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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Bumble, Dollar General, Signet Jewelers, Pinterest and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Ferguson Enterprises — Shares surged 15% after the cooling solutions company reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.50 per share, exceeding the $2.01 analysts had predicted, according to FactSet. Ferguson’s $7.62 billion in revenue was also above the $7.42 billion estimate. The company also slightly raised its […]
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Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected, Fed’s preferred gauge shows
Inflation barely budged in April as tariffs President Donald Trump implemented in the early part of the month had yet to show up in consumer prices, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve’s key inflation measure, increased just 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Ulta Beauty, Airbnb, Gap, American Eagle and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: UiPath — Shares surged 12% after the automation software company posted first-quarter operating income and revenue figures that exceeded FactSet estimates. UiPath also raised its full-year revenue guidance and sees its current-quarter revenue coming in between $345 million and $350 million, while analysts polled by FactSet […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, E.l.f. Beauty, HP, Burlington Stores and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — The graphics processing unit manufacturer popped 6% after fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings of 96 cents per share exceeded the 93 cents analysts polled by LSEG had expected. Nvidia’s revenue of $44.06 billion also beat forecasts of $43.31 billion. Other chip stocks rallied in sympathy. […]
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Fed worried it could face ‘difficult tradeoffs’ if tariffs reaggravate inflation, minutes show
watch now VIDEO1:4501:45 Fed: Committee well-positioned to wait for more clarity on inflation and economic outlooks Power Lunch Federal Reserve officials at their meeting earlier this month worried that tariffs could aggravate inflation and create a difficult quandary with interest rate policy, minutes released Wednesday show. The summary of the May 6-7 meeting of the […]
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Elon Musk says Trump’s spending bill undermines the work DOGE has been doing
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, alongside Musk’s son X Æ A-Xii, speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk criticized the Republican spending […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Trump Media, Salesforce, Tesla, AMC Entertainment and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Chinese autos — Chinese auto stocks retreated after BYD said it would lower prices on 22 electric and plug-in hybrid models until the end of June, igniting fears of a fresh price war in the Chinese market. U.S.-traded shares of Li Auto and Nio respectively slipped […]
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Goolsbee says Fed now has to wait longer before moving rates because of trade policy uncertainty
Key Points Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said Friday that President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves have complicated policy and likely put off changes to interest rates. “Everything’s always on the table. But I feel like the bar for me is a little higher for action in any direction while we’re waiting to get some […]
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OpenAI CFO says AI hardware will boost ChatGPT subscriptions in ‘new era of computing’
OpenAI is betting a new “era” of computing will justify the company’s decision to spend billions of dollars on bespoke hardware to go with it, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said. The artificial intelligence startup, best known for the ChatGPT chatbot, announced plans on Wednesday to buy iPhone designer Jony Ive’s devices startup io for […]
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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate Education Department employees
Sarah Jo Marcotte, an educator from Vermont, holds a sign that reads “Here for my students!! Cuts Hurt.” outside of the U.S. Department of Education on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education […]
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