A pivotal actor in the meme stock craze that began during the pandemic continues to hold a powerful sway over the movement of shares in major U.S. corporations.

Shares of Chewy slid close to 2% in overnight trading after a regulatory filing revealed that the meme stock trader known as Roaring Kitty had sold his stake in the online pet store.

Shares of Chewy have fallen in volatile trading after a regulatory filing revealed that Roaring Kitty, an investor at the center of the meme stock craze, has taken a 6.6% stake in the online pet retailer.

Billionaire Ryan Cohen, the largest individual investor in GameStop, is taking over as CEO at the video game retailer.

Shares of GameStop have plunged after the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive who was brought in two years ago to turn the struggling video game retailer around.

Bed Bath & Beyond says that it will shutter stores and lay off workers in a bid to turn around its beleaguered business.

The newest meme stock on Wall Street, Bed Bath & Beyond, is tumbling even further in after-hours trading Thursday after a high-profile activist investor confirmed that’s he’s bailed out of the stock.

Now comes the downside of the meme-stock craze for investors in Bed Bath & Beyond.

Bed Bath & Beyond’s CEO is out of the top post as the home goods retailer looks to fix declining sales and lure shoppers back to its stores.

Asian shares have declined after Wall Street logged its biggest drop in more than a year as markets were jolted by another surge in oil prices.

The investment firm of billionaire Ryan Cohen has taken a large stake in Bed Bath & Beyond and is recommending that the struggling retailer sell all or part of its business.

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Meme stock GameStop is gearing up to name Ryan Cohen as its chairman on Wednesday when the video game retailer holds its annual shareholders meeting.

The overhaul in the top ranks of GameStop continues with the announced departure of CEO George Sherman at the end of July.

A hefty tax benefit helped drive GameStops fiscal fourth-quarter profit sharply higher, but the video-game retailers sales declined despite a surge in its online business. Sherman did not address the recent volatility in the company's shares in his remarks. It also named activist investor Ryan Cohen to lead the company’s efforts to drive more of its business online. Cohen, who co-founded the online pet supply company Chewy, took a huge stake in GameStop before the online frenzy over company shares began in January. It’s been mostly headed higher this month, buoyed in part by the company’s recent moves aimed at strengthening its online business.

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021 file photo, a pedestrian passes a GameStop storefront in Dallas. GameStop shares jumped around 12% in premarket trading Monday, March 8 after the video game retailer appointed a committee it said would aim to transform GameStop into a technology business. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)NEW YORK – GameStop took a step toward a more digital future Monday, naming an activist investor to lead company efforts to push more of its business online. Ryan Cohen, the co-founder of the online pet supply company Chewy, will chair the company's new Strategic Planning and Capital Allocation Committee. Cohen took a huge stake in GameStop before the online frenzy over company shares began in January.

A rally in GameStop has been rare since it fell back to earth early this month. GameStop was an extreme example because some of its shares had been sold short multiple times. Gust Kepler, CEO of stocks and options platform BlackBoxStocks, said that he became aware around 3:30 EST Wednesday of “aggressive buying” of call options on GameStop shares. Speaking at the annual meeting of Los Angeles Daily Journal Wednesday, the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman pinned the GameStop stock frenzy on small investors that he said were gambling on the stock market. One Redditor posted a chart in the forum showing the spike in GameStop's shares, adding: “TAKE THAT CHARLIE MUNGER.”___Associated Press writer Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.