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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Autodesk, PayPal, Rivian, Nebius, Waters and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Autodesk — The design software maker rose more than 5% after Bloomberg News reported , citing people familiar with the matter, that it ended a plan to potentially buy out PTC . The possible acquisition was first reported by Bloomberg last Wednesday . PTC fell about […]
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Fed Chair Powell asks inspector general to review controversial building project
Key Points The Federal Reserve has brought in its inspector general to review a building expansion that has drawn fire from the White House, according to a source familiar with the issue. “We’ve got a real problem of oversight and excess spending,” Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said Monday on CNBC. Source
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Kenvue, Rivian, Affirm, SolarEdge Technologies and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Kenvue — The Neutrogena-maker jumped 4.5% after the company said its CEO Thibaut Mongon has stepped down . Kenvue said its board is conducting a strategic review of the company and is considering a range of possible alternatives, such as simplifying the company’s portfolio. nCino — […]
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Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases new Kimi AI model that beats ChatGPT, Claude in coding — and it costs less
Key Points Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot released late Friday night its Kimi K2 model as a low-cost, open source large language model, with a focus on coding capabilities. Moonshot claimed Kimi K2 surpassed Claude Opus 4 on two benchmarks, and had better overall performance than OpenAI’s coding-focused GPT-4.1 model, according to several industry metrics. Coincidentally, OpenAI […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Penn Entertainment, Robinhood, Levi Strauss & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Penn Entertainment – The gaming stock dropped more than 5% following the release of weak regional gaming revenue data. On Friday, Iowa and Indiana both reported year-over-year declines in statewide gaming revenues. For Penn Entertainment revenues specifically, Iowa saw a 14% slide compared to last year, […]
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Trump budget chief Vought ramps up criticism of Powell, vows investigation into Fed renovations
Key Points Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought vowed Friday to press an investigation into renovations at the Federal Reserve building. “This is about the largesse and the fact that he has systemically mismanaged the Fed,” Vought told CNBC. The accusations represent another front on Trump’s ongoing campaign against Powell. Source
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Coinbase, Levi Strauss, AMC and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Levi Strauss — The denim apparel stock rose 7% after second-quarter results topped expectations. Levi Strauss reported 22 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $1.45 billion of revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for 13 cents per share and $1.37 billion. The company also […]
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Why 22 million people may see ‘sharp’ increase in health insurance premiums in 2026
Key Points The so-called “big beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed on July 4 cut taxes for many households. However, the law didn’t extend an enhanced premium tax credit that has lowered health insurance premiums for millions of Affordable Care Act enrollees in recent years. The tax break is slated to end after 2025, […]
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China’s deflationary slide is worsening as companies spiral into price wars
Key Points There’s a pattern in China: companies rush into an industry, then resort to discounts to stay afloat. “On the surface you’re dominating, but deep inside you’re paying a high price to dominate,” an economist said. The escalation of tariffs has made Chinese manufacturers more determined to build factories overseas, “potentially generating redundant supply […]
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