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Jeff Lawson, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twilio Inc., center, rings the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Sept.17, 2018. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Twilio— Shares of the communications platform company ticked down 1%

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Monday: Dunkin’ Brands (DNKN) — Dunkin’ shares rallied more than 15% in the premarket after the company said it was in talks to be acquired by Inspire Brands, the owner of restaurant chains Arby’s and Jimmy John’s. The New York Times said a deal would take

People wearing masks pass by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, on a street in Shanghai, China February 10, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping is about to deepen his mark on

Goldman Sachs CEO David Michael Solomon attends a discussion on “Women Entrepreneurs Through Finance and Markets” at the World Bank on October 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Goldman Sachs agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion to regulators to resolve probes into its central role in an international

A visitor at Intel’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day walks past a signboard during the event in Bangalore, India Manjunath Kiran | Getty Check out the companies making headlines after hours Thursday: Intel — Intel shares dropped 10% after the bell on the back of mixed results for the company’s fiscal third quarter. The chip maker

A logo of of Lufax website Lu.com, is seen at the company’s headquaters on May 28, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Wu Jun | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Chinese lending and wealth management firm Lufax is seeking up to $2.36 billion from a U.S. initial public offering (IPO). Earlier this month,

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Virgin Galactic — Shares of the space tourism stock slipped more than 5% after Goldman initiated coverage on the company with a neutral rating. The firm is the only one on the Street to have less than a buy-equivalent rating on the stock. Goldman said the

Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — China’s foreign exchange regulator told businesses Friday to prepare for more volatility in the yuan. The Chinese currency, also known as the renminbi, strengthened roughly 1% this week against the U.S. dollar to levels not seen since July 2018. Less than five months ago, the yuan was at its

An artist name Theodore Tsinias who wrapped himself next to the Charging Bull to show his attention about world’s behavior amid Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 25, 2020. Tayfun Coskin | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday night as Wall Street weighed the

An employee stands on a social distancing marker in an elevator at an office in Dallas, Texas. Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images The number of workers receiving and applying for unemployment benefits declined significantly last week, according to Labor Department figures issued Thursday. That’s good news for workers and the U.S. economy — thousands of

Is a vaccine the real risk to the market?  Stocks are within 1% to 2% of their historic highs because of the belief that: 1) stimulus of some form is coming, 2) the election will not devolve into chaos, and 3) an effective vaccine will be available in early 2021. Five vaccines — from Moderna,

GUANGZHOU, China — Ant Group has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for its massive initial public offering (IPO) with the pricing of its shares slated to be released within the next week. On Wednesday, the China Securities Regulatory Commission gave the green light for Ant Group’s dual Shanghai and Hong Kong listing to go ahead.

Pedestrians pass in front of Pinterest signage displayed outside of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Netflix — The entertainment stock sank 6.5% after missing Wall Street expectations for third-quarter earnings and subscriber additions. Netflix added 2.2 million subscribers globally

Check out the companies making headlines after hours Tuesday. Netflix — shares slipped more than 6% after the company missed estimates for the third quarter. The streaming giant earned $1.74 per share compared with the $2.14 expected by analysts polled by Refinitiv. Revenue came in at $6.44 billion, which was ahead of the $6.38 billion

U.S. stock index futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Tuesday after White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have made “good progress” on stimulus talks, before adding that they “still have a ways to go” before an agreement is reached. Futures contracts tied

Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. IBM – Shares shed more than 6% after IBM’s third-quarter results showed a third straight quarter of declining revenue. The company earned an adjusted $2.58 per share for the quarter, which was in line with Street forecasts,

The logo of Swiss banking giant UBS engraved on the wall is seen on its headquarters on May 8, 2019 in Zurich. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The world’s largest wealth manager, UBS, reported a net income of $2.1 billion for the third quarter on Tuesday, up 99% from the same

The Federal Reserve’s intention to leave interest rates alone may get sidetracked. According to Wall Street forecaster James Bianco, the backdrop is conducive for an inflation comeback that would force the Fed’s hand to tighten and upset the stock market. He sees two major factors sparking inflation: A smaller economy than last year due to

Raphael Bostic, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Cameron Costa | CNBC The Federal Reserve has a substantial role to play in addressing the racial economic disparities brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Raphael Bostic, president of the central bank’s Atlanta district, said Monday. Amid a recovery that Bostic called uneven

ETFs are traded on exchanges, so they can be bought and sold like stocks through a brokerage. Tetra Images | Getty Images Although exchange-traded funds are growing in popularity, they are not yet making meaningful incursions into the territory of actively-managed funds, according to Refinitive’s Head of Lipper EMEA Research, Detlef Glow. Money market funds