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Jim Cramer says to pick up these four stocks if the market goes down on Friday
CNBC’s Jim Cramer offered a list of stocks to buy on Friday if the market declines. “I was very disappointed in the performance of the tech stocks today … That said, I think the market will let you into the best ones and you’re going to get better prices again,” the “Mad Money” host said […]
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Inflation is peaking, and that is ‘nirvana’ for stocks, Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said that inflation is peaking, which is good news for stocks that have been trampled in recent months. “The stock market … totally saw peak inflation coming. I think you had to be deliberately obtuse to miss this because commodity prices have been collapsing a while ago, but now it’s […]
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Video game giants had a miserable second quarter as the pandemic gaming boom hits a wall
A gamer plays on Sony’s Playstation 5 console at his home in Seoul. Yelim Lee | AFP via Getty Images The giants of the video game world saw their sales slide in the second quarter, as initial tailwinds from the Covid pandemic faded. In the three months ended June, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo each posted […]
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Oil companies are giving back tons of cash — and other things we’ve learned this earnings season
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York, the United States, May 18, 2022. U.S. stocks plummeted on Wednesday as weak earnings from major retailers stoked concerns about the impact of inflation. Michael Nagle | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Source
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Unions are forming at Starbucks, Apple and Google. Here’s why workers are organizing now
For decades, union membership has been on the decline. Yet in the last few months, workers have been organizing at a pace this country hasn’t seen since the Great Depression. Amazon has captured headlines for union drives at its warehouses, including a successful effort on New York’s Staten Island. But activity is picking up elsewhere […]
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Atlassian says customers unlikely to reduce spending as the software maker surpasses revenue expectations
Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar Atlassian Atlassian shares rose as much as 12% after the collaboration software maker disclosed more quarterly revenue than analysts had expected, while meeting consensus on earnings. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 27 cents per share, adjusted, vs. 27 cents per share as expected by analysts, according to […]
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VMware veteran takes helm of pre-IPO software company Cohesity, though market debut is on hold
Sanjay Poonen, former COO, VMware Scott Mlyn | CNBC Cohesity, a startup selling software to back up corporate data, said Tuesday it hired former VMware operating chief Sanjay Poonen to be its next CEO, as the company challenges incumbents like Dell and marches toward an eventual IPO. Poonen told CNBC that he received a call […]
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Amazon shares rally after strong second quarter and guidance
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Amazon jumped more than 10% in premarket trading Friday, a day after the company posted stronger than expected second-quarter revenue and gave upbeat guidance. Sales […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
A screen displays the Fed rate announcement as a trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 27, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Taking stock on a summer Friday […]
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Amazon says cloud-computing revenue rose 33%, topping Wall Street estimates
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky speaks at the AWS Reinvent conference in Las Vegas on Nov. 30, 2021. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon said Thursday that revenue from its cloud segment rose 33% in the second quarter, beating analysts’ estimates. Amazon Web Services generated $19.74 billion in revenue in the period, according to […]
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