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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Acadia Healthcare, Vertiv, Moderna, Unity Software, Generac & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Acadia Healthcare — The health-care stock popped 10% after investor David Einhorn told CNBC that he has been buying the stock. The Greenlight Capital fund manager said he’s hopeful the company’s new management will be able to improve its performance. Vertiv — The provider of data […]
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Here are the five key takeaways from the January jobs report
Jobseekers speak with recruiters past event signage during the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The January nonfarm payrolls report beat Wall Street expectations in both job creation and the unemployment rate. Here are the top five takeaways: From a […]
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Investor Einhorn said he bought Peloton again on this latest dip. Here’s what else he’s buying
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn said he bought Peloton Interactive after its latest dip, along with some other bets. The Greenlight Capital founder said investors have overreacted to Peloton’s latest earnings results, after the connected fitness company’s worse-than-expected holiday quarter caused the connected fitness stock to plunge 26% on Thursday. The poor results added to […]
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Prediction markets head into basketball season on a high from Super Bowl
A basketball finds nothing but net during practice before a 2024 NCAA Tournament game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Charles LeClaire | Reuters Prediction markets saw strong results from the Super Bowl, but it was just an appetizer for a banquet of sporting events in 2026 that are expected to drive surging volumes in […]
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Lyft CEO Risher says consumer is showing ‘no softness’ as stock slides 15% after earnings
Lyft CEO David Risher defended the company’s fourth-quarter results Wednesday, telling CNBC that consumer demand remains strong. “We have record profits, generated over a billion dollars in cash, and that’s a result of our customer-obsessed strategy, which just keeps working and growing the company,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “So, love what we’re seeing, and […]
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Watch: AG Bondi touts Dow records as furious Dems grill her over Epstein and Trump
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday responded to House Democrats’ heated questions about the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files by chastising them for ignoring stock market gains and other of President Donald Trump’s political wins. “The Dow is over 50,000 right now,” Bondi said in sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee after […]
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Novo Nordisk CEO sees 15 million-patient opportunity in Medicare coverage for obesity drugs
Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar. CNBC Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar on Wednesday said the company is aiming to capture around 15 million new patients, at least initially, when Medicare starts covering obesity treatments for the first time later this year. Around 67 million Americans are covered by Medicare, but “when you take a look […]
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House to vote on Trump bid for tough voter-ID SAVE Act
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) listens during a House Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The House will vote Wednesday afternoon on an election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship to register to […]
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Cloudflare pops 10% as AI agent wave led by viral Moltbot boosts security demand
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cloudflare‘s stock rallied 10% Wednesday after the company beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates and issued upbeat guidance as artificial intelligence adoption fuels demand for its networking and security tools. In an earnings call with analysts Tuesday, CEO Matthew Prince said the rise of AI and agentic tools that […]
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Scripps launches cost cutting, AI integration in latest effort to generate earnings growth
FILE PHOTO: E.W. Scripps Co. signage is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 3, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images E.W. Scripps is setting into motion what it calls a transformation plan for the broadcast station company — […]
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