Nvidia Corp. shares ticked higher in the extended session Wednesday after the chip maker said modified servers to China mostly made up for an expected $400 million shortfall due to a U.S. ban on certa...
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Alibaba, Tencent, lead Hong Kong tech stocks higher after upbeat China online retail sales data
Shares of Chinese internet giants jumped in Hong Kong, after official data showed better-than-expected October retail sales in the world’s second-largest economy. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA, +0.7...
Antitrust battle over Apple’s app store goes to appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is heading into a courtroom faceoff against the company behind the popular Fortnite video game, reviving a high-stakes antitrust battle over whether the digital fortress shieldin...
Retail analysts foresee holiday-season sales growth. Now we’ll hear from retailers themselves.
Even as price increases squeeze shoppers, analysts expect holiday-season sales to increase this year. With Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and discounters TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc. reporting results in...
A Berkshire Hathaway Bright Spot: Energy. Here Are the Numbers.
Warren Buffett likes energy. Berkshire Hathaway now owns some $58 billion of Chevron and Occidental Petroleum securities. It isn’t Berkshire’s largest holding; that would be insurance, led by auto ins...
Sell Intel Stock, Analyst Says. Market Share Losses Are the Concern.
An analyst at J.P. Morgan says sell Intel stock, citing concerns about the company’s loss of market share amid ongoing competition and softening PC demand. Following a period of restriction, J.P Morga...
‘Bitcoin will be the winner because bitcoin is a digital commodity and it’s the least controversial of everything’: MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor
“‘Bitcoin will be the winner because bitcoin is a digital commodity and it’s the least controversial of everything.’” — Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy In an interview Thursday morning on CNBC, MicroStr...
Cryptocurrency and Quantum Computing — An Overblown Fear?
The looming shadow of quantum computing still hangs over the crypto community but is it a real threat, or just a red herring? Encryption is the foundation of much of our modern life and an essential t...
Can crypto thefts be prevented by confidential computing?
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The recent loss of billions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrencies could have been stopped, and the solution to the security probl...
Microsoft Deal, Not Earnings, Is the Focus for Activision Stock
Wall Street barely reacted to Activision Blizzard’s third-quarter results on Monday because investors are much more focused its deal to be acquired by Microsoft for $69 billion in cash. Activision Bli...
3 Quantum Computing Stocks That Can Make You a Millionaire by 2025
Quantum computing has been a hot topic recently as scientists and investors look to harness this groundbreaking technology’s power. One promising avenue in this area is the field of quantum computing ...
Opinion: A switch to ‘premium’ can keep you invested amid the tech wreck in stocks
It seems as if the stock market is punishing all technology companies regardless of performance. That underlines a set of opportunities for long-term investors. There were many eyes on this cycle of t...
Sell These 3 Tech Stocks Because PC Demand Is Tumbling, Morgan Stanley Says
Falling demand for computers and electronics has made a Morgan Stanley analyst more pessimistic on three PC-related stocks. On Friday, Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring reiterated his Underweight/S...
Shopify CEO Buys $10 Million of Stock in the Open Market
Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke disclosed in a Canadian securities filing that he bought $10 million of the e-commerce software company’s shares on Monday, a week after the company reported its third-quarter...
Mortgage Giant Rocket Plunges Back to Earth, Hit by Rising Rates
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Apple and Microsoft market caps reached their largest spread on record — at roughly Tesla’s entire valuation
The divergent performances of Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in the wake of their latest earnings reports widened the spread between the two companies’ market values to the largest on record at more t...
Amazon stock sinks after holiday forecast and cloud growth, profit disappoint; $150 billion in market cap at risk
Amazon.com Inc. predicted Thursday that holiday sales and profit would come in well lower than analysts expected as cloud growth slowed and Amazon Web Services profit missed expectations by nearly $1 ...
U.S. stock rally set to stall after Microsoft and Alphabet earnings disappoint
U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday after results from tech behemoths Microsoft and Alphabet disappointed investors. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.72% dipped 23 poi...
Texas Instruments Reports Earnings Today. What to Expect.
Texas Instruments will be the first major semiconductor company to report this third-quarter earnings season after the close on Tuesday. While investors are worried about the chip industry as it faces...
This hedge fund manager who made winning bets in 2020, says investors should brace for a decades-long bear market
On the heels of last week’s bullish turn for stocks, the setup is looking slightly less positive for Monday. Hong Kong stocks may be affecting the mood with a giant slump after China’s leader cemented...
Opinion: This record number in Nvidia earnings is a scary sight
Nvidia Corp.’s financial results had a bit of a surprise for investors, and not on the good side — product inventories doubled to a record high as the chip company gears up for a questionable holiday ...