L3Harris Stock is rising in early trading after its earnings beat expectations and it raised guidance. Investors also heard from defense contractors Lockheed, Northrop, General Dynamics, and Boeing this week.
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Palantir followed up its “bombastic” December quarter with even better results for the March quarter as the data analytics software company continued to gain traction with its artificial intelligence tools in particular with U.S. commercial customers. Palantir shares, which rallied 8.1% in Monday’s regular session, was off about 4 % in after-hours trading. For the March quarter, Palantir posted revenue of $634 million, up 21% from a year ago, and ahead of both the company’s guidance range of $612 million to $616 million and Wall Street’s consensus of $615 million as tracked by FactSet.
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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz urged his successors to get back to basics as the company sees falling sales. Schultz said in a LinkedIn post that leaders should focus on spending time in stores and on providing good coffee rather than other management strategies. “At any company that misses badly, there must be contrition and…
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Stocks rallied at the end of last week, getting a boost from a "Goldilocks" jobs report.
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Energy giant Shell is in talks with Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco to sell its gas station business in Malaysia, the second-largest such network in the country, four industry sources aware of the discussions said, and a deal could be worth up to $1 billion. Shell declined to comment on the talks but said Malaysia is an important country to the company. Saudi Aramco also declined to comment.
Gold prices climbed more than 1% on Monday, as the U.S. dollar weakened after softer-than-expected U.S. jobs data fueled expectations of potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve later this year. Spot gold rose 1% to $2,324.94 per ounce by 2:00 p.m. ET (1800 GMT). "The downside that we've seen over the last few weeks might actually be running out of steam, opening (the) door for gold prices to resume their upward trajectory," said Daniel Ghali, commodity strategist at TD Securities.
Amid a buoyant U.S. stock market, bolstered by robust first-quarter earnings and the anticipation of interest rate cuts, investors are keenly observing various factors that could influence their investment decisions. In this context, growth companies with high insider ownership and significant revenue growth present an interesting opportunity for those looking to align with the confidence insiders are showing in their own companies.
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) recently announced its five-year partnership with Microsoft, aiming to leverage Microsoft's cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) services. Coca-Cola Company committed $1.1 billion towards this partnership, granting them access to Microsoft Cloud and its advanced generative AI capabilities. "Through our long-term partnership, we have made significant progress to accelerate system-wide AI transformation across The Coca-Cola Company and its network of ind
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) is strategically preparing to address the growing demand for AI computing by leveraging its extensive product range. CTO Mark Papermaster emphasized AMD’s robust portfolio of compute engines, strong relationships with customers across diverse markets, and open software capabilities. He reflected on AMD’s 55-year history, highlighting its shift to a modular IP portfolio unified by a comprehensive AI software stack, which will enable the company to adapt mo
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A gauge of global stock markets rallied on Monday on optimism that major central banks will cut interest rates this year, while the yen weakened against the dollar after a surge last week from Japan's suspected currency intervention. Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic advanced, and in Asia too, as a softer-than-expected U.S. labor market report on Friday led traders to revive bets that the Federal Reserve would ease monetary policy as early as September. The dollar index, a measure of the U.S. currency against six major trading peers, was lower for a fourth straight session after Friday's data showed the lowest jobs gain since October calmed any angst that the Fed might even hike again.
China's average daily home sales during the major May Day public holiday sank 47% from a year earlier, and were down around 30% from pre-pandemic levels in 2019 for the same holiday period, according to a private survey on Monday. Home sales fell in 19 of 22 surveyed cities during the five-day May Day compared to the same period of 2023, and were down more than 60% in mega cities of Guangzhou and Shanghai, according to data from the China Index Academy, one of the country's largest independent real estate researchers. "The new housing market is still under adjustment pressures," said the research firm, adding "there is more room for lowering the downpayment ratio, reducing mortgage interest rates and transaction taxes and fees."
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