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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Meta Platforms, Ford, Qualcomm, Teladoc and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Meta Platforms — Shares of the social media company dipped 3% in extended trading after missing second-quarter estimates on the top and bottom lines. Meta Platforms posted its second back-to-back decline in year-over-year sales and shared disappointing guidance amid a weakening ad environment. Ford Motor — […]
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Best Buy cuts forecast for fiscal year, citing weaker demand
Customers shop at a Best Buy store on August 24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Best Buy on Wednesday cut its forecast for the year and the second quarter, saying it has seen weaker demand for consumer electronics amid inflation. Shares recovered after initially dropping more than 10% following the announcement. […]
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Amazon Prime Day shoppers buy up diapers, snacks as inflation shifts consumer habits
Instant Pots and Roombas are typically hot selling items during Amazon’s Prime Day event. But this year, consumers were more interested in dishwasher pods, diapers and snacks. Looking at some of the most popular items items during Amazon’s two day discount event, which wrapped late on Wednesday, provides a window into how record high inflation […]
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Amazon says more than 300 million items sold during ‘biggest’ Prime Day event
A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Amazon shoppers bought more than 300 million items during this year’s Prime Day sale, up from roughly 250 million in 2021, making […]
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Amazon Prime Day is coming up: Here’s why deal experts say you might want to skip it this year
Prime Day prices may not be Amazon’s best-ever offer Just because something is discounted on Prime Day doesn’t mean it’s the best deal you’ll see anywhere, or even all year. Naturally, Amazon will offer the best prices on its own gear like the Kindle, Fire TV streamer and private-label clothing. For example, the e-commerce giant is […]
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Walmart won’t hold rival event to Amazon Prime Day, as it is already offering big markdowns
Walmart Rollback pricing signs are displayed while customers shop during the grand opening of a new Wal-Mart Stores location in Torrance, California. Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart won’t be doing its own event to rival Amazon Prime Day this year, according to a company spokesperson. The big-box giant, like other retailers, has […]
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AWS CEO says the move to cloud computing is only just getting started
Cloud computing is in its beginning stages and will only continue to grow, Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “It’s possible that AWS could become the largest business at Amazon. Now, Amazon has other large and great businesses, and so it could take a while for us to get […]
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After another big weekly loss, assessing whether stocks are cheap and a buying opportunity is near
Stocks are emphatically on sale, but are they cheap? Markdowns are not always the same as bargains. Much depends on the original price and quality of the goods. And even with last week’s price drops on Wall Street, it’s tough to say yet that the market is broadly cheap. But value seems to be emerging […]
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Stolen goods sold on Amazon, eBay and Facebook are causing havoc for major retailers
Over the past year, large-scale robberies have swept through stores like Louis Vuitton in San Francisco’s Union Square and a nearby Nordstrom, which was robbed by 80 people. Law enforcement and retailers have warned the public that this isn’t traditional shoplifting. Rather, what they’re seeing is theft organized by criminal networks. And there’s a reason […]
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Here are Tuesday’s biggest analyst calls: Coinbase, Apple, Amazon, Best Buy, Netflix, Tesla & more
Here are Tuesday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: Benchmark downgrades Netflix to sell from hold Benchmark said in its downgrade of the stock that it’s “skeptical” of a sustained a Netflix recovery. “We have made mild estimate revisions off continued U.S. dollar strength, including vs. the yen and European currencies, that is likely not fully […]
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