A car with autonomous driving system by Alibaba-backed DeepRoute.ai, drives on a street in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China July 27, 2022. David Kirton | Reuters BEIJING — Deeproute.ai, a Chinese startup developing autonomous driving systems, announced a $100 million funding round Tuesday from an undisclosed automaker, while emphasizing close ties with chipmaker Nvidia. Pitchbook data […]
TV screens show global hit video game “Black Myth: Wukong” at Hisense booth during the IFA Berlin 2024 on September 6, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese home appliance company Hisense aims to become the No. 1 seller of television sets in the U.S. […]
A Chinese flag flutters on top of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), to mark 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, in Beijing, China October 18, 2023. Edgar Su | Reuters BEIJING — A closely watched meeting of China’s parliament standing […]
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Palantir Technologies — Shares popped 13%. The software company surpassed Wall Street’s third-quarter estimates, posting adjusted earnings of 10 cents per share on $726 million in revenue. That beat the 9 cents per share and $701 million in revenue expected by analysts polled by LSEG. […]
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 24, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks typically rise after a presidential election — but investors need to be prepared for some short-term choppiness first, history shows. The three major benchmarks on average have seen gains between Election Day and year-end in […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia , Sherwin-Williams – The stocks rose more than 1% and roughly 3%, respectively, on the heels of the announcement that both are going to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average , effective Friday. Nvidia is slated to replace rival chipmaker Intel , while paint manufacturer […]
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Talen Energy – The independent power company tumbled more than 8% after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected a request to increase the amount of power the Susquehanna nuclear plant can dispatch to an Amazon data center campus. Talen owns the nuclear plant and sold the […]
Employees package and sort express parcels at an e-commerce company on Nov. 1, 2024, around the Double 11 Shopping Festival in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Early indicators of China’s biggest shopping event of the year reveal a pickup in select categories amid expectations of […]
PayPal Inc. co-founder and Affirm’s CEO Max Levchin on center stage during day one of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. Vaughn Ridley | Sportsfile | Getty Images LONDON — Buy now, pay later firm Affirm launched Monday its installment loans in the U.K., in the company’s first expansion overseas. Founded in 2012, Affirm […]
A flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Zhejiang province, China, on May 10, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — The size of China’s highly anticipated stimulus plans will likely depend on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, analysts said. Investors expect Beijing to announce details on fiscal support Friday. That’s when […]