Micron Technology Inc. shares rose in the extended session Wednesday after the Boise, Idaho-based chip maker’s earnings and outlook topped Wall Street estimates and its CEO defended its capital spending amid a worldwide chip shortage. Micron’s stock MU, +1.93% rose 3.5% after hours, following a 1.9% gain in the regular …
Read More » The ability of Alphabet Inc.’s advertising business to bounce back amid the pandemic has one analyst hopeful about what’s yet to come. Stifel’s Scott Devitt upgraded Alphabet Inc. stock GOOGL, +1.04% GOOG, +1.00% to buy from hold late Monday, arguing that “the resilience and speedy recovery” of Google’s digital-ad business …
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Happy Tuesday MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: How these teens are having fun in today’s stock market, and, for the most part, making money They have been trading longer than many adults, and are learning valuable lessons about investing early. MarketWatch speaks to four teenagers who are taking on …
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Nvidia Corp. reported Wednesday that quarterly sales topped $ 5 billion for the first time in the fourth quarter, as holiday gaming-chip demand and renewed interest in cryptocurrency mining vied with supply shortages. Gaming sales surged 67% to a company record $ 2.5 billion, on gaming-card demand that Chief Executive …
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A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, right, and the foreign exchange rate at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. AP BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as …
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Peloton Interactive Inc. reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto A year after its initial public offering, Peloton Interactive Inc. is pedaling toward new highs amid a pandemic that is forcing people into their homes and away from gyms, creating demand for at-home fitness equipment. Peloton PTON, -3.75% …
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Gold futures were headed lower Tuesday as investors turned to U.S. dollars with global stocks sinking amid concerns about lofty valuations for highflying, technology-related stocks which had led the rally in equities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Gold has come under pressure as “the dollar wrestles [to] break its downtrend and …
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Amazon.com Inc. is barring foreign sales of seeds into the U.S. after thousands of suspicious packets, many postmarked from China, arrived at households around the world this summer. The move by Amazon comes as the mystery seeds led U.S. officials to raise alarms about the ease with which seed sales …
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Sick of being cramped inside a small apartment where you now not only live, but work and teach your kids, too? You’re far from alone these days. But buying a home and moving to the suburbs is far from a fool-proof decision from a financial perspective, even in an era …
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