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With U.S. regulatory approval the only thing left outstanding, AMD and Xilinx now expect to finalize the deal in the first quarter.
Shares of the video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) had popped nearly 26% as of 1:37 p.m. ET today as excitement over a potential short squeeze rose on social media. GameStop is the pioneer of the meme-stock movement that took 2021 by storm, so the stock is heavily susceptible to big random moves up and down. Today, it looks like interest in the stock on social media is building, as short interest has risen to the highest it's been in more than a year, according to analytics company Ortex.
Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre examines Nvidia's Q1 earnings report and its stock movements in comparison to the rest of the semiconductor industry.
Yahoo Finance Live's Jared Blikre reports on Tesla CEO Elon Musk boosting his equity commitments towards his bid for Twitter, now totaling $33.5 billion.
Longtime homeowners and those whose property value has skyrocketed could be in for a particularly nasty surprise. Here are some ways to reduce the tax bill.
DEEP DIVE The stock market, shocked by the Federal Reserve’s policy changes to fight inflation, has been gored this year, with growth and technology companies bearing the brunt of the biggest declines.
Twitter did not provide any details about the proposed takeover offer from billionaire Elon Musk at its annual shareholder meeting.
Jim Kelleher, director of research at Argus Research, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss Nvidia's latest quarterly results.
Are there legal consequences when restaurants advertise exaggerated versions of their menu items? The photographic evidence from one lawsuit.
The markets these days are flashing warning signs for investors. High inflation and slowing GDP growth threaten a return to the stagflation of the late 70s, while China’s strict anti-COVID lockdowns and the Russia-Ukraine war are working together to keep supplies of oil, food, and manufactured goods short, supply chains tangled – and prices high. In short, it’s an investment environment that cries out for defensive plays. Dividend stocks are clear choice for investors looking to buy in. Their ap
One of the troubling things about this market downturn is that as brutal as it got, corporate insiders never showed much interest in their discounted stocks. Using history as a guide, the S&P 500 (SPX) the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) stand to advance 15%-20% over the next three months. “Quality” means buying by insiders with strong records, buying by executives over directors who are further from the business, and bullish formations like cluster buys.
Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) and Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) both delivered major returns for investors in the early days of the coronavirus vaccine race. Moderna's vaccine entered the market in December of 2020. Novavax's vaccine began winning authorizations a year later -- but isn't yet approved in the United States.
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) might fall into that category. Its stock price has fallen along with the market this year, and last week it plunged after other retailers posted disappointing first-quarter results. Both Target and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) were caught off guard by rapid changes in consumer spending habits.
Yahoo Finance Live's Seana Smith looks at Costco shares ahead of the retailer's earnings report coming out tomorrow.
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's time at the company has come to an end. Dorsey stepped down from Twitter's board of directors Wednesday, a change that's effective as of the company's shareholders meeting. Dorsey had already begun to distance himself from the social media platform he co-founded, leaving Twitter's chief executive role late last year to focus on Block, formerly known as Square.
Cathie Wood is buying more shares of the EV maker -- and you might want to, too, based on this battery news.
Data-mining and analytics specialist Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) was a fine stock to own on Wednesday. Early that morning, Palantir said it has forged a new deal with Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), the big global auto manufacturer. Under the terms of the arrangement, Stellantis will implement the Palantir Foundry operating system (OS) throughout its business.
The sad memories of the 2008 financial crisis resurfaced on the markets after a cryptic tweet from 'Big Short' legend Michael Burry.
What happened Battered by the recent tech stock rout, Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) was reversing course dramatically on Wednesday. Thanks largely to a high-profile investor's buy, the teleconferencing company's shares were up by nearly 10% in late afternoon trading.
It's been a whole trading week since the last time American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) investors had reason to be happy, with five straight days of nothing but falling share prices. On the day before American Eagle reports its first-quarter financial results, it finally caught an updraft, and as of 12:40 p.m. ET it's soaring 10.4% higher. Let's consider: Heading into Q1 earnings, analysts are forecasting that American Eagle's sales will rise 10% year over year to $1.14 billion.
The meeting minutes outline a strong agreement among Fed officials for further 0.50% moves in at least the next two meetings.
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