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Walmart and Amazon are racing to speed up online order deliveries in rural areas of the U.S., a rich source of untapped sales that major retailers long wrote off as too sparsely inhabited, too remote or too impoverished to serve profitably. Walmart has a running start in the contest to build a loyal customer base in rural America. Roughly 90% of U.S. residents live within 10 miles of a Walmart store, and 45% of the company’s full-service Supercenters are in places with populations under 20,000, according to a report by investment bank Morgan Stanley.

Investing.com -- Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit by consumers seeking refunds for inflated product costs passed down from tariffs that the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled were unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters report.

By Nate Raymond May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the U.S.

Walmart helps headline the reporting docket for retail companies next week, who has outperformed many of the Magnificent Seven members in 2026. Can the retail titan's momentum continue?

Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google's parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino's Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Buffett was always reluctant to invest in tech companies because he said he didn't understand them well enough to predict the long-term winners.

Here's what investing conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway was buying and selling during the first quarter, the first period for Greg Abel at the helm since succeeding Warren Buffett as CEO. Delta Air Lines: Berkshire bought a sizable stake worth around $2.

On May 15, 2026, rising Treasury yields, elevated crude, and fresh inflation jitters knocked U.S. stocks off their record highs at midday.

Epistrophy Capital Research Chief Market Strategist and The Drill Down Podcast host Cory Johnson joins Market Catalysts to discuss the Cerebras IPO and key factors to watch in Nvidia’s (NVDA) upcoming earnings report.

Markets don’t move in a straight line — and neither do the people running the country. Q1 2026 was a quarter defined by tariff headlines, rate uncertainty, and a broad S&P 500 pullback that rattled retail and institutional investors alike. Most people were paralyzed. Some panicked. And at least one person — or rather, one ... President Trump’s Stock Broker Was the Busiest Person in America in Q1

Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square will disclose a ‌new position in Microsoft later in ‌the day, the billionaire investor said on Friday, arguing ​that the tech giant sits at a "highly compelling valuation". Ackman's new closed-end fund Pershing Square USA, which debuted on the NYSE ‌last month, has ⁠also recently made Microsoft a core holding, he said in a ⁠post on social media platform X. Pershing's bet on Microsoft comes amid Ackman's growing ​appetite for ​tech holdings.

Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) reported a smaller first-quarter loss as operating expenses declined, while revenue fell year over year amid lower product sales, management said on the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call. Chief Executive Officer Paul Travers said the company is continuing to focus its s

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosures show that he made a slew of stock and bond purchases with major American companies in the first quarter of the year totaling in the tens of millions of dollars and possibly more. Most Read from BloombergHormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers ExitIran’s Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty Again Yesterday, Satellite ShowsWhat Is The Thucydides Trap and Why Did Xi Raise It With Trump?Xi Tells US CEOs on Trump Visit That Chi

AI chipmaker priced shares above range as IPO demand exceeded available shares more than 20 times.

FitLife Brands (NASDAQ:FTLF) reported sharply higher first-quarter 2026 revenue, driven by the acquisition of Irwin, while profitability declined as the company absorbed lower Irwin margins and higher acquisition-related expenses. Chief Executive Officer Dayton Judd said total revenue for the quart

Payments provider dLocal on Thursday reported a 10% dip in ‌its first-quarter net profit missing ‌analyst estimates as a one-off tax charge and ​higher expenses offset a surge in payment volumes. Net profit for the period hit $41.9 million, falling short of the $48.9 million ‌expected by ⁠analysts. Total payment volume (TPV) surged 73% to $14.1 billion, up from $8.1 billion ‌a year earlier.

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.’s two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has become strained, according to people familiar with the matter, with the AI startup failing to see the expected benefits from the deal and now preparing possible legal action. Most Read from BloombergIran’s Kharg Island Oil Jetties Empty Again Yesterday, Satellite ShowsWhat Is The Thucydides Trap and Why Did Xi Raise It With Trump?Trump Says China Offered Help With Iran as Ship Seized Near UAEXi Tells US CEOs on Trump Visit That

Few stocks have whipsawed investors in 2026 the way Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has. Shares plunged from $126.03 in July 2025 to a $77 trough in February 2026, then clawed back to $88.27 as of May 6. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Netflix is $338.63, implying 283.63% upside. The recommendation is buy at 90% confidence. ... Netflix Just Raised Guidance. The Market Sold It Off. We See 283% Upside

OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. have reportedly agreed to cap their total revenue-sharing payments at $38 billion. This cap could potentially strengthen OpenAI’s long-term appeal to investors as it gears up for a public offering, which might occur as early as...

Foxconn Technology Group reported robust first-quarter revenue and profit as it ramped up production of server racks, other advanced equipment and consumer devices for the global artificial-intelligence buildout.

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More Chinese nationals who return home after working in the U.S., called ‘sea turtles,’ are fueling Beijing’s efforts to take on Silicon Valley

The overall earnings picture continues to be of all-around strength and a steadily improving outlook, with Q1 results showing nice momentum while expectations for Q2 also trend higher.

The overall earnings picture continues to be of all-around strength and a steadily improving outlook, with Q1 results showing nice momentum while expectations for Q2 also trend higher.

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Bullseye American Ingenuity Fund Portfolio Manager Adam Johnson joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination to discuss the key drivers behind the market’s record highs and continued growth momentum.

AI heavyweight Nvidia will report its first quarter results on May 20, in what is easily one of the most anticipated announcements of the earnings season.

Investing.com -- SAP shares are down 4.7% on Wednesday to their lowest level in over two years, even as the German software giant used its annual Sapphire conference to lay out an ambitious artificial intelligence roadmap, with investors apparently wanting more immediate evidence of monetization.

Apple stock was on pace for a record close on Wednesday, up nearly 2% to just under $300 per share as tech stocks rebounded from a selloff the previous day.

Alibaba's stock is up even though the company's profits sank.

For years, Federal Reserve minutes were among Wall Street's most market-moving events. But in today's AI-driven rally, one earnings report may now rival macro data releases in influence: Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA). The Santa Clara, California-based chip giant, whose earnings are due next week, is worth roughly $5.3 trillion and recently surpassed the entire S&P 500 healthcare sector in market value, according to Barron's. Essentially, Nvidia is proving to be more than just another mega-cap tech s