Stocks to play China’s shopping festival — even if consumers spend less
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Microsoft, Meta, Ford Motor, eBay and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Qualcomm — The semiconductor company fell 5% despite posting a fiscal third-quarter beat on both the top and bottom lines. Qualcomm posted adjusted earnings of $2.77 per share on revenue of $10.37 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had expected earnings of $2.71 per share and […]
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Divided Fed holds key interest rate steady, defying Trump’s demands for aggressive cuts
Key Points The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-2 to keep the federal funds rate set in a range between 4.25%-4.5%. The decision was met with opposition from governors Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller, both of whom have advocated for the Fed to start easing. This was the first time since late 1993 that multiple […]
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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in June. Text removed from the June statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both statements. […]
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