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GameStop reports $158 million loss and decline in hardware sales
A GameStop location in New York, Dec. 23, 2021. Scott Mlyn | CNBC GameStop reported $1.38 billion in revenue in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report Wednesday, up slightly from the $1.27 billion it reported in the year-ago quarter. But, it also reported a $157.9 million net loss, which is worse than the $66 million net […]
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Facebook parent Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down
Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from her role as Chief Operating Officer at Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook. Sandberg joined Facebook in early 2008 as the No. 2 to Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, and helped turn Facebook into an advertising juggernaut and one of the most powerful companies in the tech […]
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JPMorgan’s Kolanovic sees stock market recouping 2022 losses and end the year flat
Top Wall Street strategist Marko Kolanovic said he’s staying optimistic amid the market volatility, calling for the S & P 500 to recoup this year’s steep losses and finish 2022 unchanged. “We remain positive on risky assets due to near record-low positioning, bearish sentiment, and our view that there will be no recession given supports […]
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Here’s what’s in Biden’s $700 million military aid package for Ukraine
Ukrainian service members unpack Javelin anti-tank missiles, delivered by plane as part of the U.S. military support package for Ukraine, at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine February 10, 2022. Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters The U.S. is sending Ukraine advanced rocket-launcher systems and 1,000 Javelin missiles as part of the Biden administration’s latest effort […]
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At least 4 people dead in earthquakes in southwestern China
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes 45 km W of Linqiong, China. Courtesy: USGS Two earthquakes killed at least four people and damaged houses in southwestern China on Wednesday, authorities and state media said. Fourteen others were injured, at least one seriously, state broadcaster CCTV said in an online report. All of the dead and injured were in […]
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Yellen says the administration is fighting inflation, admits she was wrong that it was ‘transitory’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen emphasized that the White House has several strategies ready to go that will reduce an inflation burden she conceded is too high on Americans. In an interview Tuesday with CNBC’s Becky Quick, Yellen listed efforts aimed at prescription drug costs, the budget deficit and oil production that could bring down prices […]
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Chinese automaker Nio reports May EV sales constrained by Covid as rivals XPeng and Li Auto gain ground
Nio began deliveries of its new ET7, an upscale electric sedan, on Monday, March 28, 2022. Nio Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio delivered more than 7,000 vehicles in May, up 4.7% from a year ago but well below its current production capacity, as Covid-related disruptions continued to limit the company’s manufacturing and its ability to […]
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European VCs urge tech start-ups to slash costs and extend the runway
skaman306 | Moment | Getty Images European venture capitalists are advising start-ups in their portfolios to cut costs and freeze hiring as economists warn that another recession is inevitable. Their counterparts in Silicon Valley are doing the same. Following a bumper 2021 that was full of IPOs and mega funding rounds, some of the most […]
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India is better positioned to weather food inflation, says official
India is relatively better positioned to weather the global rise in food prices, the country’s chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran told CNBC’S “Street Signs Asia” on Wednesday. “It is a tricky situation … for many countries, but India is relatively better placed because of the fact that there is ample availability of food grain, […]
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Zelenskyy says Russian bombing of chemical plant ‘insanity’; U.S. to provide Ukraine with longer-range rocket systems
Wheat can’t be ‘weapon of war’, Pope says in urging lifting of Ukraine block Pope Francis leads his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on June 1, 2022. Filippo Monteforte | Afp | Getty Images Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed to authorities to lift the block on wheat exports from Ukraine, […]
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