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Devamını oku »Palantir Technologies and Tupperware Brands shares continue to rise
Here are some of the biggest movers of the day: Stock gainers: Palantir Technologies stock PLTR, +10.28% rose 6%, after gaining 10% on Friday when Wedbush started coverage of the software maker with an outperform rating and $25 price target. Tupperware Brands TUP, +3.70% shares added 6%, continuing its meteoric …
Devamını oku »Why are gas prices going up again? Brace for further increases, analysts say
Gasoline prices continued to climb Friday, hitting a national average of $3.732 a gallon on Friday, as analysts warned that upside pressure may not relent soon. The national average price, as reported by AAA, was up from $3.587 a week ago and $3.556 a month ago. It remains above its …
Devamını oku »August used to be the best month for the stock market. Then it became the worst.
August the best month for average stock market performance? Or is it the worst? The answer depends on the period of stock-market history you examine. Over the 90 years from the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, +0.50% inception in 1896 until 1986, August on average was far ahead of the …
Devamını oku »‘Is this heaven?’ No, but it’s the best place to retire.
The movie “Field of Dreams” famously asked if Iowa was heaven. While it may not be heaven, it’s now seen as the best state to retire in, according to a BankRate study. Bumping Florida out of the top spot, Iowa ranked well in areas such as affordability, crime levels, and …
Devamını oku »Kashkari says Fed pulling off soft landing would be ‘a resounding positive outcome’
The U.S. economy is making surprisingly good progress, and returning to pre-pandemic levels is “absolutely achievable,” Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said Sunday, but the job is not yet done. Speaking on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” Kashkari said the Fed’s current assessment is that the U.S. will pull off …
Devamını oku »Walmart spends $1.4 billion to increase its stake in India’s Flipkart: report
Walmart Inc. spent $1.4 billion in recent days to increase its stake in privately-held Indian e-commerce company Flipkart, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Walmart WMT, +0.47% has bought out Tiger Global’s stake in Flipkart, according to the Journal, citing a letter from the New York hedge fund to its …
Devamını oku »China’s official manufacturing PMI rises slightly in July
The official gauge of China’s manufacturing activity improved slightly in July but remained in contraction for the fourth straight month, pointing to continued weakness in the world’s second-largest economy. China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose to 49.3 in July from 49.0 in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said …
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