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Microsoft scales down Russia operations due to Ukraine crisis
Microsoft logo displayed on a phone screen and Russian flag displayed on a screen in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on March 1, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft said on Wednesday it was making substantial cuts to its business in Russia, joining a string […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Campbell Soup, Moderna, Western Digital and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Campbell Soup (CPB) – The food producer’s shares rallied 3.7% in the premarket after Campbell reported an adjusted quarterly profit of 70 cents per share, 9 cents above estimates. Sales also beat forecasts, and the company raised its full-year sales outlook. Campbell also maintained its prior […]
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Target and Microsoft may be just the beginning of a worrisome earnings trend
Target is unlikely to be the only company with a bullseye on it during the upcoming earnings season. The retailer Tuesday warned for the second time in less than a month that its profits would take a hit from an inventory glut. The new guidance comes just days after Microsoft , in another high profile […]
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Huge pay bumps and flexi work hours: How Singapore companies are fighting the talent war
Companies in Singapore are adjusting salaries and beefing up mental health benefits, bonuses, flexible working policies and more. Jayson_lys | E+ | Getty Images In a normal year, lawyers at one of Singapore’s top four local law firms could expect to receive an annual increment of between 10% and 15%. The company said employees would get […]
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The race toward a new computing technology is heating up — and Asia is jumping on the trend
A quantum computer in a vibration-free building. Quantum computing will ultimately speed up the computational power that drives many industries and could affect everything from drug discovery to how data is secured. Oliver Berg | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Quantum computing was already gathering pace in Japan and elsewhere in Asia when the University […]
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Lawmaker who wrote New York crypto mining bill explains: ‘It’s not a ban’
Bitcoin offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11, 2022. Umit Turhan Coskun/NurPhoto via Getty Images New York State Assemblymember Anna Kelles is tired of all the fear-mongering about the bill she wrote — and sponsored — to place a two-year moratorium on certain types of new cryptocurrency mines in the state. The fate of the […]
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Apple’s big annual conference kicks off next week: Here’s what to expect
Apple CEO Tim Cook will present the latest versions of Apple’s software for iPhones, iPads, Mac, Watch, and TV on Monday to kick off WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference. The new “bits,” as attendees often call the updates, are the biggest Apple software announcement of the year and set the public strategy for Apple’s platform […]
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Two notable Wall Street strategists say this is just a bear market bounce
Two widely followed strategists on Wall Street — Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett and Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson — see more trouble ahead in the stock market and are urging investors to not breathe a sigh of relief just because of the latest rally. “Is there a bull case? We find it difficult to construct […]
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Cramer says when Wall Street overlooks ‘textbook bad news’ for a stock, do some buying
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday gave investors the go-ahead to buy shares of valuable companies that reported bad news, yet still managed to keep their stocks afloat. “The lack of new, broken-the-moment-you-buy-it stocks, and the horrendous declines in very valuable companies, have coalesced to create an environment where Wall Street’s willing to overlook some of […]
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Cloud stocks mount big rally led by UiPath, as investors bet tech valuations have bottomed
Daniel Dines, CEO, UiPath at company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange, April 21, 2021. Source: NYSE Cloud stocks rallied on Thursday, with more than a dozen vendors notching gains of 10% or more, as investors used an upbeat day on Wall Street to snap up shares of companies that have been beaten down […]
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