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China’s Big Tech Firms Are Axing Thousands of Workers
BEIJING—China’s biggest tech companies are conducting large-scale layoffs this year as they deal with an economic slowdown and Beijing’s regulatory pressure. Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -7.14% , opera...
Amazon Loses Round One of Indian Retail Battle Royale
Amazon AMZN 0.15% is staring at an embarrassing defeat after fighting a drawn-out legal battle to block India’s most valuable firm, Reliance Industries, 500325 -0.50% from buying the country’s number ...
Shopify’s Stock Is Falling Again After a 50% Four-Day Rally
Text size There was no company-specific news to explain last week’s rally in Shopify stock, or Monday’s slump. Dreamstime The wild gyrations in Shopify shares offer a clear demonstration o...
Shopify’s Stock Is Falling Again After 50% Four-Day Rally
Text size There was no company-specific news to explain last week’s rally in Shopify stock, or Monday’s slump. Dreamstime The wild gyrations in Shopify shares offer a clear demonstration o...
Dollar General, Williams-Sonoma, and 3 More Stocks Whose Dividends Are Going Up
Text size Dollar General raised its quarterly dividend by 31%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Dollar General , Williams-Sonoma , and Equity Residential were among the U.S. companies that said this week ...
Kohl’s Is a Takeover Target. What That Means for the Stock.
Kohl’s stock soared on reports of potential takeover offers that could value the company at more than $9 billion. Getty Images Text size Kohl’s investors have been trapped between hopes for a takeout ...
Tesla Stock, Nvidia Were Sold by Retail Traders. Here’s What They Bought.
Text size (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Retail traders were taking a cautious approach by selling stocks like Tesla and Nvidia as the markets gained for a third con...
Fed’s Powell sees the light — and turns far more hawkish than expected
After remaining stubbornly dovish last year, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday jumped the central bank squarely into the hawkish camp at his press conference on Wednesday. “The March...
Dealers are desperate to get their hands on your leased car—how you might make that pay off
That car you leased three years ago probably has become a cash cow. But deciding what to do with that equity — and what to drive next — has become confusing. Before the car market was turned upside do...
Retail Investors Are Dropping Out of the Stock Market
Text size Robinhood’s app is a popular tool for retail traders. Dreamstime There was a time—during the pandemic era—when retail investors were participating in the stock market, even driving its...
Market making giant Virtu eyes role as wholesale service for crypto brokers
Quick Take Virtu Financial is eyeing a big push into the crypto market, according to sources. At industry futures conference FIA Boca the firm has laid out to attendees its plans to become a crypto wh...
Alibaba, JD.com and Other China Stocks Soar. Here’s What Sparked the Turnaround.
Text size Shares in Alibaba and other Chinese companies have come under intense pressure recently. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares in some of China’s largest companies notched eye-watering gain...
Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Fed Decision Ahead, Alibaba and JD.com Soar
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Graeme Jennings / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were moving higher Wednesday as markets readied for a long-await...
Intel and Qualcomm Are Gaining New Fans
Text size The PHLX Semiconductor Index has fallen 23% in 2022. Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg Semiconductor stocks have taken a beating in recent months, and there’s still plenty of nervousness to go around, acc...
Wholesale inflation climbed 0.8% in February, slightly lower than expectations
Another surge in energy prices pushed wholesale goods prices to their biggest one-month jump in record in February, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday. Final demand prices for goods j...
S&P 500 marks 1st death cross in 2 years as investors assess Russia-Ukraine ahead of Fed decision
Dow industrials barely gained on Monday, while the S&P 500 logged its first death cross in two years and the Nasdaq Composite slumped to its lowest since December 2020, as investors monitored Russ...
Portfolio manager with 50 years of experience shares 1970s bear-market lesson, and three stocks to buy now
A previous version of this column gave the incorrect date for the Fed policy decision. The story has been corrected. Investors looking at their screens this morning might feel a bit of relief, with oi...
Opinion: It’s time to buy the best beaten-down stocks in tech and elsewhere, and this winning fund manager shows you how
Sentiment in the stock market is so dark, it’s time to rummage through the hard-hit technology sector to pick up potential long-term winners. For help, let’s turn to tech expert Chris Armbruster, the ...