Oct 30 (Reuters) - Chipmaking equipment supplier KLA Corp ( KLAC ) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, betting on growing demand for chips to support artificial intelligence workloads. Shares of the Milpitas, California-based company rose 2.1% in after-hours trading. New orders for chipmaking equipment are expected to grow as chip bellwether firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co...

CHICAGO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Spirit Airlines ( SAVE ) will furlough about 330 pilots on Jan. 31, 2025, a company spokesperson told Reuters, as part of its efforts to cut costs and shore up its finances. This is on top of the 186 pilots who were furloughed last month. The ultra-low-cost carrier has been losing money despite strong travel...

05:23 PM EDT, 10/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Clorox (CLX) reported fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings late Wednesday of $1.86 per diluted share, up from $0.49 per a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected normalized EPS of $1.39. Net sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 were $1.76 billion, up from $1.39 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital...

05:24 PM EDT, 10/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- North American Construction Group ( NOA ) was up 5.2% in after-hour New York trading after the company on Wednesday reported a better than expected third-quarter adjusted profit as it starts to reap the benefits of last year's Australian acquisition. The company reported an adjusted profit, excluding most one-time items of $31.25 million,...