Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, for the first time, declined to disclose the final sales tally of its annual Singles Day shopping festival, another sign of the strong headwinds facing China's economy and businesses.

On Wednesday, Beyond Meat Inc. reported tumbling sales and growing losses as rising freight and raw material costs eat into its margins.

After new rules threatened to cost Nvidia Corp. hundreds of millions of lost revenue, the most valuable chipmaker in the US has begun offering an alternative processor for customers in China to soften the blow from recently imposed US export restrictions.

After Walt Disney Co. reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday and wiped out about $15 billion in market value, the company said it plans to cut marketing and content budgets.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to begin widespread job cuts, joining Salesforce Inc. as it cut hundreds of workers from sales teams, seeking to improve profitability while facing slowing demand. Elsewhere, Billionaire Elon Musk unloaded another batch of Tesla Inc. shares to help fund his Twitter Inc. buyout.

While Activision Blizzard posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings Monday, all eyes were on the video game publisher's all-cash deal to be acquired by Microsoft for $69 billion.

Apple Inc. warned shipments of its high-end iPhone models would be hindered amid China lockdowns affecting operations at a supplier's factory.

Following the results of its third-quarter earnings report Thursday, shares in PayPal Holdings Inc. were down as much as 13% in aftermarket trading despite beating earnings and revenue expectations.

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Shares of the world's biggest maker of smartphone processors, Qualcomm Inc., fell sharply in after-hours trading on Wednesday after giving far weaker guidance than expected.

On Tuesday, Airbnb shares fell after the company gave a fourth-quarter revenue forecast below market estimates, suggesting that consumer preferences are moving away from higher-cost rentals and back to urban and cross-border destinations.

On Wednesday, Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, gave a weak fourth-quarter forecast below analysts' estimates and a significant rise in cost next year, sending shares down nearly 20%.

After significant losses in its previous quarters, streaming giant Netflix snapped back to subscriber growth in the third quarter, giving the company a jump as it works to execute its latest strategic shift.

Shipping giant United Parcel Services reported third-quarter earnings on Tuesday that came in better than expected as higher delivery prices offset softening e-commerce demand.

Significantly outperforming expectations, BP posted its second-highest quarterly profit on Tuesday and declared a further quarterly share buyback of $2.5 billion after repurchasing $7.6 billion so far this year.