Earnings and data could be proof that slowdown fears were overblown
Earnings season shifts into a higher gear in the week ahead, as investors also watch for fresh economic data that could show that the economy is pulling out of a temporary rut. Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft and ExxonMobil are among more...
Japan’s inflation edges higher but its central bank is still in a bind
Japan’s core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan’s ambitious 2% target in a sign of rising pressure on the central bank. Over the past year, policymakers have had...
After-hours buzz: Intuitive Surgical, Pinterest & more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Intuitive Surgical plummeted more than 6 percent in extended trading Thursday following the release of the company’s disappointing first-quarter earnings. Intuitive Surgical posted earnings per share of $2.61, missing...
A controversial part of Robinhood’s business tripled in sales thanks to high-frequency trading firms
The revenue Robinhood gets from a controversial practice of selling customer trades to high frequency trading firms is skyrocketing, according to new research. The popular millennial stock-trading app brought in $69 million in order routing revenue in 2018, according to...
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Pinterest, Zoom, Blackstone & more
Check out the companies making headlines midday Thursday: Zoom Video Communications — Shares of the videoconferencing software company Zoom surged 72.2% on Thursday, its first day of trading. The stock traded as high as $66, compared with its initial price...
Expectations for first-quarter growth have suddenly surged past 2%
Economic growth perked up late in the first quarter, to well above 2% after looking to be 1% or less during the winter storms and government shutdown. Economists surveyed by CNBC/Moody’s Analytics Rapid Update raised their growth estimates by 0.3...
Herman Cain: ‘My voice is needed’ to counter Fed and its ‘professor standard’
Prospective Federal Reserve nominee Herman Cain promised to pursue a stable dollar if confirmed to a central bank board that he thinks is too dominated by academics. In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, the former presidential candidate, Kansas...
US weekly jobless claims lowest since 1969; unemployment rolls shrink
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell to more than a 49-1/2-year low last week, pointing to sustained strength in the economy. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 192,000 for the...
US retail sales soared 1.6% in March
U.S. retail sales surged in March at the fastest pace since late 2017, as spending on autos, gasoline, furniture, and clothing jumped. The Commerce Department said that sales increased a seasonally adjusted 1.6% from February, the strongest increase since September...
China’s sliding auto sales may be obscuring a change in buyers’ tastes
China’s auto industry has hit a soft patch, but there may be a bright spot. Auto sales have fallen in China for nine straight months, including a 5.2 percent decline in March. But electric-powered cars were on display from start-ups...
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