The CE 100 Index was hit hard by the Friday market meltdown that snared stocks in the wake of the threat of new tariffs against China. As widely reported, President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese imports. The news sent markets lower...
The CE 100 Index gained 2.3% during the week when the Fed cut interest rates for the first time this year. The index handily outpaced general market gains. The Work segment led the way, adding 5.4%. Within that segment, shares of CrowdStrike Holdings surged 15.2%...
The CE 100 rode the waves of volatile trading this past week, alongside the broader market indices, to finish 1.8% lower. The prospect of widening conflict in the Middle East helped overshadow the news that inflation slowed, a bit, as measured in May. The recent...
The CE 100 Index logged strong gains this past week, adding 2.8% and outperforming benchmarks like the NASDAQ and the Standards and Poor’s 500 Stock Index. Only one pillar of the CE 100 Index, the Communications segment, lost ground, slipping a slight 0.2%. iRobot shares...
November 03, 2025
Earnings season was the dominant force this past week, and Big Tech dominated the deluge of quarterly reports. By and large, the performance of the majority of pillars in the CE 100 Index was to the downside, as the overall index slipped 2.5%. The Live pillar slipped 12.4%. Stride’s stock plummeted 55% and iRobot shares […]
October 13, 2025
The CE 100 Index was hit hard by the Friday market meltdown that snared stocks in the wake of the threat of new tariffs against China. As widely reported, President...
September 22, 2025
The CE 100 Index gained 2.3% during the week when the Fed cut interest rates for the first time this year. The index handily outpaced general market gains. The Work...
June 16, 2025
The CE 100 rode the waves of volatile trading this past week, alongside the broader market indices, to finish 1.8% lower. The prospect of widening conflict in the Middle East...
March 12, 2025
Consumer robot company iRobot, maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, said in a Wednesday (March 12) earnings release that there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern. The company’s board of directors has initiated a formal strategic review in which they will consider a potential sale or strategic transaction, refinancing […]
June 30, 2024
MIT robotics professor and iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks thinks artificial intelligence (AI) is impressive. Just not as impressive as many of its proponents have argued, Brooks told TechCrunch in an...
February 18, 2024
Amazon’s recent cancellation of its iRobot deal reportedly has European startups worried. In a recent Financial Times (FT) opinion piece, Javier Espinoza writes that entrepreneurs are concerned that if regulatory pressure keeps one of...
January 29, 2024
Citing a tough regulatory environment, Amazon has called off its $1.7 billion purchase of iRobot. The tech giant announced Monday (Jan. 29) that its agreement to purchase the robot vacuum...