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Shift4 shares surge 11% on earnings beat as fintech stocks climb on results and upgrades
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Shift4 shares surge 11% on earnings beat as fintech stocks climb on results and upgrades

Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 Payments, at the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2021. Source: NYSE Fintech stocks were in focus Tuesday as fresh earnings reports and analyst notes drove sharp reactions across the sector. Shift4 Payments and Upstart Holdings surged following upbeat news, while PayPal shares were slightly higher despite delivering a […]

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Oil industry that Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’ has taken a beating since he took office
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Oil industry that Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’ has taken a beating since he took office

An operator for Baker Hughes conducts a wireline survey on a Chesapeake Energy natural gas rig in the North Texas Barnett Shale near Burleson, Texas. Matt Nager | Getty Images President Donald Trump wants the oil and gas industry to “drill, baby, drill” in pursuit of his energy dominance agenda, but the companies involved in […]

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PayPal reports first-quarter earnings beat, maintains forecast
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PayPal reports first-quarter earnings beat, maintains forecast

CEO of PayPal Alex Chriss speaks during the Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit at Conrad Washington on April 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images PayPal reported better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter, but the company missed on revenue and reaffirmed its guidance for 2025 due to macro uncertainty. The stock fell […]

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Venmo revenue grows 20%, with debit card payment volume soaring
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Venmo revenue grows 20%, with debit card payment volume soaring

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Venmo, long a centerpiece of PayPal‘s growth story but often criticized for its lack of monetization, is becoming a bigger contributor to the business. PayPal said Tuesday in its first-quarter earnings release that revenue at Venmo increased 20% year-over-year in the first quarter, though the company didn’t provide a dollar […]

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PayPal kicks off fintech earnings as investors fear impact of Trump tariffs on consumer spending
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PayPal kicks off fintech earnings as investors fear impact of Trump tariffs on consumer spending

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters PayPal, Block and Affirm are all closely tied to the health of the consumer, which has investors on edge headed into their earnings reports. Markets broadly have been jittery to […]

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From mining giants to Big Oil, major players are jumping on the ‘white hydrogen’ bandwagon
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From mining giants to Big Oil, major players are jumping on the ‘white hydrogen’ bandwagon

The construction site of a plant for the production of hydrogen in Germany.  Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A growing number of sizable companies, from mining giants to energy majors, are embracing the hype for natural hydrogen. It comes as buzz continues to build over the potential for a resource that advocates […]

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America’s aging wind energy is here to stay despite Trump and it needs a lot of ‘repowering’ work
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America’s aging wind energy is here to stay despite Trump and it needs a lot of ‘repowering’ work

Jeffrey Sanders / 500px | 500px | Getty Images On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an executive order indefinitely halting permits for new onshore wind energy projects on federal land, as well as new leases for offshore wind farms in U.S. coastal waters. The action not only fulfilled Trump’s “no new windmills” campaign pledge, […]

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A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700
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A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 9, 2019. Leonhard Foeger | Reuters A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing five people and injuring […]

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Amazon and Nvidia say all options are on the table to power AI including fossil fuels
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Amazon and Nvidia say all options are on the table to power AI including fossil fuels

Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images OKLAHOMA CITY — Amazon and Nvidia told a room of oil and gas executives this week that all options are on the table to power artificial intelligence including fossil fuels such as natural gas. The tech and energy industries gathered in Oklahoma City at the Hamm Institute for […]

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Trump’s memecoin dinner contest earns insiders 0,000 in two days
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Trump’s memecoin dinner contest earns insiders $900,000 in two days

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his allies have raked in nearly $900,000 in trading fees over the past two days from the president’s $TRUMP cryptocurrency token, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain data company.  The surge came after a Wednesday announcement in which the top 220 holders of the token were promised dinner with the […]

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