Nvidia supplier SK Hynix reverses losses in first quarter on AI demand

SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Monday, April 22, 2024. SK Hynix is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 25. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix on Thursday reported a net profit of 1.92 trillion […]

Bitcoin (BTC) to hit $150,000 after halving

Bitcoin is set for more price gains later this year, even after a recent retreat in prices, according to Standard Chartered’s top crypto analyst. Geoffrey Kendrick, head of foreign exchange research, West, and digital assets research at Standard Chartered, said in a research note this week that he sees bitcoin rising to $150,000 per coin, […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: META, IBM, CMG, NOW

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Align Technology — The orthodontics technology company added 3.6% after beating analysts’ expectations for its first-quarter results. Align posted adjusted earnings of $2.14 per share on revenue of $997.4 million, higher than the $1.97 in earnings per share on revenue of $974 million that analysts […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: TSLA, HLT, BA, MAT

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Boeing — The aerospace giant fell 1.5% even after noting that it burned through $3.9 billion in cash in the first quarter. The cash burn was lower than what analysts had feared. Boeing also posted an adjusted loss of $1.13 per share on revenue of $16.57 […]

Klarna scores payment deal with Uber ahead of anticipated IPO 

The Swedish “buy now, pay later” pioneer said Tuesday that its new design would help users find the items they want by using more advanced AI recommendation algorithms, while merchants will be able to target customers more effectively. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Klarna on Wednesday announced a global partnership […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: BA, TSLA, V, ABNB

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Boeing — Shares jumped 3% after Boeing posted a narrower-than-expected loss in its latest results. In its first quarter, the company reported an adjusted loss of $1.13 per share, better than the adjusted loss of $1.76 per share estimated by the LSEG analyst poll. Revenue of […]

U.S. seeks 36-month sentence for ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters U.S. prosecutors are seeking an above-guidance sentence of 36 months for the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance on charges of enabling money […]

China may have to brace for a new wave of bond defaults, S&P says

Residential buildings under construction at the Phoenix Palace project, developed by Country Garden Holdings Co., in Heyuan, Guangdong province, China in September 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s state-directed economy may be creating the conditions for a new wave of bond defaults that could come as soon as next year, according […]

China’s Xiaomi is selling so many electric cars it’s closer to breaking even

The Xiaomi SU7 on display at the Mobile World Congress 2024. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi‘s new electric vehicle is selling better than expected, putting it closer to break-even despite undercutting Tesla‘s Model 3 on price. Xiaomi has received more than 70,000 orders for its electric SU7 sedan as of […]