Cameco stock was tumbling after agreeing, along with Brookfield Renewable Partners to acquire Westinghouse Electric. The companies will be forming a strategic partnership to acquire Westinghouse, the ...
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Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.
Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...
African gas becomes a focus for EU countries trying to replace Russia supply
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa’s western coast may only be 80% complete, but already the prospect of a new energy supplier has drawn visits from the leaders of Po...
Intel reportedly plans to lay off thousands of workers, with details potentially emerging alongside quarterly earnings
Intel Corp. may fire thousands of workers by the end of the month, around the same time the chip manufacturer reports quarterly results amid a tough year for semiconductor makers, according to a repor...
This industry could be worth $180 billion by 2040. Citigroup offers four stock names to play it, and a few more to think about.
Investors are bracing for some choppiness on Wall Street, with oil prices falling as growth worries rattle around the globe. That’s as the clock ticks down to CPI and the start of a earnings season la...
Semiconductor Stocks Tumble After U.S. Announces New Chip Restrictions
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PVC Prices Are Falling. Why Warren Buffett Should Be Worried.
One thing leads to the other. Rising interest rates pummel housing. Lumber prices fall, some 60% this year. And, notes energy research firm and investment bank Tudor Pickering Holt, PVC—the plastic th...
Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price
Listen to article (2 minutes) The pandemic boom in memory chips is on pause. A decline in prices in recent months has led the biggest memory players—including Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology...
AMD Cuts Revenue Forecast Amid Worst Slump in PC Shipments in Years
Listen to article (1 minute) Advanced Micro Devices cut its revenue forecast for the most recent quarter citing weaker-than-expected demand for the personal computers that use its chips. The chip make...
AMD Revenue Warning Has Stock Falling
Advanced Micro Devices warned Thursday afternoon that it will miss its prior guidance for the September quarter, citing deteriorating demand for PCs. The chip maker’s stock is falling in after hours t...
Former Apple Car Executive’s Battery Startup Plans $1.6 Billion Factory in Michigan
Our Next Energy Inc., an electric-car battery startup involving several former leaders of Apple secretive car project, is planning to invest $1.6 billion into a factory in Michigan to make enough batt...
He nailed three big S&P 500 moves this year. Here’s where this strategist sees stocks headed next, with beaten down names to buy.
A Wall Street hat trick may not be on the cards, with stocks in the red for Wednesday. A two-day rally was never a guaranteed exit out of the bear woods anyway, as some say signs of a durable bottom a...
Nvidia closes Russian offices, will fly relocating employees out of the country, report says
Chipmaker Nvidia is ending its activities in Russia, and is giving its employees in the country the opportunity to relocate. In a statement, Nvidia Corp. NVDA, +5.23% confirmed that it is ceasing all ...
21 dividend stocks yielding 5% or more of companies that will produce plenty of cash in 2023
When the stock market has jumped two days in a row, as it has now, it is easy to become complacent. But the Federal Reserve isn’t finished raising interest rates, and recession talk abounds. Stock inv...
Micron Plans to Build Largest U.S. Chip Plant Ever
Micron Technology plans to invest billions of dollars to build a huge new chip manufacturing plant. The company says the so-called megafab will be the largest semiconductor factory ever built in the U...
Micron faces ‘unprecedented’ supply issues, and analysts are split on if the bottom has been hit
Micron Technology Inc. is dealing with an “unprecedented” oversupply problem, but whether it gets worse or better in the near-term is up for debate. However, analysts had different ideas about when th...
An Alzheimer’s Drug’s Big Surprise: What It Means
Until this past week, there seemed to be no answers to the Alzheimer’s puzzle. The leading theory of the disease, that it was caused by a buildup of beta amyloid plaque in the brain, had been disprove...
These 20 stocks in the S&P 500 tumbled between 20% and 30% in September
Stocks declined again on Friday, closing out September with large losses across the board as the rally from the June lows partway through August faded into memory. The S&P 500 SPX fell 1.5% on Fri...
AT&T, Verizon and Comcast stocks just had their worst quarter in two decades
Some of the biggest telecommunications stocks just posted their steepest quarterly declines in two decades amid pressures both new and old on the cable and wireless industries. Shares of wireless comp...
Opinion: Micron earnings suggest the chip downturn could be worse than Wall Street expects
Micron Technology Inc. executives warned about a semiconductor downturn in late June, but now say that a “sharp and sudden” drop in demand exceeded even those expectations, suggesting the current chip...
Opinion: The stock market is in no man’s land. Prepare to cash in when the turnaround comes
If you were too scared to buy stocks last week when investors panicked, I’d suggest doing a little selling now to free up your nerves — and capital. I’ll be a buyer on the next leg down, just as I was...