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Target shares sink 25% after company says high costs, inventory woes hit profits
Target on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that fell far short of Wall Street’s expectations, as the retailer coped with pricey freight costs, higher markdowns and lower-than-expected sales of discretionary items from TVs to bicycles. Shares fell about 25% in early trading. Here’s what Target reported for the fiscal first quarter ended April 30, compared with […]
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Amazon just announced a new $60 tablet
Amazon Fire 7 tablet Source: Amazon Amazon announced the latest version of its Fire 7 tablet on Wednesday. At $59.99, the tablet is slightly more expensive than its predecessor, but the company is promising longer battery life. Amazon’s Fire tablets have served as a cheaper alternative to Apple’s iPad, but it isn’t a huge business […]
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Facebook’s IPO 10 years later — new name, same CEO and a familiar problem
A decade ago, Facebook told the public markets that it was pouring money into smartphone apps because mobile usage was key to the company’s growth, even though it did “not currently directly generate any meaningful revenue” at the time. That was in the prospectus for its Nasdaq debut, which took place ten years ago Wednesday […]
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Expect a rally Wednesday if there’s good news from retail giants and China, Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said that investors should keep an eye on retailer earnings and Covid news from China as indicators for how Wednesday’s trading session will go. If we get more good news from China tonight “along with fine quarters from Target and Lowe’s … we’re going to have another one of these […]
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Apple adding live captions to iPhone, iPad and Mac so you can read along with videos
Apple is adding live captions to its products. Apple Apple announced a slew of new accessibility features for its products on Tuesday that can help people with disabilities. One highlight feature is live captions for videos for iPhones, iPads and Macs. It means people who are hard of hearing, or anyone who wants to watch […]
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Intel shareholders reject executive pay
Patrick Gelsinger, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 interview at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Feb. 3, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel shareholders voted last week against the company’s compensation for its top executives, according to an regulatory filing published on Monday. […]
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire made a $3 billion bet on Citigroup. Here are his other picks
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made a few changes to its equity portfolio in the first quarter, including adding a big stake in Citigroup , according to a regulatory filing. The conglomerate bought more than 55 million shares of Citigroup to build a stake worth $2.95 billion as of the end of March, the filing showed. […]
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Michael Burry of ‘The Big Short’ reveals a bet against Apple
“The Big Short” investor Michael Burry had a bet against tech giant Apple in the first quarter, a regulatory filing showed. Burry, one of the first investors to call and profit from the subprime mortgage crisis, owned 2,060 put contracts of Apple at the end of the first quarter, according to the filing. Each options […]
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Starbucks to cover employees’ travel expenses for abortions, gender-affirming surgeries
Starbucks coffee shop logo seen at one of their stores. Stephen Zenner | LightRocket | Getty Images Starbucks said Monday it will start covering eligible travel expenses for employees seeking abortions or gender-affirming procedures. The coffee chain joins Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce in offering to reimburse workers for travel costs related to abortions following […]
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How to buy stocks on the brink of a bear market
It seemed like everyone was in a buying mood on Friday, except Elon Musk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a six-day losing streak, the Nasdaq Composite turned in its second positive session in a row, and the S&P 500 was up over 2%, a small step back from the brink of a bear market, […]
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