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Will GameStop Ever Actually Buy eBay? Inside Ryan Cohen's $56 Billion Takeover Bid and What Comes Next

Will GameStop Ever Actually Buy eBay? Inside Ryan Cohen's $56 Billion Takeover Bid and What Comes Next

GameStop's pursuit of eBay has stretched into its third month, and the video game retailer shows no sign of walking away, even as the e-commerce...

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Ford Recalls More Than 565,000 Bronco and Bronco Raptor SUVs in US Over Engine Compartment Fire Risk

Ford Recalls More Than 565,000 Bronco and Bronco Raptor SUVs in US Over Engine Compartment Fire Risk

Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than half a million Bronco and Bronco Raptor SUVs in the United States after determining that a wiring harness in the...

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Apple Stock Climbs 2.59% After Baird Lifts Price Target to $330 Ahead of Next Week's Earnings Report

Shares of Apple climbed Friday morning after investment bank Robert W. Baird raised its price target on the stock and maintained an...

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Stock Surges 8.71% After Strong Q2 Earnings Beat and Raised Full-Year Guidance

Thermo Fisher Scientific Stock Surges 8.71% After Strong Q2 Earnings Beat and Raised Full-Year Guidance

Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific jumped Thursday after the life sciences giant reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results and raised its...

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ASX 200 Slips 0.31% To Close At 8,811.8 As Disappointing Alphabet And Tesla Earnings Rattle Markets

ASX 200 Slips 0.31% To Close At 8,811.8 As Disappointing Alphabet And Tesla Earnings Rattle Markets

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark stock index closed lower Friday, pulling back from a three-session winning streak as disappointing earnings...

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NovoCure Stock Soars 25% After Reporting Record Second-Quarter Revenue and Raised Full-Year Guidance

NovoCure Stock Soars 25% After Reporting Record Second-Quarter Revenue and Raised Full-Year Guidance

Shares of NovoCure surged more than 25% Thursday after the oncology device maker reported its strongest quarterly revenue on record, prompting the...

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Dow Jones Sinks More Than 500 Points Thursday as Alphabet and Tesla Earnings Spark AI Spending Fears

Dow Jones Sinks More Than 500 Points Thursday as Alphabet and Tesla Earnings Spark AI Spending Fears

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday morning as investors reacted to the first major earnings reports from the technology sector's...

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ASX 200 Jumps 0.72% To Near 8,900 Points On Thursday As Alphabet's Strong Earnings Lift Global Markets

ASX 200 Jumps 0.72% To Near 8,900 Points On Thursday As Alphabet's Strong Earnings Lift Global Markets

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark stock index climbed sharply Thursday, building on gains from the previous session as strong quarterly results...

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ASX 200 Rises 0.39% As Miners Rally On Wall Street Strength And Broad Commodity Gains

ASX 200 Rises 0.39% As Miners Rally On Wall Street Strength And Broad Commodity Gains

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbed Wednesday afternoon, trading at 8,827.4 points, up 34.1 points, or 0.39%, as a...

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Vivakor Stock Soars 145% as New Physical Crude Oil Trading Deals Add $289 Million in Annual Revenue

Shares of Vivakor surged 145.16%, or $2.5401, to $4.2701 Tuesday afternoon, as the Dallas-based crude oil transportation and marketing company...

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Aehr Test Systems Stock Soars 26% as AI Chip-Testing Demand Extends Rally After Earnings Beat This Month

Aehr Test Systems Stock Soars 26% as AI Chip-Testing Demand Extends Rally After Earnings Beat This Month

Shares of Aehr Test Systems surged 25.70%, or $19.88, to $97.24 Tuesday, extending a remarkable rally that has seen the small-cap semiconductor...

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FTSE 100 Steadies Near 10,528 as Global Tech Rebound Offsets Weak UK Jobs Data and Burnhams New Agenda

FTSE 100 Steadies Near 10,528 as Global Tech Rebound Offsets Weak UK Jobs Data and Burnhams New Agenda

LONDON — Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 index traded roughly flat Tuesday morning, standing at 10,527.69, up 0.03%, or a net variation of 2.93...

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IREN Stock Jumps 17% After Company Raises Its AI Cloud Revenue Target To Above $4 Billion For 2026

IREN Stock Jumps 17% After Company Raises Its AI Cloud Revenue Target To Above $4 Billion For 2026

Shares of IREN Limited surged 17.02%, or $5.72, to $39.34 Monday morning, as the Australian AI cloud infrastructure company raised its year-end...

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Shanghai Composite Steadies Near 11-Month Low As Chinese Chip And AI Stocks Try To Find Their Footing

Shanghai Composite Steadies Near 11-Month Low As Chinese Chip And AI Stocks Try To Find Their Footing

Shanghai's benchmark stock index traded largely flat Monday, hovering near an 11-month low reached in the prior session as Chinese technology and...

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ASX 200 Edges Higher as Oil Spikes on Iran War Escalation and Chinese AI Model Sparks Chip Stock Rout

ASX 200 Edges Higher as Oil Spikes on Iran War Escalation and Chinese AI Model Sparks Chip Stock Rout

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index clawed out modest gains Monday, rising as much as 0.45% in early trade before paring back...

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World Cup 2026 Set To Generate Record $13 Billion In Revenue For FIFA This Summer As Tournament Ends

World Cup 2026 Set To Generate Record $13 Billion In Revenue For FIFA This Summer As Tournament Ends

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, wrapping up its month-long run across the United States, Mexico and Canada, is on pace to become the most financially...

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Australian Shares Slide 0.70% To 8,778 As Miners And Energy Stocks Track Overnight Wall Street Losses

Australian Shares Slide 0.70% To 8,778 As Miners And Energy Stocks Track Overnight Wall Street Losses

SYDNEY — Australian shares closed lower Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 62.2 points, or 0.70%, to 8,778.5, as weakness in mining and energy...

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Dow Jones Rises to 52,747 as Investors Rotate Into Blue-Chip Stocks While Tech and Chip Shares Slide

Dow Jones Rises to 52,747 as Investors Rotate Into Blue-Chip Stocks While Tech and Chip Shares Slide

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher Thursday, climbing 88.62 points, or 0.17%, to 52,747.26, as investors continued rotating into industrial...

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Australia's ASX 200 Slips 0.15% To 8,828 As Mining Losses Offset Gains In Banks And Communication Stocks Today

Australia's ASX 200 Slips 0.15% To 8,828 As Mining Losses Offset Gains In Banks And Communication Stocks Today

SYDNEY — The S&P/ASX 200 edged lower Thursday afternoon, giving back early gains as a slide in mining stocks offset strength in banking and...

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Microsoft Stock Rises Over 3% As Investors Rotate Into AI Software Names Ahead Of July 29 Earnings Day

Microsoft Stock Rises Over 3% As Investors Rotate Into AI Software Names Ahead Of July 29 Earnings Day

Shares of Microsoft climbed 3.25% on Wednesday, trading at $397.46 as of 12:01 p.m. EDT, up $12.52 on the day, as investors rotated out of AI-linked...

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AMD Stock Sinks Nearly 6% As Memory Chip Sector Selloff Spreads Into Broader Semiconductor Names Today

AMD Stock Sinks Nearly 6% As Memory Chip Sector Selloff Spreads Into Broader Semiconductor Names Today

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices fell 5.77% on Wednesday, trading at $516.50 as of 11:52 a.m. EDT, down $31.62 on the day, as continued turmoil in the...

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SpaceX Stock Hovers Near Its June IPO Price as Starship Flight 13 Nears After FAA Clears Mishap Probe

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies fell 1.65% on Wednesday, trading at $133.84, down $2.24 on the day, continuing a slide that has pushed the...

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SanDisk Stock Sinks Nearly 12% as New Argus Hold Rating Deepens Memory Chip Sector Profit-Taking

SanDisk Stock Sinks Nearly 12% as New Argus Hold Rating Deepens Memory Chip Sector Profit-Taking

Shares of SanDisk fell 11.66% on Wednesday, trading at $1,552.79 as of 11:43 a.m. EDT, down $205.03 on the day, after Argus Research initiated...

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GameStop Shares Edge Higher as Shareholders Approve Stock Expansion to Fuel Its eBay Takeover Pursuit

GameStop Shares Edge Higher as Shareholders Approve Stock Expansion to Fuel Its eBay Takeover Pursuit

Shares of GameStop rose 0.58% Wednesday morning, trading at $22.56 as of 10:11 a.m. EDT, up 13 cents on the day, as the video game retailer continues...

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ASX 200 Climbs Above 8,800 As Wall Street Rally And Middle East Tensions Fuel Oil, Energy Stock Gains

ASX 200 Climbs Above 8,800 As Wall Street Rally And Middle East Tensions Fuel Oil, Energy Stock Gains

SYDNEY — Australian shares pushed higher on Wednesday afternoon, with the S&P/ASX 200 climbing back above the 8,800-point mark as a strong...

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Volkswagen Warns of Up to 100,000 Job Cuts, but Analysts Call It Latest Negotiating Tactic in Germany

Volkswagen Warns of Up to 100,000 Job Cuts, but Analysts Call It Latest Negotiating Tactic in Germany

Volkswagen's chief executive confirmed to employees this week that the company is weighing as many as 100,000 job cuts worldwide, a figure that...

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US Natural Gas Power Costs Hit 17-Year High as Data Center Demand Surges

NEW YORK — The cost of generating electricity from natural gas-fired plants in the United States has reached its highest level in at least 17 years,...

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Nasdaq Falls Over 1 Percent as Tech Stocks Slide on Profit Taking and Geopolitical Jitters

NEW YORK — The Nasdaq Composite declined 277.14 points, or 1.05 percent, to 26,004.46 on Monday amid renewed weakness in technology and...

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James Murdoch May Have Reaped $7.5 Billion From Early SpaceX Bet, Far Outpacing Fox Media Fortune

James Murdoch, the estranged son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, appears poised to walk away with a fortune from an early investment in Elon...

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ASX 200 Slips Sharply 0.41% At Midday Monday As Middle East Tensions And IMF Warnings Rattle Investors

Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 35.8 points, or 0.41%, to 8,770.2 by early Monday afternoon, retreating from a positive open as...

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Netflix Explores Live TV Channels, Peacock Bundle as Viewer Engagement Slips to Multiyear Low, Stock Dips

Netflix is exploring live television channels and third-party streaming bundles, including a potential partnership with NBCUniversal's Peacock,...

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Prime Drink's Australian Company Collapses Into Administration, Owing Millions With Just $85,000 Left

The Australian arm of Congo Brands, the company behind Logan Paul and KSI's Prime sports and energy drinks, has collapsed into administration,...

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Dow Extends Weekly Gains Today as Chip Stocks Rally and SK Hynix's Blockbuster IPO Debuts on Wall Street

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks extended their weekly gains Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing to 52,616.63, up 129.22 points, or 0.25...

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KOSPI Rebounds Modestly as SK Hynix's Oversubscribed Nasdaq Listing Lifts Battered Chip Stocks Thursday

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index closed higher Thursday, rising 45.12 points, or 0.62 percent, to 7,291.91, recovering...

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ASX 200 Slips As Oil Prices Surge On Iran Ceasefire Collapse While Energy Stocks Buck The Trend Today

SYDNEY — Australian shares closed lower Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index falling 22.6 points, or 0.26 percent, to 8,762.5, as renewed...

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GameStop Shares Slip as Shareholders Approve Stock Increase to Fund Its $56 Billion eBay Takeover Bid

Shares of GameStop Corp. fell Wednesday, trading at $21.82, down 38 cents, or 1.71 percent, a day after shareholders overwhelmingly approved a package...

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Commonwealth Bank Shares Climb To $168 As CBA Recovers From June Lows Despite Full-Year Stock Decline

SYDNEY — Shares of Commonwealth Bank of Australia rose Wednesday, trading at $168.18, up $1.48, or 0.89 percent, extending a rebound for...

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ASX 200 Slides Over 0.6% As Rare Earths And Lithium Stocks Tumble Amid Global Semiconductor Sell-Off Today

SYDNEY — Australian shares fell for a third consecutive session Wednesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 58 points, or 0.66 percent, to 8,745.9 in...

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Nvidia Shares Fall Nearly 2% After Report Says China's DeepSeek Is Developing Its Own AI Inference Chip

Shares of Nvidia fell Tuesday, trading at $191.70, down $3.85, or 1.97 percent, after a Reuters report said Chinese artificial intelligence company...

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BHP Shares Fall Nearly 2% as Iron Ore Prices and Mining Sector Weakness Continue to Weigh on Global Miner

Shares of BHP Group fell Tuesday, with the mining giant trading at $58.94, down $1.08, or 1.80 percent, extending a difficult recent stretch for the...

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ASX 200 Slips Tuesday As Gold And Mining Stocks Weigh On Australian Shares Despite Wall Street Gains Overnight

SYDNEY — Australian shares fell in early afternoon trading Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index down 23.2 points, or 0.26 percent, to 8,807.8 as...

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SpaceX Nears Historic Nasdaq-100 Debut Tuesday as Investors Weigh Post-IPO Valuation Questions

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. continued to trade higher Monday morning as investors positioned ahead of the company's addition...

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Vault Minerals Shares Surge 12% As Genesis Minerals Lobs $5.6 Billion Rival Takeover Bid Over Regis Deal

SYDNEY — Shares in Vault Minerals surged more than 12 percent Monday after the ASX-listed gold producer received an unsolicited, superior takeover...

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ASX 200 Live Today: Australian Shares Edge Higher Monday Despite Futures Pointing To A Slightly Weaker Open

SYDNEY — Australian shares opened the trading week on a firmer note Monday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbing modestly in...

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Australia's House Prices Are Finally Falling: What a 10 Percent Drop Means for Buyers, Sellers and Renters

SYDNEY — Australian house prices are slowing for the first time in years following a sweeping federal budget overhaul of the country's property...

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Amazon Stock Rises As Prime Day Success And AWS AI Demand Drive Optimism Ahead Of Q2 Earnings

Amazon.com Inc. shares gained more than 1% to trade near $245 Thursday as investors cheered strong early performance from Prime Day sales and...

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ASX 200 Surges 1.36% On Friday As Gold Miners Soar And Weak US Jobs Report Kills Rate Hike Fears

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index surged strongly Friday, climbing 119 points, or 1.36%, to 8,843.5, its best single-session...

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Tesla Shares Slide Despite Record Q2 Deliveries as Investors Weigh Robotaxi Timeline

Tesla Inc. shares fell more than 6% to trade around $396 Thursday despite the electric vehicle maker reporting stronger-than-expected vehicle...

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Maase Inc. Shares Rocket 20% on AI Computing Projects as Chinese Tech Pivot Ignites Small-Cap Rally

Maase Inc. shares surged nearly 20% to $18.70 in morning trading Thursday, continuing a remarkable run as the Chinese company advances multiple AI...

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Dow Hits a New All-Time High on Thursday After Shockingly Weak June Jobs Report Eases Fed Rate Hike Fears

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to a new all-time intraday high Thursday and closed sharply higher after a dramatically...

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