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Jack Dorsey outlines Block’s bitcoin-centric future at first investor day in five years: ‘No longer just a payments company’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Block executives no longer want the firm to be seen as a payments pure play. The San Francisco-based company held its first investor day in five years […]
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We’re selling half of a retail holding to get into an undervalued health care stock
The high grading of our portfolio continued Wednesday morning, with the moves made on American Eagle Outfitters and Johnson & Johnson. Source
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Goldman Sachs CEO advises clients to be cautious because Fed policy has unpredictable consequences
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is advising his clients to be more cautious with their finances because the Federal Reserve’s moves to combat inflation could result in recession or other negative consequences. Higher interest rates and a reversal in the Fed’s bond-buying programs are “going to have an impact on a number of things in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Walmart, Carrier Global and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Target (TGT) – Target plummeted 22.1% in the premarket after the retailer reported an adjusted quarterly profit of $2.19 per share, below the $3.07 consensus estimate. Revenue and comparable-store sales beat forecasts, but like rival Walmart yesterday, higher costs ate into Target’s bottom line. Lowe’s (LOW) […]
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Asia-Pacific stocks trade mixed; data shows Japan’s economy shrank less than expected in the first quarter
SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Wednesday trade. following overnight comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who said he’s resolved to raise rates until inflation comes down. The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose 0.71% while the Topix index traded 0.78% higher. Japan’s economy shrank 1% on an annualized basis in January-March as compared […]
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Stock futures rise slightly as Wall Street looks to build on recent rebound
U.S. stock futures moved modestly higher on Tuesday evening as investors looked to build on a solid rally. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 49 points, or about 0.2%. S&P 500 futures ticked up 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures pushed 0.1% higher. The move in futures came as the stock market’s recent sell-off […]
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JPMorgan investors hand Jamie Dimon a rare rebuke with disapproval of $52.6 million bonus
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on accountability for megabanks in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 10, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was handed a rare […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Walmart, Citigroup, Paramount and more
Exterior view of a Walmart store on August 23, 2020 in North Bergen, New Jersey VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Walmart — Shares fell about 10.5% after the big-box retailer reported quarterly earnings that significantly missed Wall Street’s expectations. Walmart posted adjusted first-quarter earnings […]
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Powell says the Fed will not hesitate to keep raising rates until inflation comes down
US Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell emphasized his resolve to get inflation down, saying Tuesday he will back interest rate […]
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Robinhood to let users hold their own crypto and NFTs as it reaches for growth beyond stock trading
Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder Robinhood Markets, Inc., is displayed on a screen during his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Robinhood is handing over the keys to some of its customers’ crypto. The trading and investing company announced […]
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