A recap of Wednesday’s best stock picks on CNBC.

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta all went on hiring sprees during the Covid era, and now they’re all cutting employees. Apple is an exception (so far).

Crypto publication CoinDesk has engaged Lazard as it considers a full or partial sale of the business, a subsidiary of Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in after-hours trading.

Hometown International, which only owned a small New Jersey deli, was once valued at $100 million on the stock market.

Gen Z workers plan on retiring by age 59 according to Northwestern Mutual’s latest study. Here’s how much to save each month to reach $2 million by then.

Make Sunsets was testing the idea of cooling the atmosphere with sunlight-reflecting chemicals in Baja, but came under widespread criticism.

Marvel movies “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” will open in China in February.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) layoff announcement Wednesday reinforces the Club’s belief that the technology giant’s business has more challenges ahead.

Bed Bath & Beyond is looking for financing to keep it afloat during a bankruptcy process, and continued discussions with prospective buyers, according to people familiar.