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A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand. June core CPI printed flat month-over-month (2.6% year-over-year versus a 2.9% forecast), reopening the door to a friendlier interest rate environment.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand.
The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount's $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit that seeks to block the merger on the grounds it would cause “specific harm” to movie and TV writers working across the U.S. A Paramount-Warner merger “threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry,” reads Tuesday's federal complaint, which was filed by both the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly the WGA). “This proposed combined entity would be the largest employer of writers, with tremendous power to suppress our wages, eliminate opportunities for emerging writers, cut jobs across the industry, and produce less programming," WGAE President Tom Fontana said in a statement.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with the Dow ending little changed, the S&P 500 adding almost four-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq gaining nine-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Second-quarter earnings season began with five big U.S. banks reporting solid results, buoyed by trading strength and dealmaking.</p><p>Shares of Goldman Sachs surged 9%, while JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America also closed higher.</p><p>Robert Conzo, CEO and managing director of The Wealth Alliance, said he expects corporate earnings this quarter to remain strong which should help markets advance.</p><p>"When you look at the earnings estimates for the second quarter, it's at 23.6 [percent], north of 20. That's coming off of a first quarter earnings of about 27 [percent]. Again, a huge number north of 20. The last time that happened was in the first and second quarter of 2021 when we were coming off of Covid. So these are big earnings projections going forward. The market was looking for that because all eyes on earnings in the face of sticky inflation.”</p><p>But inflation was a little less "sticky" in June, as Tuesday's release of the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index showed the annual inflation rate dropped to 3.5%, due largely to receding oil prices that have since rebounded.</p><p>Other stocks on the move Tuesday included U.S.- listed shares of SK Hynix, which soared more than 27% after tumbling on Monday following a strong Friday debut.</p><p>And shares of IBM plummeted more than 25% after the tech company warned second-quarter revenue would fall below estimates.</p></body>
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand. June core CPI printed flat month-over-month (2.6% year-over-year versus a 2.9% forecast), reopening the door to a friendlier interest rate environment.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand.
(Bloomberg) -- Three days of losses have brought SpaceX shares to the brink of falling below their initial public offering price, a key level that traders and investors watch to assess the health of new issues.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf Pressure'We Faltered': IBM Plunges Most Since at Least 1968 on MissA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All the Way to Wall StreetUS CPI Falls for the First Ti
(Bloomberg) -- Three days of losses have brought SpaceX shares to the brink of falling below their initial public offering price, a key level that traders and investors watch to assess the health of new issues.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf Pressure‘We Faltered’: IBM Plunges Most Since at Least 1968 on MissA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All the Way to Wall StreetUS CPI Falls for the First Ti
Many of the same factors have propelled big banks’ strong performance: a solid economic backdrop with low unemployment, corporate clients’ appetite for executing big deals, and lots of trading activity.
The antitrust lawsuit could delay the merger after federal approval and before Europe's July 22 decision.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand.
(Updates with index/price moves, macroeconomic data, and geopolitical news from the first paragraph.
Second-quarter earnings and June consumer inflation data offset continuing uncertainty about the Strait of Hormuz.
A hectic day in markets lifted stocks Tuesday, thanks to booming bank profits and an unexpectedly upbeat inflation report. All major U.S. indexes ended the day in the green, despite a historic fall from grace for one member of the Dow industrials. The Dow industrials edged less than 0.1% higher, weighed down by tumbling shares of International Business Machines.
Shares of memory chips maker Micron (NASDAQ:MU) jumped 4.2% in the afternoon session after a cooler-than-expected June inflation report and a surprise capital expenditure warning from IBM appeared to validate AI hardware demand.
U.S. stocks rose as blockbuster bank earnings and a cooler-than-expected inflation report boosted sentiment, while a profit warning from IBM weighed on the Dow Industrials and dragged software stocks lower.
(Bloomberg) -- OpenAI's much-anticipated push into consumer devices is slated to begin with a mobile, screen-free smart speaker designed to be a new type of home computer for the AI era, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf PressureA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All the Way to Wall StreetUS CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge Flat'We Fal
(Bloomberg) -- OpenAI’s much-anticipated push into consumer devices is slated to begin with a mobile, screen-free smart speaker designed to be a new type of home computer for the AI era, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf PressureA Cocaine Bust in Spain Leads All the Way to Wall StreetUS CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge Flat‘We Fal
The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with CVS Health’s pharmacy benefit manager business on Tuesday, the agency’s second major agreement this year with drug industry middlemen. Pharmacy-benefit managers, or PBMs, play a key role in negotiating with drug companies and selecting which prescription drugs will be covered by an insurance plan. In litigation filed in 2024 during the Biden administration, the commission alleged that rebates and fees collected by major PBMs from drug manufacturers artificially inflated the price of insulin.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.10%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +0.35%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
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(Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. — whose consumer division is its biggest profit engine — said consumers are keeping up with their bills and continuing to spend on discretionary items such as travel and entertainment, despite fears that price pressures would weigh on US households. Most Read from BloombergUS Hits Iran With Strikes, Blockade as Trump Plans Hormuz ChargeTrump Shelves 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf PressureUS CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge FlatA Cocain
Inflation cooled faster than expected in June, but Fed Chair Kevin Warsh isn't ready to declare victory.
Shares of Citigroup fell 5% on Tuesday after the bank reported second-quarter earnings that underwhelmed investors, diverging from rival lenders whose shares rose in afternoon trading. The move was the largest decline since April 4, 2025, when Citi’s stock fell 7.8% following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan announcement. Citi reiterated its earlier full-year target of 10%-11% for return on tangible common equity, or RoTCE.
U.S. lawmakers are advancing the CLARITY Act, with an imminent House hearing and a possible Senate vote that could reshape federal oversight of crypto platforms. The Act would introduce extensive regulatory requirements for exchanges and custodians, directly affecting Coinbase Global (NasdaqGS:COIN) and its U.S. operations. Growing political support and high profile commentary are increasing expectations that the CLARITY Act could move quickly through Congress. Coinbase Global, one of the...
William Blair says Casey’s, Costco, Cava, and other consumer companies are well positioned to weather inflation and uneven consumer spending.
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