Hache | E+ | Getty Images New Covid cases are rising fast and at-home rapid tests are in high demand. But consumers scrambling to buy tests online — especially as brick-and-mortar retailers sell out or limit supply — may get duped into buying a fake or unauthorized test kit. Demand for test kits may increase
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Market bull Julian Emanuel sees a dot-com era dynamic that could shatter the S&P 500’s record highs. In his first TV interview since starting at Evercore ISI, Emanuel told CNBC’s “Fast Money” an emotionally charged public could drive the index to 5,509 this year. “They really haven’t committed sort of every last dollar in the
In this article AMGN WYNN MU INTC Signage at the entrance to the Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Intel — The tech giant jumped more than 4% after hours after the
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Zynga (ZYNG) – The online game maker’s shares soared 48.2% in the premarket after it agreed to be acquired by video game maker Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) for $9.86 per share in cash and stock, implying a total deal value of $12.7 billion. Take-Two
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 07, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were lower in overnight trading Sunday after a rocky start to 2022 for equity markets as interest rates rise. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed about
In this article TMUS QDEL GME A mall visitor walks be a GameStop store on December 08, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: GameStop — Shares of the retailer jumped more than 28% in extended trading after the Wall Street Journal reported
In this article FB GS The Facebook and Instagram logos displayed on a smartphone with the Meta Platforms logo pictured in the background. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — British digital bank Starling says it is boycotting Facebook parent company Meta over its failure to tackle fraudulent financial adverts.
In this article BTC.CM= Chukrut Budrul/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Bitcoin dropped to a three-month low late Thursday amid jitters over U.S. monetary policy tightening and an internet shutdown in Kazakhstan, the world’s second-biggest bitcoin mining hub. The price of bitcoin fell to $41,222.41 just after 9 p.m. ET Thursday, reaching its lowest level since
In this article GME TMUS 4AIM-IT SONO QDEL DKNG Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: GameStop (GME) – GameStop surged 14.3% in the premarket on reports that the videogame retailer is starting a new division to focus on cryptocurrency partnerships and NFTs. T-Mobile (TMUS) – T-Mobile reported fourth-quarter postpaid net subscriber additions
In this article CHWY PJC KSS In this photo illustration the Discovery Channel logo of an US television network is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. GameStop – Shares of the video game retailer jumped about 4% after news
In this article C Pedestrians cross a road in front of a Citigroup Citibank branch in Sydney, Australia, on June 1, 2018. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup will be the first major Wall Street institution to enforce a vaccine mandate by terminating noncompliant workers by the end of this month. The bank
In this article GME A person wearing a protective mask exits from a GameStop Corp. store at a mall in San Diego, California, on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop shares are set for double-digit gains Friday after news that the videogame retailer is planning to create a marketplace for
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s key jobs report. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 65 points. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%. During regular trading the Dow fell 170 points, or 0.47%, while the S&P declined
A child passes by the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on Constitution Avenue, NW, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Investors have been preparing for the Federal Reserve to start hiking interest rates. They also know the central bank is cutting the amount of bonds
In this article PFE WBA BBBY STZ CAG HELE Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walgreens (WBA) – The drug store operator’s shares gained 2.9% in the premarket, after beating estimates on both the top and bottom lines for its latest quarter. Walgreens earned an adjusted $1.68 per share, compared with the
A trader works on the trading floor on the last day of trading before Christmas at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, December 23, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Stock futures were mostly flat in overnight trading Wednesday after the major U.S. stock averages fell sharply in the first losing
In this article PJC DJCO Jeenah Moon | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Wednesday: Salesforce, Adobe — The software stocks fell more than 4% each after UBS downgraded both companies to neutral from buy. UBS said that enterprise tech spending was pulled forward by the
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary is a big believer in non-fungible tokens — he even thinks they have a shot at becoming bigger than bitcoin. O’Leary, the chairman of O’Shares Investment Advisers, said his belief in NFTs stems from the idea that can they prove ownership of real-world items, such as designer watches or flash
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a record close as investors flocked to shares that stand to benefit
In this article BAC 7203.T-JP F WMG UAA KO A general view of the Halewood Ford transmission assembly plant after Ford announced a 230 GBP investment on October 18, 2021 in Halewood, England. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ford Motor – Shares of Ford surged more than 12%