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KOSPI Jumps 2.6% to 5,375 as Foreigners Return and SK Hynix, Samsung Lead Chip Rally; Kosdaq Triggers Sidecar

KOSPI Jumps 2.6% to 5,375 as Foreigners Return and SK Hynix, Samsung Lead Chip Rally; Kosdaq Triggers Sidecar

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean stocks rallied for a second straight day on Wednesday as foreign investors returned and semiconductor shares...

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AXT Stock Rockets 15% As AI Chip Rally Returns, Lifting Indium Phosphide Supplier After Steep October Selloff

AXT Stock Rockets 15% As AI Chip Rally Returns, Lifting Indium Phosphide Supplier After Steep October Selloff

FREMONT, Calif. — Shares of AXT Inc. jumped more than 15% on Wednesday as investors piled back into artificial intelligence hardware stocks. The...

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Sandisk Stock Jumps 13% Toward $970 As CoreWeave Results Revive Memory Trade Ahead Of 8-for-1 Stock Split

Sandisk Stock Jumps 13% Toward $970 As CoreWeave Results Revive Memory Trade Ahead Of 8-for-1 Stock Split

MILPITAS, Calif. — Sandisk shares surged nearly 13% on Wednesday as strong results from artificial intelligence cloud provider CoreWeave revived...

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Csquare Shares Soar Nearly 20% After Data Center Operator Posts Record Bookings and Raises Profit Guidance

Csquare Shares Soar Nearly 20% After Data Center Operator Posts Record Bookings and Raises Profit Guidance

Shares of Csquare Inc. jumped nearly 20% on Tuesday after the data center operator reported faster revenue growth, a 14th straight quarter of record...

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Sanmina Stock Surges After AI Server Boom Fuels Blowout Quarter and Fiscal 2027 Outlook Tops Expectations

Sanmina Stock Surges After AI Server Boom Fuels Blowout Quarter and Fiscal 2027 Outlook Tops Expectations

Shares of Sanmina Corp. jumped more than 10% on Tuesday after the electronics manufacturer reported fiscal fourth-quarter results well above Wall...

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NRW Holdings Shares Gain 5% as Mining Services Rally Spreads Across ASX Contractors After Monadelphous Update

NRW Holdings Shares Gain 5% as Mining Services Rally Spreads Across ASX Contractors After Monadelphous Update

SYDNEY — Shares of NRW Holdings Ltd. rose more than 5% on Tuesday, as mining services and engineering contractors rallied on the same day that...

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IMDEX Shares Climb Nearly 6% as Mining Technology Firm Joins Broad ASX Rally Led by Small Caps and Miners

IMDEX Shares Climb Nearly 6% as Mining Technology Firm Joins Broad ASX Rally Led by Small Caps and Miners

SYDNEY — Shares of IMDEX Ltd. rose almost 6% on Tuesday, extending a recovery from last week's sharp selloff as Australian stocks rallied to...

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KOSPI Soars 4.6% As Samsung And SK Hynix Rally Triggers Buy Sidecar, Paring Losses From Last Week's AI Rout

KOSPI Soars 4.6% As Samsung And SK Hynix Rally Triggers Buy Sidecar, Paring Losses From Last Week's AI Rout

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean stocks surged on Tuesday, with the benchmark index jumping more than 4% as chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK...

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Apple Stock Rises 2.4% as Evercore Lifts Target to $380 on Siri AI Hopes and China Clears Apple Intelligence

Shares of Apple Inc. rose more than 2% on Monday, joining a broad technology rally, as Wall Street analysts grew more optimistic about the...

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Monadelphous Shares Soar 14% After Reaffirming $1.7 Billion Revenue Guidance And $830 Million In New Contracts

Monadelphous Shares Soar 14% After Reaffirming $1.7 Billion Revenue Guidance And $830 Million In New Contracts

SYDNEY — Shares of Monadelphous Group Ltd. soared nearly 14% on Tuesday, leading the Australian market, after the engineering and maintenance...

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Arrowhead Stock Tumbles 15% on Same Day Rival Ionis Cuts Tryngolza Forecast in Triglyceride Drug Market

Arrowhead Stock Tumbles 15% on Same Day Rival Ionis Cuts Tryngolza Forecast in Triglyceride Drug Market

Shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. fell about 15% on Monday, sliding on the same day that rival Ionis Pharmaceuticals sharply cut its sales...

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals Stock Plunges 28% to Worst Day Since 2016 as Company Halves Tryngolza Sales Forecast

Ionis Pharmaceuticals Stock Plunges 28% to Worst Day Since 2016 as Company Halves Tryngolza Sales Forecast

Shares of Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. plunged about 28% on Monday after the drugmaker slashed its sales forecast for Tryngolza, its...

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Semtech Stock Surges 13% as Chip Rally Lifts AI Data Center Supplier After Steep 34% Three-Month Plunge

Semtech Stock Surges 13% as Chip Rally Lifts AI Data Center Supplier After Steep 34% Three-Month Plunge

Shares of Semtech Corp. jumped nearly 13% in their latest session, bouncing back as a broad rally lifted semiconductor stocks after weeks of heavy...

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Stephen Curry Praises Warriors Bench After Overtime Win Over Magic as Golden State Stretches Streak to Seven

Stephen Curry Praises Warriors Bench After Overtime Win Over Magic as Golden State Stretches Streak to Seven

SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry carried the Golden State Warriors in crunch time against the Orlando Magic, but afterward he wanted to talk about the...

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Dyno Nobel Shares Sink 11% Despite Record Explosives Profit as Weak Cash Flow and Rising Debt Spook Investors

Dyno Nobel Shares Sink 11% Despite Record Explosives Profit as Weak Cash Flow and Rising Debt Spook Investors

SYDNEY — Shares of Dyno Nobel Ltd. fell 11% on Monday after the explosives maker's full-year results showed record earnings in its core...

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Minerals 260 Shares Climb Nearly 8% As Gold Developers Rally With Bullabulling Investment Decision In Sight

Minerals 260 Shares Climb Nearly 8% As Gold Developers Rally With Bullabulling Investment Decision In Sight

SYDNEY — Shares of Minerals 260 Ltd. rose almost 8% on Monday as gold stocks led a rebound in the resources sector. Minerals 260 shares gained 5.75...

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Scentre Group Shares Fall 4.4% As Investors Weigh Westfield Owner's Exposure To David Jones Collapse

Scentre Group Shares Fall 4.4% As Investors Weigh Westfield Owner's Exposure To David Jones Collapse

SYDNEY — Shares of Scentre Group fell more than 4% on Monday, as investors continued to assess the Westfield owner's exposure to the collapse...

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Eagers Automotive Shares Hit New Low As Selloff Deepens After Margin Guidance Overshadows Record Revenue

Eagers Automotive Shares Hit New Low As Selloff Deepens After Margin Guidance Overshadows Record Revenue

SYDNEY — Shares of Eagers Automotive Ltd. fell almost 5% on Monday to a fresh 52-week low, extending a selloff that began with the car dealership...

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NYT Connections Answers Today Nov. 9, 2026: Hints and Solutions for Puzzle 1247 With a Fishy Wordplay Twist

NYT Connections Answers Today Nov. 9, 2026: Hints and Solutions for Puzzle 1247 With a Fishy Wordplay Twist

NEW YORK — The New York Times' Connections puzzle on Monday mixed scams, denim styles and serrated kitchen tools. The trickiest group hid sea...

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Paladin Energy Shares Jump Nearly 11% as Uranium Producer Rebounds From Weak September Quarter Production Miss

Paladin Energy Shares Jump Nearly 11% as Uranium Producer Rebounds From Weak September Quarter Production Miss

SYDNEY — Shares of Paladin Energy Ltd. jumped almost 11% on Monday, the top gain among the market's leaders, as investors returned to the...

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NYT Strands Answers Today Nov. 9, 2026: Hints, Spangram and Solutions for Puzzle 981 on a Chatty Theme

NEW YORK — The New York Times' Strands puzzle on Monday was all about small talk, with a theme built around casual conversation. Strands No....

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ASX 200 Edges Higher As Miners Rally And Paladin Soars While Bank Stocks Slide After ANZ's $7.3 Billion Profit

ASX 200 Edges Higher As Miners Rally And Paladin Soars While Bank Stocks Slide After ANZ's $7.3 Billion Profit

SYDNEY — Australian shares edged higher on Monday afternoon as a rally in mining stocks offset losses in banks, property and technology. Uranium...

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No. 11 Notre Dame Stuns Top-Ranked Miami 31-24 as CJ Carr Throws Three Touchdowns and Fans Storm the Field

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame got the signature win it needed. CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 11 Notre Dame avenged its...

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Samsung vs SK Hynix: Which Korean Chip Stock Is Riskier After Record Profits Failed to Stop a Brutal Selloff

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's two memory chip giants just posted the most profitable quarters in the country's corporate history, yet...

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nLIGHT Stock Rebounds 22% as Record Laser Margins and Strong Defense Outlook Offset Supply Chain Delays

nLIGHT Stock Rebounds 22% as Record Laser Margins and Strong Defense Outlook Offset Supply Chain Delays

Shares of nLIGHT Inc. jumped 22% on Friday after the laser maker reported record product margins and forecast sharply higher fourth-quarter revenue,...

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Sunrise Energy Metals Shares Sink 8% Days After Syerston Scandium Investment Decision as Slide Deepens

Sunrise Energy Metals Shares Sink 8% Days After Syerston Scandium Investment Decision as Slide Deepens

SYDNEY — Shares of Sunrise Energy Metals Ltd. fell more than 8% on Friday, extending a volatile slide for the scandium developer just days after it...

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KOSPI Plunges 6% After Triggering Circuit Breaker as Samsung and SK Hynix Rout Rattles Seoul's Stock Market

KOSPI Plunges 6% After Triggering Circuit Breaker as Samsung and SK Hynix Rout Rattles Seoul's Stock Market

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's benchmark stock index plunged 6% on Friday, briefly falling below 5,000 and forcing a market-wide trading...

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Shanghai Composite Falls 1.1% as Global AI Rout Hits China Tech, but Beijing Support Limits Mainland Losses

Shanghai Composite Falls 1.1% as Global AI Rout Hits China Tech, but Beijing Support Limits Mainland Losses

SHANGHAI — Chinese stocks fell on Friday as a global selloff in artificial intelligence shares rippled across Asia, though mainland markets held up...

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Amcor Shares Bounce as Investors Look Past Earnings Miss and Guidance Cut to Volume Growth and Synergies

Amcor Shares Bounce as Investors Look Past Earnings Miss and Guidance Cut to Volume Growth and Synergies

Shares of Amcor PLC rose 4.7% on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday, recovering after the packaging giant's first-quarter results...

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Apple iPad Mini A20 Pro Review: First OLED Mini Is Thinner, Faster and Near-Perfect, but It Costs $200 More

Apple iPad Mini A20 Pro Review: First OLED Mini Is Thinner, Faster and Near-Perfect, but It Costs $200 More

Apple's newest iPad mini delivers the biggest upgrade in the small tablet's history, with critics praising its first-ever OLED display,...

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Warby Parker Stock Jumps 23% As Margin Gains And EBITDA Beat Spark Relief Rally Ahead Of Google Smart Glasses

Warby Parker Stock Jumps 23% As Margin Gains And EBITDA Beat Spark Relief Rally Ahead Of Google Smart Glasses

Shares of Warby Parker Inc. jumped 23% on Thursday after the eyewear retailer reported double-digit revenue growth and better-than-expected...

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AppLovin Stock Rockets 33% As Record Quarter, Strong Outlook And $3.2 Billion Buyback Wow Wall Street

AppLovin Stock Rockets 33% As Record Quarter, Strong Outlook And $3.2 Billion Buyback Wow Wall Street

Shares of AppLovin Corp. soared nearly 33% on Thursday after the mobile advertising technology company posted record third-quarter results, issued a...

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Elon Musk's $445 Million Midterm Bet Backfires as Democrats Sweep Texas and Republicans Lose Both Chambers

Elon Musk's $445 Million Midterm Bet Backfires as Democrats Sweep Texas and Republicans Lose Both Chambers

Elon Musk poured more money into this year's midterm elections than any other known donor, but the billionaire's record spending on behalf...

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Nancy Guthrie Case Nine Months On: Investigators Turn to DNA Analysis as Savannah Guthrie Pleads for Answers

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nine months after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home, authorities say they are pursuing new forensic approaches in a case...

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Duolingo Stock Skyrockets as Accelerating User Growth and Raised Revenue Forecast Revive Investor Confidence

Duolingo Stock Skyrockets as Accelerating User Growth and Raised Revenue Forecast Revive Investor Confidence

Shares of Duolingo Inc. jumped nearly 28% on Wednesday after the language-learning app reported faster user growth for a second straight quarter,...

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Greatland Resources Shares Climb Nearly 15% As Gold Rally Lifts Telfer Miner Building Havieron Project

Greatland Resources Shares Climb Nearly 15% As Gold Rally Lifts Telfer Miner Building Havieron Project

Shares of Greatland Resources Ltd. rose almost 15% on Thursday, joining a broad rally in Australian gold miners as bullion prices rebounded and...

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NextDC Shares Rocket 48% After Goodman And Digital Realty Launch Surprise Raid On Australian Data Center Firm

NextDC Shares Rocket 48% After Goodman And Digital Realty Launch Surprise Raid On Australian Data Center Firm

Shares of NextDC Ltd. soared 48% on Thursday, their biggest one-day gain in years, after Australian property giant Goodman Group and U.S.-listed...

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LivaNova Stock Jumps as Double-Digit Growth and Third Straight Guidance Raise Fuel Medical Device Maker Rally

LivaNova Stock Jumps as Double-Digit Growth and Third Straight Guidance Raise Fuel Medical Device Maker Rally

Shares of LivaNova PLC climbed nearly 17% on Wednesday after the medical technology company reported double-digit growth in both of its main...

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Viva Energy Shares Bounce As Investors Weigh Geelong Refinery Windfall Against Sharp Oil Price Retreat

SYDNEY — Shares of Viva Energy Group Ltd. rose more than 3% on Wednesday, recovering part of a recent slide as investors balanced strong refining...

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BCI Minerals Shares Rally With Pilbara Mardie Salt Project Nearing Completion And First Shipment In Sight

BCI Minerals Shares Rally With Pilbara Mardie Salt Project Nearing Completion And First Shipment In Sight

SYDNEY — Shares of BCI Minerals Ltd. rose more than 4% on Wednesday, extending a strong year for the Western Australian developer as its Mardie salt...

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CVR Energy Stock Falls 12% as $4.2 Billion Marathon Refinery Deal and Share Sale Overshadow Record Quarter

CVR Energy Stock Falls 12% as $4.2 Billion Marathon Refinery Deal and Share Sale Overshadow Record Quarter

Shares of CVR Energy fell about 12% Tuesday after the refiner announced a $4.2 billion deal to buy two refineries from Marathon Petroleum and a $750...

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Wordle Today Nov. 3, 2026: Hints, Answer and Smart Tips to Beat Puzzle No. 1963 and Dodge Its Rhyming Trap

Wordle Today Nov. 3, 2026: Hints, Answer and Smart Tips to Beat Puzzle No. 1963 and Dodge Its Rhyming Trap

The New York Times' Wordle offered players a familiar everyday word on Tuesday, Nov. 3, but its common letter pattern could easily trip up...

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HDFC Bank ADR Climbs 2.3% While New CEO Anup Bagchi Takes Charge Of India's Top Private Lender Amid Shake-Up

HDFC Bank ADR Climbs 2.3% While New CEO Anup Bagchi Takes Charge Of India's Top Private Lender Amid Shake-Up

Shares of HDFC Bank's American depositary receipts rose more than 2% in early trading Monday as India's largest private sector bank began a...

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Nvidia Stock Bounces 2% As Chip Rebound Follows Brutal Friday Rout, Even As Melius Slashes Price Target

Nvidia Stock Bounces 2% As Chip Rebound Follows Brutal Friday Rout, Even As Melius Slashes Price Target

Nvidia shares rose nearly 2% in early trading Monday as chip stocks rebounded from a punishing sell-off at the end of last week, though an analyst...

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GameStop Stock Edges Higher As StoneX Starts Coverage With Buy Rating And $33 Target On Cohen's Turnaround

GameStop Stock Edges Higher As StoneX Starts Coverage With Buy Rating And $33 Target On Cohen's Turnaround

Shares of GameStop edged higher in early trading Monday after brokerage StoneX began covering the video game retailer with a buy rating, citing its...

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KOSPI Surges 2.5% To Reclaim 5,800 As Samsung And SK Hynix Stage Comeback After Friday's Brutal Selloff

KOSPI Surges 2.5% To Reclaim 5,800 As Samsung And SK Hynix Stage Comeback After Friday's Brutal Selloff

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean stocks rebounded sharply on Monday, with the benchmark KOSPI jumping about 2.5% as heavyweight chipmakers Samsung...

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Nifty 50 Jumps Over 1% Past 23,300 As Reliance Rockets 7% In Its Best Session Since 2020, Defying Wall Street

Nifty 50 Jumps Over 1% Past 23,300 As Reliance Rockets 7% In Its Best Session Since 2020, Defying Wall Street

MUMBAI, India — Indian stocks rallied on Monday, with the Nifty 50 index climbing more than 1% as a surge in Reliance Industries lifted the market...

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AMD Stock Tumbles 8% As Intel's Grim PC Warning Rattles Investors Days Before Its Own Earnings Report

AMD Stock Tumbles 8% As Intel's Grim PC Warning Rattles Investors Days Before Its Own Earnings Report

Advanced Micro Devices shares fell more than 8% on Friday, caught in a semiconductor selloff triggered by rival Intel's weak forecast and a...

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Reece Shares Rally Almost 4% As Plumbing Giant Rebounds After AGM Update Shows Strong Growth In ANZ Sales

Reece Shares Rally Almost 4% As Plumbing Giant Rebounds After AGM Update Shows Strong Growth In ANZ Sales

SYDNEY — Shares of plumbing supplies company Reece Ltd. rose almost 4% on Monday, extending a volatile stretch for the stock after the company...

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Perenti Shares Rise Nearly 3% As Mining Services Contractor Seeks Turnaround Under New CEO Vanessa Torres

Perenti Shares Rise Nearly 3% As Mining Services Contractor Seeks Turnaround Under New CEO Vanessa Torres

SYDNEY — Shares of mining services company Perenti Ltd. rose nearly 3% on Monday, outperforming a weaker Australian market as the company works...

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