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South Korea stocks crashed 18% in two days. Could it happen here?
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South Korea stocks crashed 18% in two days. Could it happen here?

A man walks past in front of an electronic screen showing South Korea’s benchmark stock index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange in Seoul on March 3, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean stocks quickly fell from grace following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. But Wall Street doesn’t see that […]

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Nintendo plans around .9 billion share sale by Kyoto bank and others, sources say: Reuters
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Nintendo plans around $1.9 billion share sale by Kyoto bank and others, sources say: Reuters

TOPSHOT – A Super Mario character is pictured at a Nintendo display ahead of the launch of the company’s Switch 2 console, an electronics store in the city of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture on June 2, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Nintendo plans an unwinding of strategic shareholdings that would see companies including […]

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Japan inflation falls below BOJ’s 2% target for first time since March 2022
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Japan inflation falls below BOJ’s 2% target for first time since March 2022

Shop owners of a 70-year-old “takoyaki”, or octopus balls, restaurant chat while cooking along a street in the Taito Ward area of Tokyo on February 21, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s headline inflation rate fell to 1.5% in January, its lowest level since March 2022. The reading ended a run […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: CoreWeave, Fermi, Paramount Skydance, Gemini and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: CoreWeave, Fermi, Paramount Skydance, Gemini and more

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Fermi — The energy and data center developer lost 11% after reporting a third-quarter loss of 84 cents per share and a total net loss of almost $347 million. Fermi went public in September at $21 a share in an IPO led by UBS, Evercore ISI, […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Qualcomm, Fermi, Dyne Therapeutics, Organon, Snowflake and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Qualcomm, Fermi, Dyne Therapeutics, Organon, Snowflake and more

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Qualcomm — The chipmaker soared more than 11% after announcing artificial intelligence processors to compete with AMD and Nvidia . The AI chips are a shift for Qualcomm , which has previously focused on semiconductors for wireless connectivity and mobile devices, not massive data centers. Intellia […]

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Global bank stocks sell off as fears mount over bad loans
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Global bank stocks sell off as fears mount over bad loans

LONDON – Nov. 5, 2020: Fog shrouds the Canary Wharf business district including global financial institutions Citigroup Inc., State Street Corp., Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc and the commercial office block No. 1 Canada Square. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Banking stocks across the globe sold off on Friday, as fears […]

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Former LPGA golfer Michelle Wie West invests in women’s sports company Togethxr
Business

Former LPGA golfer Michelle Wie West invests in women’s sports company Togethxr

Former LPGA golf star Michelle Wie West is taking on a bigger role in growing women’s sports — from off the course. On Tuesday, Wie West announced she has signed on as the latest athlete investor in Togethxr, the company behind the popular “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports” slogan. Togethxr aims to increase investment in and […]

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Nvidia shares are up 25% in the last month, rallying near a record ahead of tech earnings
Technology

Nvidia shares are up 25% in the last month, rallying near a record ahead of tech earnings

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents “Blackwell” at an event ahead of the Computex forum, in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Nvidia shares have surged 25% in the last month and are closing in on a record ahead of tech earnings season in the coming weeks, when top customers like Meta, […]

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Japan’s Nikkei rises over 2% as Asia markets climb; central bank decisions in focus this week
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Japan’s Nikkei rises over 2% as Asia markets climb; central bank decisions in focus this week

In a photo taken on November 4, 2019 a subway train crosses a rail bridge over the Han river, before the skyline of the Yeouido business district of Seoul. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly climbed on Monday, led by Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising almost 2% as investors look ahead to […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Levi Strauss, EVgo and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Levi Strauss, EVgo and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Wolfspeed – The semiconductor stock fell nearly 5% following a downgrade to underperform from neutral at Mizuho. The firm sees pricing for silicon carbide – a semiconductor material used in electric vehicles – being down about 10% to 20% year-over-year in 2025. Mizuho also cited lower […]

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