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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says tariffs haven’t dented consumer spending
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday that the company hasn’t seen any signs of consumers tightening their wallets in the face of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Jassy’s comments came during […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Canada Goose, UnitedHealth, Target, Carter’s and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Target — The big-box retailer fell 4% on disappointing first-quarter results . Target also cut its full-year sales outlook, partly blaming falling consumer sentiment and uncertainty about tariffs. Toll Brothers — The stock added 2.8% after the homebuilder beat on both the top and bottom lines […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Target, Palo Alto Networks, Lowe’s, UnitedHealth and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company dipped 3.7% after Palo Alto Network’s gross margin for the fiscal third quarter came out below estimates . The company still beat on earnings and revenue expectations, however. UnitedHealth — Shares dropped more than 6% after HSBC […]
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S&P 500 futures are little changed after benchmark snaps six-day win streak: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 19, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images S&P 500 futures wavered early Wednesday following a losing session on Wall Street that snapped a winning streak. Futures tied to the broad index shed 0.3%, […]
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Target will report earnings before the bell. Here’s what to expect
A view of a Target store on March 5, 2025 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Target will report its fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday, as the Minneapolis-based cheap chic retailer tries to get back to growth. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting for the discounter, according to a survey of analysts by LSEG: […]
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Why Walmart decided to say it would raise prices — and risk Trump’s fury
A Walmart store is shown in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 15, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Last month, Walmart downplayed how much President Donald Trump’s tariffs would affect its business in front of a large audience of investors. CEO Doug McMillon pointed to other challenging times that the company had weathered — like the aftermath […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Downgrade of U.S. credit rating adds new complication to U.S. stock market
Pedestrians walk past the north entrance to the U.S. Treasury Department headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, DC. J. David Ake | Getty Images U.S. stocks popped last week on the back of a trade truce between America and China, in which they mutually agreed to cut tariffs for 90 days. Technology stocks […]
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Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ after retailer warned it will raise prices
People shop at a Walmart in Rosemead, California, on April 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday after the country’s largest retailer warned this week that it will have to raise prices because of tariffs. “Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason […]
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Why Target is losing out against competitors Walmart and Costco
Retailer Target is under pressure on multiple fronts: it’s facing pushback after rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; it’s fighting off stiffer competition from nimble competitors like Amazon; and the company has higher exposure to a decline in consumer spending amid inflation and tariff volatility than rivals like Walmart and Costco. Target’s decision […]
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From ‘Cockroach Award’ to the Big Board: Hinge Health’s unlikely path to IPO
Hinge Health co-founders Gabriel Mecklenburg (left) and Daniel Perez (right). Courtesy of Hinge Health At digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health, CEO Daniel Perez used to recognize hard-working employees with the “Cockroach Award,” a distinction that brought with it a “cockroach squad” t-shirt and a cash payout. References to the insect were abundant at the […]
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