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Snap stock plummets as it blames Apple for sales miss, Facebook and Google also drop
Snap Inc. shares were slammed Thursday, initially plunging more than 25% in extended trading, after the social-media company reported middling…
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Alibaba Jumps on Launch of Custom Chip
By Yi Wei Wong Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. are getting a boost from the launch of…
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How a City fund manager’s idea to hire 100 Black interns spread to Goldman, Google and TikTok
Ami Ophelia-Brown submitted over 300 job applications during her final year at the University of Northampton, from where she graduated…
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The success of Merck’s antiviral — and other COVID-19 pills in development — may depend on how quickly people start taking them
In the not-too-distant future, you may be able to walk into a doctor’s office, get tested for SARS-CoV-2, and walk…
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. 3Q Net TWD156.3B >2330.TW
By Kosaku Narioka Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s third-quarter net profit rose to a record, thanks to strong chip demand for…
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LG Electronics Sees 3Q Rev KRW18.785T Vs. KRW15.399T >066570.SE
By Kwanwoo Jun LG Electronics Inc. said it expects its third-quarter operating profit to plunge, as an additional cost for…
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5 reasons ‘Squid Game’ is dominating memes, streams and Halloween
Note: While this piece avoids specific “Squid Game” plot spoilers, it does give a general overview of the story and…
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Evergrande plunge wipes $250m off BlackRock, Vanguard holdings
BlackRock and Vanguard are among the largest shareholders in Evergrande that have posted hundreds of millions of dollars in paper…
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Ex-Robinhood staffers start up a fintech
Several former employees of stock-trading platform Robinhood Markets are building a new fintech startup for small businesses. San Francisco-based Parafin,…
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Spooked investors yank £560m from UK funds amid fuel crisis
UK equity funds suffered their second-worst month on record in September, as long queues at petrol stations and concerns over…
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Banks in dispute with Apple Pay over transaction fees
Banks rushed to work with the Apple Pay mobile wallet when it debuted in 2014. They have some regrets. When…
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Toast stock pops 60% in IPO debut
Toast Inc. shares popped 63% in their trading debut Wednesday, marking a warm Wall Street welcome for the maker of…
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Dow slips as stock market beset by end-of-week turbulence
U.S. stock indexes were lower for a fifth straight day Friday afternoon, after opening higher, as investors worried that the…
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Facebook unveils smart glasses in tech’s latest stab at wearable computing
Facebook Inc. has seen the future of computing: Ray-Ban smart glasses with built-in speakers and a microphone for making calls.…
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Stock pickers ride vaccine optimism to trounce passives with £1.3bn haul
Active equity funds continued their winning streak in August, gathering around 300 times more in new investor money compared to…
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Facebook, Twitter, TikTok need to ‘do the right thing’, says FCA
Tech giants Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and TikTok need to “do the right thing” when it comes to promotions and advertisements for…
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Apple to allow media apps to link to outside payment options
Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.45% said it would allow media apps to create in-app links to sign-up pages on those companies’ websites,…
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30 stocks that shined in the pandemic are still poised for huge growth through 2024
“Sell on the good news.” How many times have you heard that term used? It happens frequently when a company…
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Zoom Video logs first billion-dollar quarter, but the stock is still falling
Zoom Video Communications Inc. reported its first billion-dollar quarter Monday, but the videoconferencing company’s guidance sent shares plunging more than…
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Salesforce results blow past Street view, outlook raised once more, and shares rise
Salesforce.com Inc. shares rose Wednesday after the cloud-based customer-relationship management company easily sailed past Wall Street estimates and once more…
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Goldman-backed broadband firm nears deal with Mubadala Investment
An investment group that includes Abu Dhabi’s sovereign-wealth fund is close to acquiring a minority stake in CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings…
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Apple Delays Return to Work Until 2022 Due to Covid Spread: Report
Apple previously told employees they would be required to work from the office three days a week from September. Mladen…
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Cisco Stock Hits Highest Levels Since Dot-Com Era as Street Shrugs Off Margin Worries
The rally comes as enterprise customers boost network infrastructure spending. Hcazenave/Dreamstime.com Reversing a modest after-hours decline, Cisco Systems shares are…
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Revolut launches pay-as-you-earn tool for UK workers
Revolut has launched a tool that will allow UK workers to get paid a portion of their salary as they…
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Dan Loeb’s Third Point is the target of an activist campaign — shareholders are enjoying the spoils
Dan Loeb’s Third Point is a prototypical activist investor, agitating for changes at huge companies such as Intel, Sony Group…
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Opinion: Amazon’s stock looks tired. Consider buying shares of these five fast-growing e-commerce plays instead
Jeff Bezos has plenty of achievements under his belt, the most recent being his extraterrestrial excursion. But Amazon.com AMZN, +0.51%…
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Snap crushes earnings expectations as revenue more than doubles
Snap Inc. saw revenue more than double in the latest quarter, easily topping expectations amid a continued rebound in the…
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Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison cell
Antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a prison cell in Spain. A Spanish court on 23 June…
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Spanish court approves John McAfee’s extradition to the U.S.
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s National Court has approved the extradition of detained antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee to the United…
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U.S. IPO market braces for 17 deals and at least two worth more than $1 billion
The U.S. initial public offering is gearing up for another busy week with 17 deals on tap and at least…
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12 amazing deals Walmart is offering on Prime Day — from Apple Airpods Pro to air fryers to robot vacuums and more
MarketWatch has highlighted these products and services because we think readers will find them useful. We may earn a commission…
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Looking for hedges against inflation? Try Apple, Nike, Verizon and stocks with this in common, strategists say
Stocks are set for a poor performance on Thursday, as markets absorb the Federal Reserve’s indication that interest rate increases…
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Opinion: Why a crash in meme stocks AMC and GameStop looks more likely now
Could insider sales of meme stocks signal a coming crash in their share price? The empirical research suggests the answer…
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Bitcoin holdings top $43bn across global investment funds
Investment funds are holding a collective bitcoin hoard worth $43.2bn, spread out across various vehicles including bitcoin closed-ended trusts and…
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Apple Glasses Haven’t Been Announced, But The Expectations Are Building
Move over Macs… again. Apple’s computer line was long ago replaced by the iPhone as Apple’s main product. Even iPads…
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