Yahoo Finance • 6 months ago

iRobot Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

BEDFORD, Mass., June 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in consumer robots, today announced that it granted equity awards on June 7, 2024 as a material inducement to the employment of the company's newly-hired C... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 11 months ago

Paddy Power owner plans to quit FTSE 100 in fresh blow to London

Flutter has said it will make New York its primary listing in a blow to the London Stock Exchange - Hollie Adams/Bloomberg The owner of Paddy Power is poised to quit the FTSE 100 and shift its main listing to New York, delivering a fresh... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 11 months ago

Dow Jones Struggles As Huge Earnings Week Kicks Off; This Fintech Makes A Move

The stock market mostly stood pat on Monday afternoon with the major mostly green ahead of Big Tech earnings this week. The Dow was flat. Continue reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 11 months ago

Why iRobot Stock Dropped Today

Shares of iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) fell 14.2% on Thursday as investors speculated over the implications of an upcoming meeting of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) pending acquisition of the home-robotics spec... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

14 Best Automation Stocks To Buy Now

In this article, we discuss the 14 best automation stocks to buy now. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of these stocks, go directly to 5 Best Automation Stocks To Buy Now. Automation is a trend that has been sweeping across the b... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

Here's the Latest on Amazon's Acquisition of iRobot at the End of 2023

It's unclear whether Amazon's bid to buy iRobot will win all the necessary regulatory approvals. Continue reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

Roomba-Maker iRobot's Shares Plunge After EU Regulators Question Amazon Deal

The maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner saw its shares fall roughly 17% after EU regulators questioned an acquisition by Amazon. Continue reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

Market Today: Shopify Soars on Black Friday Success, Microsoft Under-Owned

Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) experienced a significant surge following record Black Friday sales, with the platform's sales jumping 22%, surpassing the overall spending increase of 2.5% for the year. The company's shares rose by 5.2% as a result. T... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

EU antitrust regulators say Amazon's iRobot deal may restrict competition

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators on Monday warned that Amazon's $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot may restrict competition in the market for robot vacuum cleaners. "Amazon may have the ability and the incen... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

Market Today: Warner Bros. Discovery Plummets, Amazon Cuts Jobs

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) experienced a significant drop in its stock value, plunging 18% after releasing disappointing earnings results. Despite having the year's top-grossing movie, "Barbie," the company's shares suffered due t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last year

Lifshitz Law PLLC Announces Investigations of IRBT, CATC, CYTH

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) Lifshitz Law PLLC announces an investigation into possible breach of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of IRBT to Amazon.com, Inc. for $51.75 in... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

UPDATE 1-Amazon's iRobot deal faces EU antitrust investigation, sources say

(Rewrites first paragraph, adds detail in paragraph 3 and 4, European Commission, Amazon decline comment in paragraph 5) By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 22 (Reuters) - Amazon's $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

Amazon's Purchase of iRobot Approved by UK Regulators

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said after a “thorough investigation” it concluded that the deal would not “lead to competition concerns in the U.K.” In making the decision, the CMA cited current rivals to iRobot vacuum c... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

UK Gives Nod To Roomba Maker IRobot-Amazon Deal, Micron Plans To Invest In China Despite Restrictions, Baidu Secures Regulatory Nod for Self-Driving Taxi: Today's Top Stories

Benzinga Intel Plans $4.6B Investment On Poland Soil, Builds First-Of-Its-Kind Facility Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) announced an investment of $4.6 billion for building an assembly and test facility in Poland. The facility is expected to a... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

iRobot Stock Shoots Up After U.K. Approves Sale to Amazon

The Competition and Markets Authority said the “deal would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K” or put rivals at a disadvantage.... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

iRobot First Quarter 2023 Earnings: Misses Expectations

iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) First Quarter 2023 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: US$160.3m (down 45% from 1Q 2022). Net loss: US$81.1m (loss widened by 167% from 1Q 2022). US$2.95 loss per share (further deteriorated from US$1.12 loss in 1... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

UPDATE 1-US trade commission sides with iRobot, bans SharkNinja robot vacuum imports

(Adds comment from iRobot) By Blake Brittain March 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Tuesday it would ban imports of SharkNinja Operating LLC robot vacuums that infringe a patent owned by Roomba maker iRobot... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

Roomba maker iRobot to lay off 7% of its workforce

IRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, announced Monday it will lay off about 7% of its workforce, as a wave of job cuts sweeps the tech industry. Continue reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

iRobot Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results

BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in consumer robots, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. iRobot logo. (PRNewsfoto/iRobot Cor... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 years ago

Everyone's Worst Fears About the Roomba Have Come True

Between constant tracking of our internet activity, the "always listening" speakers in our homes and the smartphones glued to our hands at all (OK, most) times we're awake, it's understandable that nervous murmurs of George Orwell's "1984"... Full story