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A sign is posted in front of a Broadcom office in San Jose, California, on June 3, 2021. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Cisco Systems, Splunk — Shares of Cisco fell 4.2% Thursday after the company said it is acquiring cybersecurity software

A passageway near the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday ended a run of 14 straight interest rate hikes after new data showed inflation is now running below expectations. The Bank

Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio launches a smartphone at an event in Shanghai on Sept. 21, 2023. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC SHANGHAI — Chinese electric car brand Nio on Thursday released an Android smartphone, which the company expects at least half its users to buy, CEO William Li told CNBC in an exclusive interview ahead

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2023. SAUL LOEB | Getty The Federal Reserve stayed put on Wednesday, but forecast it will raise interest rates one more time this year, according to the central

Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, speaks during an interview on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, February 27, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said she did not participate in Arm‘s blockbuster initial public offering last week because she finds the

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2023.  Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images As often has been the case, this week’s Federal Reserve meeting will be less about what policymakers are doing

Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images For savers, choosing how to best allocate money among a stream of account types may seem an impossible task. There are 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts, 529 plans, high-yield savings accounts, taxable brokerage accounts, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts and so on — a veritable hodgepodge of letters,

In this article VLO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In an aerial view, the Valero Houston refinery is seen on August 28, 2023 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Oil stocks — Petroleum refiners Valero Energy and Marathon Petroleum gained 1.5% and 1.2%,

Pictured here is Shenzhen in southern China. The city is sometimes considered China’s Silicon Valley. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — In the years since Alibaba’s U.S. listing in 2014, early-stage investing has drawn tens of billions of dollars into China with relatively little to show for it. Among China-focused investment firms, only

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Pay transparency is on the rise for job applicants — and momentum suggests that trend will continue, experts said. In August, 50% of online job listings advertised salary, up from 18.4% in February 2020, according to Indeed Hiring Lab, the economic research arm of career site Indeed. Such businesses

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi delisted from the New York Stock Exchange just months after its June 2021 IPO after a now-resolved regulatory probe that had forced Didi to suspend new user registrations. Brendan McDermid | Reuters BEIJING — Slowing growth and geopolitical tensions are stifling the Chinese startup world that once spawned unicorns such as

In this article F AMC PENN FSLR ETSY CVX HPQ GM XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An AMC Theatre on March 29, 2023 in New York City. AMC Entertainment shares jumped as much as 13%, following a report that Amazon was looking to buy the theater chain.  Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News |

In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Co-founders Eddie Kim, Josh Reeves, and Tomer London of fintech startup Gusto, which handles payroll services for small businesses. Courtesy: Kelly Boynton | Gusto JPMorgan Chase is stepping up its appeal to small business customers by planning to offer digital payroll processing, CNBC has learned.

Pedestrians walk past a Pizza Hut restaurant and a KFC restaurant, both operated by Yum China, in Beijing, China, on Sept. 5, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Yum China is spending more on tech, an investment that’s allowed it to open more stores without having to hire more staff, CEO Joey

General Motors assembly workers picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 10, 2019. Bryan Woolston | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. KeyCorp — The Cleveland-based regional bank rose almost 2% premarket after Piper Sandler said the shares

Former President Donald Trump speaks with the press at the Iowa Pork Producers booth during the 2023 Iowa State Fair at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Aug. 12, 2023. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump complained that interest rates are too high and indicated that if he gets another

GM workers with the UAW Local 2250 union strike outside the General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant in Wentzville, Missouri, Sept. 15, 2023. Michael B. Thomas | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Motors, Ford, Stellantis — Shares of Ford rose slightly, while General Motors gained 1% and Stellantis was

Arm Holdings will help jump-start the IPO market, according to the venture capitalist behind Airbnb and Pinterest. FirstMark Capital’s Rick Heitzmann believes real fundamental demand for IPOs is returning. “People are looking for the new toy,” the firm’s founder and partner told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Thursday. Chip design company Arm, which is affiliated with

Chinese laborers working at a construction site at sunset in Chongqing, China on March 6, 2005. China Photos | Getty Images BEIJING—China’s retail sales and industrial production picked up pace in August with better-than-expected growth, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Friday. Retail sales grew by 4.6% in August from a year ago,

In this article ETSY SMTC YUMC 9987-HK CVX XOM HPQ NFLX V Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices as SAG-AFTRA union announced it had agreed to a ‘last-minute request’ by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for