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- As China gears up for a reopening from zero-Covid, this is how five startups claimed they did in 2022.
Five Chinese startups that survived a difficult yr of Covid lockdowns
Finance
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walmart, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Instacart, Broadstone Net Lease and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Walmart — The big-box retailer slipped more than 2% . Walmart fiscal second-quarter revenue beat analyst estimates . Adjusted earnings of 68 cents per share may not have compared with the LSEG consensus estimate of 74 cents. The country’s largest retailer raised its full-year earnings and […]
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Finance
Kansas City Fed’s Schmid shows hesitation about widely expected September rate cut
Key Points Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid in a CNBC interview Thursday expressed doubt about lowering interest rates in September, saying there’s more work to do on inflation. Schmid is a voter this year on the rate-setting FOMC. Source
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Finance
Divided Fed worried about tariffs, inflation and the labor market, minutes show
Key Points The meeting summary depicted a divergence of opinion among the central bankers, whose vote to hold their key rate steady came despite objections from two Fed governors who argued in favor of cutting. “Participants generally pointed to risks to both sides of the Committee’s dual mandate, emphasizing upside risk to inflation and downside […]
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