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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Palo Alto Networks, Lowe’s, UnitedHealth and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company dipped 3.7% after Palo Alto Network’s gross margin for the fiscal third quarter came out below estimates . The company still beat on earnings and revenue expectations, however. UnitedHealth — Shares dropped more than 6% after HSBC […]
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Lowe’s sticks by full-year forecast as sales from home professionals boost business
Lowe’s on Wednesday stood by its full-year forecast, as growing sales among home professionals helped offset slower demand from do-it-yourself customers. The home improvement retailer came in just shy of Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly sales, but beat earnings estimates. Shares of Lowe’s rose nearly 3% in premarket trading Wednesday. In the company’s news release, […]
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Sterling gains 0.5% after UK inflation leaps in April: Live updates
M&S cyberattack to cost retailer $400 million People walk past a Marks & Spencer store. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images British retail giant M&S said Wednesday that a recent cyberattack, which brought online sales to a standstill and left food shelves bare, would cost it around £300 million ($403 million) in operating profit. […]
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S&P 500 futures are little changed after benchmark snaps six-day win streak: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 19, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images S&P 500 futures wavered early Wednesday following a losing session on Wall Street that snapped a winning streak. Futures tied to the broad index shed 0.3%, […]
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Why Walmart decided to say it would raise prices — and risk Trump’s fury
A Walmart store is shown in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 15, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Last month, Walmart downplayed how much President Donald Trump’s tariffs would affect its business in front of a large audience of investors. CEO Doug McMillon pointed to other challenging times that the company had weathered — like the aftermath […]
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Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday
My top 10 things to watch Monday, May 19 1. Bonds are crushing stocks this morning, with the 30-year Treasury yield north of 5% and the 10-year Treasury yield topping 4.5%, in response to Moody’s downgrading its rating on U.S. sovereign debt. The S & P 500 is on track to open lower by about […]
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Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ after retailer warned it will raise prices
People shop at a Walmart in Rosemead, California, on April 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday after the country’s largest retailer warned this week that it will have to raise prices because of tariffs. “Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason […]
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Banks are keeping credit card rates high even after the CFPB rule they blamed for high APRs was killed
Key Points Banks quickly raised interest rates to record levels and added new monthly fees on credit cards last year when a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule threatened a key revenue source for the industry. Now they’re far more reluctant to reverse those steps, even after bank trade groups succeeded in killing the CFPB rule […]
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JPMorgan’s favorite stocks heading into May
JPMorgan added Netflix to its list of favorite stocks as the new month gets under way. Every month, the bank refreshes its analyst focus list, which includes its top ideas aligned with the growth, income, value and short investment strategies. JPMorgan’s changes come after a month characterized by high market volatility stemming from President Donald […]
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Wealthy consumers upped their spending last quarter, while the rest of America is cutting back
Key Points Lower-income earners are reining in their transactions to focus on essentials, while the wealthy continue to spend freely on perks including dining out and luxury travel, according to first-quarter results from U.S. credit card lenders. Synchrony, which provides store cards for retail brands including Lowe’s and T.J. Maxx, spending fell 4% in the […]
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