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Apple unveils its most affordable laptop ever. What the MacBook Neo means for investors
Apple is casting a new line to reel more users into its prized ecosystem, a money-printing machine with fresh hardware as the lure and services as the hook. The tech giant announced its most affordable laptop in history last month with the rollout of the MacBook Neo. With a starting price of $599, the Neo […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Meta Platforms, Delta Air Lines, Carnival, LyondellBasell & more
Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading. Meta Platforms — Shares of the social media giant jumped more than 9% after Meta unveiled its new artificial intelligence model , dubbed Muse Spark. This new model will power Meta’s digital assistant in the Meta AI app and desktop website, and in the approaching weeks […]
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Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia lead tech rally after Trump announces ceasefire with Iran
U.S. stocks soared on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, and beaten-down tech names shared in the rally. Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Nvidia led the way among the Magnificent 7 names. Chipmakers also soared, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. gaining 7% and ASML, Applied Materials and Micron popping 9%. Lam […]
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AI’s next bottleneck: Why even the best chips made in the U.S. take a round trip to Taiwan
An underappreciated step in the chipmaking process is poised to become the next bottleneck for artificial intelligence. Every microchip used to power artificial intelligence must be put into hardware that can interact with the outside world. But right now, almost all of this chipmaking step, known as advanced packaging, happens in Asia, and capacity is […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines, Levi Strauss, Exxon Mobil & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines — Shares traded 12% higher, boosted by the steep declines in oil prices after the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire. The airline also posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter, though it issued second-quarter guidance that was below analyst estimates. Levi Strauss — […]
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Asian tech stocks surge as U.S.-Iran cease fire ease Hormuz disruption worries
Xeon server chips shown to CNBC inside Intel’s advanced packaging facility in Chandler, Arizona, on November 17, 2025. CNBC Asian technology and semiconductor stocks surged on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire that includes a temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The news sent major indexes in Asian […]
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JD Vance heads to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán ahead of high-stakes election
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a bilateral lunch hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has U.S. President Donald Trump’s “complete and total support” — but is on course to lose the country’s elections, which […]
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Samsung shares rise nearly 5% on record-breaking earnings forecast buoyed by AI chip demand
Shares of Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4.8% on Tuesday after the South Korean technology giant forecast record quarterly profit amid strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. Shares later pared gains to trade up 0.52%. In its preliminary earnings guidance, Samsung projected its operating profit for the January-March quarter to reach 57.2 trillion won […]
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S&P 500 rises as investors await possible Iran and U.S. ceasefire: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on April 2, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images The S&P 500 rose on Monday following a winning week as oil prices pulled back, with traders weighing the odds that the U.S.-Iran war could […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix, Soleno Therapeutics, Strategy & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Netflix — The streaming platform climbed 1.5% after a Goldman Sachs upgrade to buy from neutral. The bank said it sees Netflix as continuing to be the leader in content acquisition and development, and a high chance for multiyear capital return back to shareholders. Soleno Therapeutics […]
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