

• Kevin O'Leary

"We let dead old companies die. I have no interest in taking my tax dollars and giving it to a company that has performed so miserably."

• Kevin O'Leary

"Intel should have been sold for car parts three years ago. I do not want to invest in it. Why would anyone want to own this thing. Take it behind the barn and shoot it"

• Kevin O'Leary

Detroit Free Press

Pump, dump, and peace out.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insiders-elevance-health-sold-us-120011661.html

Article makes note of the fact that the senior leadership team is NOT buying Elevance stock, in fact they sold 6.7 million in stock. The story indicates that there was a purchase of 2.8 million in the last year but fail to mention that 2.4 million of that was a one time purchase by Gail B in July. SLT better skip buying watches this year and buy more stock to inflate the stock price if they want to get their undeserved bonuses!

I was let go, and hardly made profit of 250k, everyone I know made millions already from stock profit, wish I could invest more in stocks. All the best to everyone. Wish cod make million and can easily retired. But that's life, can't complain much. It was indeed best time of my life. Xoxo.

Just a friendly notification. UHG has spent over $11B in the last year on Stock buy backs. The prior period was $9.1B. Instead of giving us living wage raises, or a reasonable bonus. These a--hats see fit to spend company resources to prop up the stock price through repurchasing. This behavior only helps the investor class, and it ain't you with your 23 shares of UHN. It helps Hemsley, Rex, Witty, etc. This is done at your expense. At the expense of your benefits, wages and sanity.

AT the end of the month another buyback will be disclosed. I'm guessing one of the largest ever (buy the dip with your billions). Think of this when they fire your coworkers, your friends, and they stick you with a 1.5% raise and send an email expressing "gratitude" for your hard work and take away bonuses. They don't give two craps about you, they only exist to siphon your labor, sacrifice your sanity and profit off your sweat while they sit in their fancy estates diving all scrooge mcduck into their $60M compensation package.

Endless loop until bad management is removed or stock goes to 0

Management cost cutting and offshoring to increase profit —->>> stagnating platform and increase incidents —>> stock drops —>> more cost cutting and offshoring to increase profit

Someone Just Bought 1,246,200 Shares of Xerox, Valued at $6 Million.
https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/someone-just-bought-1246200-shares-of-xerox-valued-at-6-million/

What about the share price increase today? It jumped 5%, without earnings results. What happened ? Will we see 220 this year again?

Looking at Broadcom's insider roster, Hock Tan owns about 1.5M shares which means he probably has like 4-5M unvested.
My guesstimate is that TK very conservatively had 750K shares unvested in 2022 at $44 worth $33M or so. Today they would be worth $190M. There's not a lot of justice in the world but if you look at the glass half full, you'll find some.

To respond to a post on Jan 5th titled "RIP Viasat continued", when the stock traded around $9... thank you for providing the FEAR for everyone to SELL. Because this was the perfect time to be GREEDY and BUY. Go Viasat. I don't think we'll be hearing much on this message board for a while.

As many of you know, Walmart announced a restructuring in May that resulted in approximately 1,500 corporate positions being eliminated. Just months later, reports surfaced that the company abruptly ended contracts for about 1,200 Global Tech contractors following an internal investigation into possible vendor misconduct.
While Walmart’s official statement clarified that only one vendor and a small number of U.S.-based associates were terminated for failing to uphold the company’s integrity standards, the volume of layoffs and contract cuts has left many of us with unanswered questions.
One immediate concern: former associates who were laid off earlier this year are now being rehired at rates between $60 and $65 per hour. Yet similar roles in the market are commanding $75 to $86 per hour. This discrepancy raises several issues:
• How are these rehiring decisions being made, and who is overseeing the process?
• Are we jeopardizing experienced talent for short-term cost savings?
• What checks are in place to ensure that rehires receive equitable pay and benefits?
To everyone navigating the rehiring process at Walmart:

1. Ask who will submit your resume and negotiate your rate. Demand transparency about who controls your application and compensation.
2. Compare external market rates. Bring data from industry job postings to your discussions—and insist on alignment with the prevailing $75–$86 range.
3. Clarify your role’s scope, reporting structure, and any probationary terms before accepting an offer.
4. Leverage your tenure and institutional knowledge. You know Walmart’s systems, culture, and customers; make that expertise part of your value proposition.
   Walmart’s leadership—across global technology, supply chain, and retail operations—must remember that our associates are more than line items on a P&L. You deserve respect, fair pay, and a seat at the table when policies affecting your livelihood are decided.
   Stay informed, ask tough questions, and stand firm on the value you bring.

• Dell Technologies reported second fiscal quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations for sales and revenue.
• The company attributed the results to strong growth in its AI server business.
• Dell said that it now plans to ship $20 billion of AI servers in its fiscal 2026, double what it sold last year.

Despite beating on its top and bottom lines, shares of Dell Technologies fell more than 5% Thursday in extended trading after giving third-quarter earnings per share guidance that below Wall Street’s expectations.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/dell-earnings-report-q2-2026.html

what do you think?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/business/china-evergrande-delisted.html

The once great Chinese property giant Evergrande was delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange Monday. Intel's path to delisting will take a different path and include a breakup and sell off of major pieces.

Both of the KBW Bank Index and the S&P500 are at record levels. USB is a component of both indexes, but our stock is trading at the same price as it was 3rd Q 2016. In that time period, the KBX index gained 73%, while the S&P 500 is up 196%. US Bancorp? Negative 2%.
This is startlingly bad performance. Senior management has been compensated to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars for presiding over this lost decade. The Board approves increasingly ludicrous compensation packages for the very people that are responsible for this destruction of value, even while layoffs are implemented and the talent drain continues.
It's very hard to believe that GK has any chance of righting this sinking ship given what we've seen of her thus far.

Leadership seems completely focused on short-term gains, cutting costs wherever they can, and keeping stock prices up for the moment. Employees feel like replaceable parts, and it’s clear that long-term health of the company is an afterthought. There’s no sense of investment in people or the future here.

In the old days, companies used to call layoffs “downsizing” or “right-sizing,” like it was some kind of corporate yoga pose. Now it’s just “restructuring” “ Early Retirement Program “—a polite way of saying we spun the wheel and your name came up.

Make no mistake: layoffs in corporate America aren’t always about performance. They’re about PowerPoint presentations, stock price sugar highs, and executives proving to shareholders that they’re “decisive” by cutting the very people who actually do the work.

You can almost picture the C-suite playing a board game:
• Roll the dice — Land on “Cut 500 jobs” and collect a bonus.
• Draw a card — “Move production offshore, skip ahead to your stock grant vesting date.”
• Spin the wheel — “Congratulations! You’ve eliminated your entire customer support team. Hope the chatbot works!”

Meanwhile, employees are left watching their email like contestants on a reality TV show, waiting to see if they’re voted off the island or if they get to keep their seat in the open office zoo.

And the best part? The company will send you a warm, heartfelt email thanking you for your “dedicated service,” signed by an executive who couldn’t pick you out of a lineup. But don’t worry—your sacrifice will be remembered… until the next quarterly earnings call.

The pink slip game isn’t about survival of the fittest. It’s survival of whoever’s on the “critical projects” spreadsheet that quarter. And even that’s temporary. Because sooner or later, they spin the wheel again.

This post needed its own thread. The OP is @a9+1k36wh77z, all credit goes to them.

Not that there is any direct correlation, but the last time Canon Global pulled this cr-p was the end of Q2, 2024. 8 days before the mass layoffs in Canon USA.

"On August 22, Canon announced the completion of a significant share repurchase: approximately 9.8 million shares were bought back for 42.95 billion yen through the Tokyo Stock Exchange's off-auction system (ToSTNeT-3) 1. While share buybacks are generally seen as a positive move to return value to shareholders, they can also raise concerns if investors interpret them as a signal that the company lacks better growth opportunities or if the buyback is perceived as poorly timed.

Additionally, sentiment analysis from MarketBeat shows that news coverage around Canon has been slightly negative over the past week, with a sentiment score of -0.35, below the average for manufacturing companies 2. This could be contributing to the downward pressure on the stock."

There's been a lot of discussion about EJ potentially going public or being acquired.
I don't want to spark a debate on whether it will happen, can happen, or if it should happen.
I'm just curious about what will happen to the LPs? This was one of the benefits many of us were relying on for our retirement.

Does Intel need $ ?
Is this true? How does Jim Cramer see what others can't?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jim-cramer-says-intel-needs-033717705.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/international-business-machines-corporation-ibm-is-down-too-much-says-jim-cramer/ar-AA1KT9s5

Usually layoffs are to make the stock go up. So what's up with Oracle the opposite has happened.

PLEASE HELP I GET FIRED AND IN ONE MONTH MY STOCK SHOULD BE RELEASED, DID I LOST IT?

I’m now absolutely petrified that La-Z-Boy might start looking at layoffs just to appease the shareholders. The stock drop has me on edge, and I can’t stop thinking about what this could mean for all of us. Does anybody here have more insight into what’s really going on or what we might expect in the coming weeks?

This company is going under, line something else up and leave before the ship sinks completely. The stock is at low $20s now as a hard ceiling. Pretty soon there will be nothing left. The company made the decision to bleed out its cash cows instead of grow and expand.

The rumors just won’t go away.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bp-gains-amid-takeover-speculation/ar-AA1KARYY?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

He said he had to get axed before another mass layoff , delay of all hands screams of another big cut , or they are all so inept at managing that the are trying to rewrite the narrative ? Will the stock drop from a sell off as soon as the C suite opens their mouths again ?

Have you seen the L3Harris (LHX) stock price recently? It is taking off like a rocket. Those “adjustments” they made after the layoffs must have really paid off!!!!

Massive layoffs in November to pay for their $1 Billion share repurchase program? Or will it be your raise is so small it won't even get you a hamburger at the local restaurant. Would you like fries with that?

News article titled, 'Thomson Reuters Announces $1.0 Billion Share Repurchase Program.'

https://www.tipranks.com/news/dell-technologies-stock-dell-gets-multiple-upgrades-ahead-of-earnings

DELL rulez again after quarter century break!!

The most recent ex-dividend date for Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) is August 15, 2025, with a quarterly dividend payment of $0.99 per share, payable on September 10, 2025, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 15, 2025.

It ain’t much but every little bit helps.

Our stock is high as it has ever been for the last 25 years and expected to reach $80 in 60 days. MAKE CISCO GREAT AGAIN! THANKS YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!