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A technician checks on a stack of wafers at the Applied Materials facility in Santa Clara, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Applied Materials — Applied Materials rose nearly 2% in extended trading after beating analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines in

In this article NIO AMAT EL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT American multinational skincare and beauty products brand Estée Lauder’s logo seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Friday. Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company edged 1.8% lower

In this article KEYS EL XPEV 9868-HK NVDA ROST BLBD STRA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT XPeng delivered over 60,000 of its flagship P7 electric sedans in 2021. XPeng, Inc. Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Strategic Education — The education stock advanced 3% following an upgrade to buy from neutral

Tencent sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023.  Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — Corporate earnings releases are picking up on a few bright spots for China’s consumer in a competitive market where people are less willing to open their wallets. JD.com, Tencent and Alibaba this

Aerial photo shows a rural residential area in Chengdong town of Hai ‘an City, East China’s Jiangsu Province, April 1, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s real estate troubles are accelerating. Prospective home buyers are holding back on making purchases, leading to weak sales that compound the urgent need for policymakers

A CVS pharmacy in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Paul Weaver | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines during midday trading Thursday. Cisco Systems — Shares of the computer networking giant added 4% after reporting earnings postmarket Wednesday that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Adjusted earnings per share for its fiscal fourth quarter came in

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce signaled Thursday it would respond, if needed, to the Biden administration’s executive order to restrict U.S. investments in advanced Chinese technology.

Don’t count out additional interest rate hikes, according to former Federal Reserve governor Randall Kroszner. Kroszner, who’s now a University of Chicago economics professor, believes rates are staying high into well next year. “I don’t see how they can be comfortable to say, ‘okay we’re not going to be raising anymore’ if the labor market

Federal Reserve officials expressed concern at their most recent meeting about the pace of inflation and said more rate hikes could be necessary in the future unless conditions change, minutes released Wednesday from the session indicated. That discussion during a two-day July meeting resulted in a quarter percentage point rate hike that markets generally expect

A man looks at his smartphone inside a mall in Beijing on August 15, 2023. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Without more stimulus, China is increasingly likely to miss its growth target of around 5% this year, economists said. The country on Tuesday suspended releases of data on youth unemployment, which

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Cava in celebration of its initial public offering, June 15, 2023. NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. H&R Block — The tax preparer rose nearly 5.9% after posting quarterly earnings per share of $2.05 that beat Wall Street’s expectations of $1.88,

A man wearing a mask walks past a Nvidia logo in Taipei, Taiwan. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Banks — Major Wall Street banks slid during midday trading after CNBC reported Tuesday that Fitch Ratings may once again downgrade the health of the banking