Month: August 2025
Google has dropped more than 50 DEI-related organizations from its funding list
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google has purged more than 50 organizations related to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, from a list of organizations that the tech company provides […]
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Figma jumped 250%. Will it hold? Here’s how other blockbuster debuts have performed
Figma ‘s 250% spectacular debut on the New York Stock Exchange has some quarters of the market doubting whether the company can maintain its price level. CNBC’s analysis of first-day trading performance for stocks over the past three decades shows that such blockbuster IPOs have just better than even odds of typically holding on to […]
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Figma stock pops in second day of trading after colossal debut
Figma celebrates its initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2025. NYSE Shares of design software vendor Figma popped 6% on Friday, a day after the stock more than tripled in its New York Stock Exchange debut. Figma opened at $85 on Thursday under the ticker FIG, and shares closed at […]
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Amazon stock sinks 7% after earnings: Here are the key takeaways
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy looks on during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations on most metrics, but the results weren’t good enough to please Wall Street. Amazon stock slid following the release and […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Amazon, Coinbase, Reddit, Apple and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Apple — The tech giant’s shares rose more than 1% premarket after it said iPhone sales grew 13% year over year and total revenue grew 10%, marking Apple’s fastest quarterly revenue growth since December 2021. CEO Tim Cook said Apple would “significantly grow” its artificial intelligence […]
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Switzerland’s tariff shock: The 39% U.S. hit no one saw coming
The duty would be a “devastating” blow to the export-reliant Swiss economy and businesses, analysts say. Source
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U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower
An attendee holds an “Entry Level Jobs” flyer at a City Career Fair hiring event in Sacramento, California, on Feb. 27, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nonfarm payroll growth was slower than expected in July and the unemployment rate ticked higher, raising potential trouble signs for the U.S. labor market. Job […]
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The global crypto wave is catching on in Asia as businesses warm up to stablecoins
Businesses across Asia are increasingly warming up to stablecoins for cross-border transactions — a trend set to accelerate further as Hong Kong moves to legalize the use of digital tokens, experts told CNBC. From online travel agencies and luxury goods resellers to high-end hotels, companies are embracing stablecoin for payments, citing both speed and cost-efficiency […]
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Fed governors Bowman, Waller explain their dissents, say waiting to cut rates threatens economy
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters Two Federal Reserve officials who voted this week against holding a key interest rate in place explained their […]
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Joby, L3Harris partner on hybrid defense craft that can be piloted or autonomous
A Joby Aviation electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during an event at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California, US, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Air taxi start-up Joby Aviation Inc. today announced it has delivered its first eVTOL to the US Air Force. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Joby Aviation and […]
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