Finance
PayPal pops nearly 7% on report fintech startup Stripe is weighing an acquisition
Key Points Fintech startup Stripe is reportedly in early discussions to potentially buy PayPal. PayPal’s stock has plummeted over the last year as it faces slowing growth and mounting competition in the digital-payments market. Stripe hit a $159 billion valuation on Tuesday and said it was on track to reach an annual run rate of […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Workday, Cava, Lucid Group and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Lucid Group — Shares of the electric vehicle maker fell more than 4%. In the fourth quarter, Lucid posted a wider-than-expected loss of $3.62 per share, despite revenue growth that topped estimates. Lucid also recently cut its U.S. workforce by 12%. Workday — Workday shares dropped […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: IBM, AMD, Dillard’s, Novo Nordisk, Keysight Technologies & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Dillard’s — Shares fell 7% after the department store posted weaker-than-expected revenue in the holiday quarter. Fourth-quarter revenue came in at $1.99 billion, while analysts polled by FactSet anticipated $2.03 billion. Dillard’s cited winter storms as a driver behind its sales results, which it says hurt […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AMD, Home Depot, Hims & Hers Health, Diamondback Energy and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Advanced Micro Devices — The semiconductor maker rose about 11% after it inked a multiyear deal with Meta to lend up to 6 gigawatts of its graphics processing units to artificial intelligence data centers. The cost of the deal is unclear, but the companies’ agreement includes […]
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Jamie Dimon says ‘watch out’ as lofty asset prices add to economic risks: ‘My anxiety is high’
Key Points Even as economists tout the Trump administration’s tax and deregulatory policies as boosting economic growth this year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon said that his own tendencies were to consider what could go wrong. “My own view is people are getting a little comfortable that this is real, these high asset prices and high […]
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Supreme Court ruling throws Trump administration’s tariff strategy into flux. What it means for global trade, U.S. economy
Key Points U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to reimplement tariffs after the Supreme Court struck some down only served to aggravate global trade tensions. As uncertainties rise, foreign governments and big businesses are likely to adopt more cautious stances on investments as well as imports and exports, particularly on deals that involve the U.S. — […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: KKR, Blackstone, CrowdStrike, International Paper & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Financials — The financials sector of the S & P 500 slid more than 3% in midday trading, the worst performer in the broad market. Alternative asset managers KKR and Blackstone slid roughly 9% and 7%, respectively, after activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management and Cox […]
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Bitcoin falls to nearly $64,000 as 2026 crypto woes continue
Key Points Bitcoin traded as low as $64,830 early Monday. The token slid nearly 5% from Sunday to Monday, hitting at one point its lowest level in more than two weeks. Investors are rotating out of risk-on trades like bitcoin and turning to gold as confusion over Trump’s latest tariffs has spread and a war […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Arcellx, Novo Nordisk, Domino’s Pizza and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Arcellx — The biotech stock surged 78% after Gilead Sciences said Monday it agreed to acquire Arcellx for $7.8 billion, offering $115 per share in cash at closing and one contingent value right of $5 per share. Arcellx focuses on immunotherapies for patients with cancer and […]
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Here are 3 forces that drove the stock market during Wall Street’s comeback week
The stock market staged a comeback last week, even as Wall Street waded through a flurry of both upbeat and unsettling headlines. The Nasdaq broke its five-week losing streak on Friday, buoyed by strong advances from our big tech names like Meta Platforms , Nvidia and Amazon . The tech-heavy index ended the week 1.9% […]
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