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Weak dollar winners: These stocks could get a boost if Trump keeps talking the greenback lower
President Donald Trump helped push the U.S. dollar lower on Tuesday after saying he didn’t mind a weaker greenback — a shift that could benefit certain stocks with big foreign sales. U.S. companies with large overseas businesses often get a boost when the dollar weakens. Not only are their businesses more hedged against a waning […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: ASML, Texas Instruments, Qorvo & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in the premarket: ASML — U.S.-listed shares of the semiconductor equipment giant reported record orders and issued strong 2026 guidance due to the artificial intelligence boom. The company also announced a share buyback program worth 12 billion euros. Texas Instruments — The chipmaker jumped more than 8% […]
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S&P 500 futures climb ahead of Fed decision, major tech earnings: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 27, 2026. NYSE S&P 500 futures rose Wednesday morning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and earnings reports from major tech companies. Futures linked to the broad market index were up 0.25%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced about 0.77%. Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
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Airbus, AstraZeneca and HSBC executives join UK’s Starmer on high-stakes China trip
Key Points Starmer brings nearly 60 business and cultural groups on first U.K. leader visit to China in eight years. Talks with Xi and Li focus on trade, investment and national security. Visit follows a surge of foreign leaders engaging Beijing amid global tensions. Source
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One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI firms from Alibaba to Moonshot race to release new models
BEIJING — Chinese companies are accelerating the rollout of new artificial intelligence models as competition with U.S.-based rivals OpenAI, Anthropic and Google intensifies. Just over a year ago, China-made DeepSeek rocked global markets with the release of an AI chatbot that undercut OpenAI’s ChatGPT on usage fees and production costs, raising questions about the efficacy […]
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Dollar suffers worst one-day slide since last April after Trump says currency hasn’t fallen too low
Key Points The U.S. dollar fell about 1.3% on Tuesday, posting its worst day since April 10, 2025. It touched its lowest level since February 2022. During his visit to Iowa, President Donald Trump was asked whether he was comfortable with the current value of the greenback. “I think it’s great,” Trump said of the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Texas Instruments, Seagate Technology, Qorvo and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Texas Instruments — The chipmaker jumped more than 9% after issuing better-than-expected guidance for the first quarter. Texas Instruments now sees earnings per share of between $1.22 and $1.48, and revenue between $4.32 billion and $4.68 billion. Analysts expected earnings of $1.26 per share on $4.42 […]
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What investors piling into gold and silver can learn from King Henry VIII
While the “debasement trade” is in vogue again, Deutsche Bank thinks there are takeaways for investors dating back at least more than five centuries. Precious metals are off to a hot start for the year after a surge in 2025, with gold crossing the $5,000 mark on Monday and silver up more than 50% in […]
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Silver is retail traders’ new obsession as record numbers bet on rally — and on a crash
In this photo illustration, silver bars are displayed at Polyak Precious Metals on Jan. 14, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Retail investors are betting big on major swings in silver. The question is which way the precious metal could go. Individual investors on Monday sent about $171 million on net […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Amazon, Reddit, Pinterest, Sysco & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Amazon — The e-commerce giant said it would sunset its Fresh and Go brick-and-mortar store, marking a pivot in its grocery strategy . Amazon shares rose more than 1% in midday trading, while shares of rival grocers were lower. Kroger and Albertsons shares were both down […]
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