Year: 2025
Stocks power to record highs again despite warning signs. Can the market’s strong run continue?
The market wants a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut soon, but it doesn’t want to need one. Wall Street economists are fixated on identifying tariff effects, yet stocks either celebrated or shrugged off three warm and sticky inflation readings this week, laboring to hold near record highs. The S & P 500 immediately processed a moderately […]
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Engine Capital takes a stake in Avantor. Activist sees several ways to create value
Company: Avantor (AVTR) Business: Avantor is a life science tools company and global provider of mission-critical products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries. The company’s segments include laboratory solutions and bioscience production. Within its segments, it sells materials and consumables, equipment and instrumentation and services and specialty procurement to customers in […]
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Wells Fargo names five stocks with more upside following their latest earnings
Wells Fargo highlighted five companies that have more room to appreciate following their latest earnings. The Wall Street investment bank says stocks like Sunrun are compelling. Other overweight-rated companies the bank is bullish on include: RealReal, Spotify , Williams Companies and Nextracker. Spotify Technology Analyst Steven Cahall says he’s standing by the streaming music stock […]
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These stocks are overbought with S&P 500 near record highs and are vulnerable to pullback
Stocks such as eBay and Intel are among Wall Street’s most overbought names this week and could see a pullback ahead, according to one popular technical metric. Each of the three major U.S. indexes hit all-time highs this week. The records followed improved investor sentiment after fresh consumer inflation data supported hopes for an interest […]
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Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum
In 2014, Apple and Samsung were duking it out to rule the U.S. smartphone market. Samsung was selling devices with large screens, and iPhone fans were demanding a response. It took Apple some time, but the company finally released the iPhone 6, breaking with previous iterations and giving consumers a large-screen option. The iPhone won. […]
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Zelenskyy to travel to Washington on Monday for talks with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), on the day they attend a virtual meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders on the upcoming Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2025. Liesa Johannssen | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would […]
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Trump hails meeting with Putin as ‘productive’ after talks over Ukraine fail to reach a breakthrough
The high-stakes summit on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin did not result in a breakthrough, even as Trump described it as “productive,” while Putin proposed another meeting in Moscow. The White House had played down the talks — initially seen an attempt to secure a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine […]
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Trump says no imminent plans to penalize China for buying Russian oil
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Puting following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need […]
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Trump says no summit deal with Putin over Ukraine war, talks were ‘very productive’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement to resolve Moscow’s war in Ukraine after a nearly three-hour summit in Alaska, though he characterized the meeting as “very productive.” “There were many, many points that we agreed on,” Trump said at a joint press […]
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China’s booming bubble tea industry faces a test: Is it here to stay or just a fad?
Bubble tea may have started as a playful drink, but it has grown into an industry worth billions. The global bubble tea market size will grow from $2.83 billion in 2025 to $4.78 billion by 2032, according to a report from Fortune Business Insights. This year, three Chinese bubble tea chains — Mixue Group, Guming […]
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