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Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora confronts Wall Street skeptics after company’s biggest bet yet
Nikesh Arora of the United States on the first hole during the third round of The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course on October 02, 2021 in St Andrews, Scotland. David Cannon | David Cannon Collection | Getty Images When Nikesh Arora was named CEO of Palo Alto Networks in June 2018, the […]
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CrowdStrike-backed compliance startup Vanta valued at $4 billion in new funding round
Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and CEO of Vanta, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco on Oct. 29, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vanta, a startup with software for managing compliance with cybersecurity and privacy standards, said Wednesday that it closed its latest fundraising round at a roughly $4 billion […]
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Stocks making big midday moves: Tesla, Uber, Royal Gold, Stellantis, WNS and more
Tesla — The EV-maker tumbled almost 8% after CEO Elon Musk said he would form a new political party called “America Party.” Musk has been feuding with President Donald Trump, who called the new party “ridiculous.” Uber Technologies — Shares of the ride-hailing company hit an all-time high of $97.12 and recently were up by […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: First Solar, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Robinhood and more
Check out some of the stocks making the largest moves in midday trading: Solar stocks — Companies tied to renewable energy rose in midmorning trading as President Donald Trump’s megabill crept closer to passage before a White House July 4 deadline. While the measure has no new carveouts for clean energy, earlier this week the […]
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Datadog stock jumps 10% on tech company’s inclusion in S&P 500 index
The Datadog stand is being displayed on day one of the AWS Summit Seoul 2024 at the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea, on May 16, 2024. Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images Datadog shares were up 10% in extended trading on Wednesday after S&P Global said the monitoring software provider […]
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2 of our banks just boosted their dividends. Here’s how their increases stack up versus our other names
Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo shares hit record highs Wednesday after the Wall Street banks announced dividend hikes following Tuesday’s close. Both join the laundry list of Club holdings to hike their payouts to investors in 2025. After the financial firms passed the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test on Friday night, Goldman said Tuesday that […]
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Microsoft laying off about 9,000 employees in latest round of cuts
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft said Wednesday that it will lay off about 9,000 employees. The move will affect less than 4% of its global workforce across different teams, geographies and levels of experience, a […]
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NATO members just committed to hike defense spending – and these companies could reap the rewards
With NATO members committing to a much higher defense spending target, certain companies are expected to see huge boosts to their bottom lines – particularly those headquartered in Europe. NATO announced at its annual summit last week that its members had agreed to drastically ramp up defense spending, with the majority of its 32 member […]
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3 forces driving a record week for stocks as 7 portfolio names hit new highs
It’s been a week of records for the U.S. stock market — and for several stocks in the CNBC Investing Club’s portfolio. The S & P 500 jumped to an all-time high of 6,187.68 Friday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose to a new record of 20,311.51. Both benchmark gauges advanced around 4% from last […]
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Microsoft says goodbye to the Windows blue screen of death
Digital boards are seen due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, it was observed that some digital billboards in Times Square in New York City, United States, displayed a blue screen and some screens went completely black on July on 19, 2024. Selçuk […]
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