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Warren Buffett leads Berkshire Hathaway to new heights at age 94
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett turned 94 on Friday and his sprawling, one-of-a-kind conglomerate has never been worth more than it is today. […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: CrowdStrike, Alibaba, Intel, Ulta Beauty and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. CrowdStrike — Shares of the cloud security platform ticked up about 2% following an upgrade to buy from HSBC. Analyst Stephen Bersey asserted that “the bad news is behind us” on CrowdStrike stock regarding the mid-July outage tied to a software update. Lululemon — The athleisure […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Ulta Beauty, Dell, Lululemon, MongoDB and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Ulta Beauty — The beauty products retailer saw its shares fall nearly 7% after missing top and bottom line expectations in the second quarter . Ulta’s earnings came out at $5.30 per share, while analysts polled by LSEG expected $5.46 per share. Revenue was of $2.55 […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Dollar General, Affirm, Best Buy and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Dollar General – The discount retailer’s shares tumbled nearly 30% after the company slashed its sales and profit guidance for the full year. Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos said the softer sales trends are partially attributable to a core customer who feels “financially constrained.” The retailer […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Salesforce, CrowdStrike, HP Inc. and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Nvidia — The chip designer and artificial intelligence bellwether slipped more than 4% despite surpassing Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom line in its fiscal second quarter. Nvidia earned 68 cents per share on revenue of $30.04 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast […]
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China’s electric car race is becoming more about chip prowess as companies focus on tech
Key Points Price wars aside, Chinese electric car companies are now competing on driver-assist and other tech powered by semiconductors. “It’s hard to point to your product being superior when your competitors use the exact same silicon to power their infotainment and intelligent driving systems,” said Tu Le, founder of consulting firm Sino Auto Insights. […]
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Biden and Xi to speak after rare U.S. security adviser trip to China
Key Points U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to speak over the phone in “coming weeks,” the White House said Wednesday. The announcement came amid U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s trip to Beijing this week to meet with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat. The last official trip to China […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Nvidia, Salesforce, CrowdStrike, Affirm and more
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Nvidia — The artificial intelligence chipmaker dropped 5% even after Nvidia beat expectations in its fiscal second-quarter results. Adjusted earnings per share of 68 cents exceeded the LSEG consensus estimate of 64 cents per share. Revenue of $30.04 billion exceeded the anticipated $28.7 billion. In the […]
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401(k) auto-enrollment features don’t help savings as much as expected, study finds
Key Points 401(k) plan policies like auto-enrollment and auto-escalation have become popular. They aim to boost workers’ retirement savings. Pioneering researchers found that the policies may be less effective than they’d previously thought. However, the effects are still positive, they said. Source
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Super Micro Computer, Berkshire Hathaway, Abercrombie & Fitch and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Super Micro Computer — Shares shed 26% after the artificial intelligence server company said it would postpone filing its annual 10-K form for the fiscal year that ended June 30. Super Micro Computer said its management requires more time to “complete its assessment of the design […]
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