MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, filed an application […]
MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, filed an application […]
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, meteorology, robotics, and Russian. On Monday, the five Europeans and an Australian graduated from basic training […]
Wednesday is turning into a bad day to own semiconductor stocks — and China is the reason. Late last night, the South China Morning Post reported that semiconductor chip output in the Middle Kingdom surged 40% in the first quarter — more than twice as fast as total global semiconductor sales, according to data from […]
Hunter Howell, 22 years old and freshly graduated with a degree in business administration from Elmhurst University in the Chicago suburbs, has submitted over 1,700 job applications. But in his 10 months of job hunting, he’s gotten only one offer. “The initial feeling was like, What the hell is going on? What the hell is […]
Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) is one of the most important companies you may have never heard of before. The semiconductor equipment maker — don’t worry, we’ll explain what that is — has posted phenomenal returns for long-term shareholders. Shares are up an astonishing 615,000% since its IPO in 1972, meaning every $1,000 invested at the […]
The pending retirement of Judge Robert Fegers will create an opening on the Polk County Court in the 10th Judicial Circuit. Fegers, 67, plans to leave the bench on March 15, said Nick Sudzina, court administrator for the circuit, based in Bartow. Fegers was first elected without opposition in 2010 and joined the bench the […]
Well, it’s Thursday — the day after news of Nvidia‘s (NASDAQ: NVDA) Q4 earnings report dropped. And it’s already pretty obvious how investors are reacting to the news. As of noon ET, shares of Nvidia rival Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) are down 0.8% — recovered somewhat from an earlier decline of more than 2%. In contrast, […]
Investors in semiconductor chip equipment maker Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) had a fantastic day on Friday, as a powerful earnings beat added billions of dollars to the value of their company. At least a dozen separate analysts raised their price targets on Applied Materials stock in response to the “beat,” but one rating stands out: […]
Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) shares are moving higher Friday morning, up 6.7% through 10:20 a.m. ET after the manufacturer of equipment for semiconductors production reported better-than-expected Q1 2024 sales and earnings last night. Heading into earnings day, analysts had forecast Applied Materials would earn $1.91 per share on sales of $6.5 billion. Applied beat both […]
(Reuters) — Applied Materials shares rose 13% in premarket trading on Friday after the semiconductor equipment supplier forecast a better-than-expected second quarter on strong demand from customers looking to make AI-enabled chips. The outlook was also supported by improvement in certain electronics end-markets like smartphones and personal computers, and analysts highlighted a diversified portfolio that […]
(Reuters) – Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained on Friday as investors looked forward to a producer inflation report for more cues on the timing of interest rate cuts, while shares of Applied Materials surged following an upbeat revenue forecast. Wall Street’s main indexes have recovered after a setback earlier in the […]