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Jim Cramer offers his favorite stock picks for 3 possible recession scenarios
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday gave investors his top stock picks for three different recession outcomes. “We’ve got mild, we’ve got moderate and we’ve got severe. … . Can we avoid a recession altogether? There’s always the chance,” but investors shouldn’t hold their breath, he said. Investors have piled into tech stocks this week, betting […]
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Social media and online ad stocks drop in wake of alarming Snap earnings report
Snap Inc. signage is displayed on screens outside of the Morgan Stanley building in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Social media and ad tech stocks fell in after-hours trading on Thursday after Snap reported disappointing second-quarter results and plans to slow hiring. Analysts were expecting sales growth of 18% for the […]
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Why Amazon’s three biggest deals ever were for a grocery chain, movie studio, and health care provider
A sign is posted in front of a One Medical office on July 21, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Amazon still makes most of its revenue from orders placed through its online stores, and most of its profit from its cloud computing arm. Both of those businesses were built almost […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Snap, Meta Platforms, Mattel and more
People walk past Snap Inc. Snapchat signage displayed in downtown Los Angeles, California on October 2, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Snap – Shares of the Snapchat parent company plummeted more than 26% in extended trading after reporting a miss on the […]
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Monarch butterfly is added to the international threatened species list
A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the LA County Natural History museum Wednesday, June 1, 2022. David Crane | MediaNews Group | Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images The iconic black and orange monarch butterfly is threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction and climate change, international conservationists said on Thursday. The monarch […]
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Jan. 6 committee to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction during Capitol riot – follow live updates
The Jan. 6 select committee’s eighth public hearing Thursday will go inside the White House to detail then-President Donald Trump’s hourslong refusal to call for an end to the Capitol riot. The hearing, set to start at 8 p.m. ET, marks the final scheduled presentation of the committee’s initial findings from its investigation of the […]
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Snap shares plunge 25% on disappointing second-quarter results and plans to slow hiring
Kirsty O’Connor | Getty Images Snap shares plummeted more than 25% in extended trading on Thursday after the social media company reported disappointing second-quarter results and said it plans to slow hiring as it reckons with weakening revenue growth. Co-founders Evan Spiegel, the CEO, and technology chief Bobby Murphy agreed to new employment contracts that […]
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Tesla shares jump on second-quarter report that was better than analysts feared
Pedestrians walk through a street crossing in front of the American electric company car Tesla Motors official authorized car dealer store in Hong Kong, July 13, 2022. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Tesla jumped nearly 10% on Thursday, one day after the electric car maker released second-quarter results […]
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Convenience store chain 7-Eleven cuts 880 corporate jobs as part of restructuring
Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has cut roughly 880 corporate jobs in the United States, CNBC has learned, roughly a year after it completed its $21 billion acquisition of rival C-store and gas station business Speedway. 7-Eleven is owned by the Japanese retail conglomerate Seven & i Holdings, which […]
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The wealthy now have more time to avoid estate taxes, thanks to an IRS change
If your family has significant wealth, it’s now easier to avoid federal estate taxes, thanks to recent changes from the IRS. The IRS improved a strategy known as “portability,” used by high-net-worth married couples expecting to owe federal estate taxes when the second spouse dies. Here’s how it works: While a spouse may inherit all […]
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