Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Advanced Micro Devices — The chipmaker’s stock gained more than 2%. Advanced Micro Devices announced plans to buy server builder ZT Systems in a cash-and-stock deal totaling $4.9 billion. HP — Shares slid more than 3% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the personal computing company to equal […]
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A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters BEIJING — The U.S. and China last week signed agreements for cooperating on financial stability, according to a People’s Bank of China readout Monday. The agreement was […]
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Rising U.S.-China tensions have sent Chinese companies the signal that regardless of who wins the White House, overseas investment is the way to go. Public filings of mainland China-listed companies from the last several weeks indicate a few are already putting money into the U.S. As markets await more details on Vice President Kamala Harris’ […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Rocket Lab — The space company soared more than 16%, hitting a 52-week high, after packing and shipping two Mars-bound spacecraft to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for launch. The two spacecraft were designed, built, integrated and tested by Rocket Lab for the University of California Berkeley’s Space […]
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Estee Lauder — The beauty company slipped nearly 2% after Bank of America downgraded the stock, citing headwinds in its China market. Softening U.S. demand is also weighing upon shares, the firm added. Applied Materials — The semiconductor equipment company’s shares dipped 1.8% despite posting better-than-expected […]
Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), during the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s financial risks have dropped, including from local government debt, People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng said in state media interviews published late Thursday. […]
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Applied Materials — The material engineering stock slipped 2.5% despite third-quarter earnings coming in better than analysts anticipated. Applied Materials earned $2.12 per share, excluding items, on $6.78 billion in revenue. Analysts had penciled in just $2.02 a share in profits and $6.67 billion in revenue. […]
Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images Inflation cooled below 3% in July 2024, the first time it dropped beneath that level in more than three years. While many areas of the U.S. economy are dis-inflating — meaning their prices are still rising, though at a slower rate — some have been outright deflating. That means […]