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Chip Boom Loses Steam on Slowing PC Sales, Crypto Rout

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Chip Boom Loses Steam on Slowing PC Sales, Crypto Rout.

Revlon Stock Soars on Report of Potential Acquisition Out of Bankruptcy

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Text size Revlon filed for bankruptcy earlier this week. Getty Images Revlon stock soared more than 53% in premarket trading Friday after a report said Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL.India) is considering buying the cosmetics maker after it filed for bankruptcy. The news was reported by Business channel ET Nowwhich cited unidentified sources. Revlon (ticker: … Read more

Alibaba Stock Jumps to 2-Month High. Thank Videogames.

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Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been beaten down amid regulatory pressures. Greg Baker / AFP via Getty Images Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks roared higher on Wednesday as a wave of videogame approvals from regulators in China boosted sentiment on the sector. China’s gaming regulator greenlit the publishing licenses for … Read more

Good news for home buyers? Fannie Mae chief economist says the US housing market has finally turned a corner. Here’s why.

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The inventory shortage, high prices and rising interest rates have finally bitten. Single-family home sales fell sharply by 16.6% in April to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 591,000, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. That was the slowest rate of sales since April 2020 during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering … Read more

Dow futures up nearly 500 points ahead of retail sales and comments from Fed’s Powell

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US stock index futures surged on Tuesday, with the technology sector leading the way higher ahead of a batch of economic data, including April retail sales and comments from several Federal Reserve speakers, including Chairman Jerome Powell later in the session. Walmart’s WMT, + 0.11% earnings are also due Tuesday. How are stock-index futures trading? … Read more