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Trump might name Kevin Warsh as Treasury chief then Fed chair later, report says
Kevin Warsh Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is considering naming Kevin Warsh as Treasury secretary then ultimately sending him off to serve as Federal Reserve chair, according to a Wall Street Journal report. A former Fed governor himself, Warsh would move over to the central bank after current Chair Jerome […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, BJ’s Wholesale Club and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia — Shares of the chipmaker dipped about 1% in midday trading, after gyrating earlier in the session. Nvidia beat on top and bottom lines for the third quarter, posting adjusted earnings of 81 cents per share on revenue of $35.08 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Snowflake, Nvidia, BJ’s Wholesale and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Snowflake – Shares surged more than 21% following the company’s better-than-expected third-quarter results and strong guidance. Snowflake posted adjusted earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $942 million. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for 15 cents in earnings per share on revenue of […]
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McDonald’s preparing a 2025 ‘McValue’ offering
A McDonald’s is seen in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, on Oct. 23, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images McDonald’s is preparing 2025 value offerings in a bid to hang onto customers who are fed up with high costs at restaurants. The company is working on a new “McValue” approach for […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Target, Nvidia, AppLovin, Williams-Sonoma and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Williams-Sonoma — The home goods retailer soared about 29% after beating expectations on both lines for the third quarter and raising full-year guidance. Williams-Sonoma earned $1.96 per share on $1.80 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had anticipated just $1.78 in earnings per share […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Dolby Labs, Nio, Netflix and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Target – Shares plunged more than 17% after the Minneapolis-based retailer missed third-quarter earnings and revenue estimates and slashed its full-year guidance, just three months after raising that forecast. Target cited only a slight uptick in customer traffic and its CEO noted “lingering softness in discretionary […]
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U.S. ‘industrial renaissance’ is fueling a rebound in fundraising, Apollo CEO Marc Rowan says
Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Inc., from left, Ron O’Hanley, chief executive officer of State Street Corp., Ted Pick, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, and David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., during the Global Financial Leaders’ […]
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Trump tariffs to push down U.S. growth ‘a great deal’ going into 2026, Morgan Stanley warns
Prices on displayed in a New York grocery store on Feb. 1, 2023. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs will dent U.S. economic growth going into 2026, said Morgan Stanley’s chief global economist Seth Carpenter. President-elect Trump has stated that he intends to impose a blanket tariff of 10% […]
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Doubts mount over Britain’s ambitious growth plans — with warnings of further tax rises possible
Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury on July 8, 2024 in London, England. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Doubts are mounting over the Labour government’s flagship growth and investment agenda, with one analyst warning further tax rises could be coming as soon as next year. U.K. Finance […]
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China to front-load 2025 local government special bonds quota, report says
BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 04: Buildings and vehicles are seen in the central business district during the rush hour on September 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. Zhang Qiao | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s finance ministry is planning to front-load part of the 2025 local government special bonds quota to meet funding needs […]
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