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Home Depot raises full-year outlook after earnings beat, record first-quarter sales
Home Depot on Tuesday raised its full-year outlook after reporting strong quarterly earnings, fueled by the company’s strongest first-quarter sales on record. Shares of the company rose 4% in premarket trading. Here’s what Home Depot reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $4.09 […]
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until he has clarity on bot numbers
Musk’s plan to buy Twitter has worried policymakers around the world. Joe Skipper | Reuters Elon Musk has said his $44 billion purchase of Twitter will not move ahead until he has more clarity on how many accounts are fake. Twitter estimated in a filing earlier this month that fewer than 5% of its monetizable […]
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A huge tidal power testing facility is looking to simulate decades of harsh sea conditions
An image of the £4.6 million FastBlade facility. Scotland has a long association with North Sea oil and gas production, but in recent years it’s also become a hub for companies and projects focused on tidal power and marine energy in general. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images A £4.6 million […]
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Jim Cramer says to consider these five high-yielding stocks to upgrade your portfolio
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday gave investors a list of five “accidentally high yielders” that he believes will provide investors refuge in the currently unpredictable market. “At the depths of the [2008] financial crisis, you got an amazing opportunity to buy the accidentally high yielders … real companies with stable dividends that had seen their […]
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Intel shareholders reject executive pay
Patrick Gelsinger, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 interview at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Feb. 3, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel shareholders voted last week against the company’s compensation for its top executives, according to an regulatory filing published on Monday. […]
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Cramer’s lightning round: I want to buy more Marvell Technology
Marvell Technology Inc: “They are the best when it comes to 5G, the best in high-performance computing. But remember, those things have fallen out of favor right now. … I’d like to buy more [for the Charitable Trust.] That’s the way to go.” Stem Inc: “It got very, very high. We moved away from companies […]
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‘You can’t build on quicksand’ — Jim Cramer warns investors not to invest based on false hope
CNBC’s Jim Cramer told investors on Monday that they shouldn’t let short-term rallies trick them into making optimistic trading decisions. “A rally based solely on the fact that everything’s going wrong is a rally that cannot and will not stand. It has no staying power, unless something actually goes right,” the “Mad Money” host said. […]
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Abbott reaches agreement with FDA to reopen baby formula plant to ease nationwide shortage
A woman shops for baby formula at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as a nationwide shortage of baby formula continues due to supply chain crunches tied to the coronavirus pandemic that have already strained the countrys formula stock, an issue that was further exacerbated by a major product recall in February. Jim […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: United Airlines, Take-Two Interactive & more
A United Airlines passenger plane is loaded at the capital’s BER airport before its first flight from BER to New York’s Newark Airport. On flights to the U.S. East Coast, Berliners and Brandenburgers no longer necessarily have to change planes. From Monday, United Airlines will connect Schönefeld directly with New York’s Newark Airport on a […]
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells employees that pay increases are on the way
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting at the Meydenbauer Center on November 28, 2018 in Bellevue, Washington. Microsoft recently surpassed Apple, Inc. to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images News | Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told staffers on Monday that the […]
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