This has been a year of milestones. Since mid-May, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average has notched its first close over 40,000, the broad-based S&P 500 climbed above the 5,500 level, and the growth-powered Nasdaq Composite surpassed the 18,000 mark. This full-fledged bull market comes courtesy of the euphoria surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence […]
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, while her “Espresso” rebounds to No. 1 for a sixth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. Carpenter becomes the first artist to rule the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. simultaneously with different songs and no […]
Kudos to Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) for remaining competitive with technology rivals Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). That’s no small feat. Nevertheless, AMD is neither the leader of the graphics processing industry nor of the computer processor market. Given that investors are generally told to (and tend to) own stakes in the […]
(Bloomberg) — A boom in artificial intelligence fueled a blistering first half for the US stock market, and traders expect to see the same — and more — in the remainder of the year. Most Read from Bloomberg The S&P 500 Index has climbed 14% since the beginning of January, notching its second-best stretch of […]
The world’s largest capital cities are seeing more extremely hot days than ever, according to a new study, which says the dangerous trend is being driven by scorching temperatures across Asia as the climate crisis worsens. The world’s 20 most populous cities – together home to more than 300 million people – have seen a […]
(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp.’s three-day, $430 billion selloff has traders turning to technical analysis for clues on where the bottom may be. Most Read from Bloomberg The stock has fallen 13% since briefly overtaking Microsoft Corp. last week as the world’s most valuable company. That’s pushed Nvidia shares into a technical correction – when a […]
Jury Medrano Jimenez with her parents, sister and Interim Vice President and Provost Eric Benjamin at Montgomery College graduation, May 17, 2024. Photo by Gustavo Minaya. Latinos are enrolling in greater numbers than ever before at Montgomery Community College, but are also the group with the lowest completion, graduation and transfer rates, according to a […]
Home prices and the availability of housing are the combined top issue for Massachusetts voters, according to a new poll. Results of the latest UMass Amherst/WCVB poll show that 34% of respondents said the lack of affordable housing stock in the state was the top issue they’d like to see Gov. Maura Healey and the […]
South Africa, one of the continent’s richest and most influential countries, goes to the polls on 29 May amid concerns about unemployment, high crime rates and power cuts. Here, in charts, are the big issues in this general election – the seventh since the start of the democratic era in 1994. [BBC] If the opinion […]
Shopify Prepares To Report Q1 Earnings: Charts Indicate Bullish Reversal, Analysts Predict Downside Shopify Inc (NYSE:SHOP) is reporting its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Wall Street expects 17 cents in EPS and $1.845 billion in revenues as the company reports before market hours. The stock is up 18.44% over the past year but down 2.04% YTD. […]
(Bloomberg) — For most of Singapore’s history as an independent nation, there has been a Lee at the helm. That’s now coming to an end. Most Read from Bloomberg Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday that he will step aside next month after 20 years as prime minister, completing a telegraphed political succession that’s been […]
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chaotic debut of Trump Media & Technology Group has captivated market participants, as its shares went on a wild ride in which the company’s valuation soared to $9 billion before tumbling. The stock’s gyrations have drawn traders hoping to profit from its wild swings and caused […]