(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures advanced on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and allayed fears around potential rate hikes, with focus moving to a spate of earnings updates through the day. While Fed chair Jerome Powell indicated that stubbornly high inflation would see a long-expected U.S. rate cut […]
Voters continue to rank President Joe Biden’s age and former President Donald Trump’s legal woes as the most compelling reasons to oppose them in November, according to new data from the latest national NBC News poll. Respondents in the recent poll, conducted April 12-16, were asked about three potential vulnerabilities for each candidate ahead of […]
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – As U.S. inflation worries grow, some investors are preparing for the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield to breach a 16-year high of 5% hit last October. Bond yields, which move inversely to prices, have climbed in recent weeks as signs of persistent inflation erode expectations for how deeply the […]
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Investors appear to be losing patience with Big Tech’s prodigious artificial intelligence investments this week after Meta Platforms signaled deeper spending and a long road to profitability. The concession from Meta in its quarterly report late on Wednesday cast a cloud over Microsoft and Alphabet, which will both report quarterly […]
Apr. 22—No one was seriously injured after an armed carjacking and an Albuquerque police car struck a pedestrian in Southeast Albuquerque Monday. Meanwhile, an FBI agent said the city is experiencing “way too many” carjackings. Just before 2 p.m., the Albuquerque Police Department was dispatched to the 8100 block of San Joaquin, near Southern and […]
Everton eased their relegation worries with 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest, who once again had reason to feel aggrieved about refereeing decisions going against them. A rare goal from Idrissa Gueye was followed by a similar long-range strike from Dwight McNeil on his 200th Premier League appearance to secure a second-successive home win […]
Republican Sen. Rick Edmonds‘ bill to require schools to purchase gun-detection software has passed through the Senate Education Committee. (Allison Allsop) Louisiana schools might be required to purchase expensive technology to spot guns on campus if a bill makes its way through the Legislature. Starting July 4, it will be legal for most people in […]
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Demand for artificial intelligence giants Nvidia (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) remains obvious. Both stocks have secured spots on exclusive stock lists, including the Investor’s Business Daily Breakout Stocks Index. Plus, Nvidia and Google Cloud announced a collaboration on generative AI earlier this month as Nvidia stock sets up a new buy point and Google stock […]
Andrew Kelly/Reuters US stocks fell on Monday as investors worried about an escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict. The risk-off nature of Monday’s market action sent the 10-Year Treasury yield to its highest level of 2024. March retail sales data surged 0.7%, more than double consensus estimates of 0.3%. US stocks reversed their Monday morning gains […]
It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern. The festival, known as Songkran in Thailand, is […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling further in afternoon trading on Friday amid worries about escalating conflict in the Middle East. The Dow was down 510 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 1.5%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 1.7%. The CBOE Volatility Index, or Vix, was up 25% to 18.67. That would […]