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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: United Airlines, Nvidia, Tesla, Travelers and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Nvidia — Shares slipped more than 6% after the chipmaker said it will take a quarterly $5.5 billion charge tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China, as well as other destinations. Nvidia said in a filing that the U.S. government informed the company it […]
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram from Facebook in 2018: FTC trial
Thilina Kaluthotage | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018 on concerns about the rising threat of antitrust litigation against Facebook, according to an email presented Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. courtroom. During Zuckerberg’s second day of testimony in Meta’s antitrust trial with the Federal Trade Commission, lawyers […]
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OpenAI considering its own social network to compete with Elon Musk’s X
OpenAI is considering building a social network to compete with Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s Instagram, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to CNBC. The project is still in its early stages, said the person, who asked not to be named due to confidentiality. It’s based on the popularity of OpenAI’s newest image-generation feature, […]
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Meta resorted to ‘buy-or-bury scheme’ with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says
Former U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook “panicked” when making the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp as smartphone use took off. “It saw companies like Instagram and WhatsApp experiencing astronomical growth, and that’s the point at which it resorted to this buy-or-bury scheme where, if it couldn’t outcompete a rival, […]
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Magnificent Seven stocks are attracting some interest after falling to pre-ChatGPT valuations
The Magnificent Seven stocks — which have underperformed in 2025 after a two-year monster run — are starting to attract interest again now that they’re trading at or below valuations from before the unveiling of ChatGPT, which accelerated the AI boom. On a trailing 12-month basis, Amazon is trading at a 32 price-to-earnings ratio — […]
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Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund closes $4.6 billion growth fund
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello | Getty Images Founders Fund, the venture capital firm run by billionaire Peter Thiel, has closed a $4.6 billion […]
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Meta adds former Trump advisor to its board
From left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Senator Dave McCormick, his wife Dina Powell McCormick and Elon Musk watch the men’s NCAA wrestling competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Meta on Friday announced that it was expanding its board of directors with […]
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Tech stocks head for winning week with Nvidia tracking for 15% bounceback
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote for the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, U.S. March 18, 2025. Brittany Hosea-Small | Reuters Technology stocks were on pace for a winning week Friday on the heels of a volatile stretch spurred by ongoing tariff uncertainty and economic fears. […]
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Meta vs. the FTC: The blockbuster antitrust trial kicks off
This photo illustration created on January 7, 2025, in Washington, DC, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images Meta will face off against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday in a high-stakes antitrust trial that could result in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Capri, Janover, Harley-Davidson, CarMax, U.S. Steel and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: CarMax — The stock sank 20% after the used car retailer’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. Earnings came in at 58 cents per share, versus the 65 cents anticipated from analysts polled by LSEG. Harley-Davidson — The motorcycle stock dropped 12% after […]
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