Year: 2025
S&P 500 futures slide as Nvidia shares tumble, traders await retail sales data: Live updates
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures slipped early Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the release of a key retail sales report and more earnings from the first-quarter season. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped 328 points, or […]
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Critical chip firm ASML flags tariff uncertainty after net bookings miss
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Dutch semiconductor equipment firm ASML on Wednesday missed on net bookings expectations, suggesting a potential slowdown in demand for its critical chipmaking machines. ASML reported net bookings of 3.94 billion euros ($4.47 billion) for the first three months of 2025, versus a Reuters reported forecast of 4.89 billion […]
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China’s first-quarter GDP tops estimates at 5.4% as growth momentum continues amid tariff worries
Dongsanhuan Ring Road, CBD, Beijing, China. Xiaoyang Liu/Construction Photography/Avalon | Getty Images China’s economy expanded by a better-than-expected 5.4% in the first quarter, maintaining a strong momentum, even as U.S. tariff threats prompt major investment banks to slash the country’s annual growth outlook. The first-quarter GDP topped Reuters’ poll expectations for a 5.1% growth year […]
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Google receives cease and desist order from Japan’s antimonopoly watchdog over unfair practices
An attendee takes a photograph using a Google Pixel 9 smartphone during the CP+ trade show in Yokohama, Japan on February 27, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) on Tuesday issued a cease and desist order against Google for unfair trade practices regarding search services […]
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Judge orders Trump officials to testify about efforts to return wrongly deported man
A U.S. judge on Tuesday demanded U.S. officials provide documents and answer questions under oath about what it had done to secure the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, ramping up an inquiry into whether the Trump administration defied a court order. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland that she […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open lower as investors await China GDP and sales data
A pedestrian jogs along the Bund across from buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Wednesday after Wall Street declined overnight as investors assessed quarterly earnings, while tariff worries continued to weigh on investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei 225 […]
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Nvidia says it will record $5.5 billion charge tied to H20 processors exported to China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address during the Nvidia GTC 2025 at SAP Center on March 18, 2025 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other […]
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How does an island with high prices and few beaches attract tourists? Singapore lays out a plan
Inexpensive hotels and swaying palm trees have long attracted travelers to Southeast Asia, but Singapore is doubling down on a different strategy — focusing on increasing tourism receipts instead of traveler arrivals. Officials on Friday outlined a plan to increase tourism revenue in the city-state from a record-breaking $29.8 million in 2024 to $47 million-$50 […]
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Figma confidentially files for IPO more than a year after ditching Adobe deal
Dylan Field, co-founder and chief executive officer of Figma Inc., after the morning sessions at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The annual event has been a historic breeding ground for media deals and is usually a forum for tech and media elites […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: United Airlines, J.B. Hunt, Interactive Brokers and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : United Airlines — The airline popped nearly 7% after posting first-quarter adjusted earnings of 91 cents per share, while analysts polled by LSEG had expected 76 cents per share. However, United Airline’s revenue of $13.21 billion came in below the $13.26 billion forecast. Shares of […]
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