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Alamar Biosciences Shares Soar 15.90% Near 52-Week High Amid Growing Proteomics Analyst and Investor Buzz

Alamar Biosciences Shares Soar 15.90% Near 52-Week High Amid Growing Proteomics Analyst and Investor Buzz

FREMONT, Calif. — Shares of Alamar Biosciences Inc. surged 15.90% to $37.10 in Thursday trading, adding $5.09, pushing the precision proteomics...

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FTSE 100 Drops 1.25% as Middle East Tensions and BoE Rate Worries Erase Much of Thursday's Sharp Rally

FTSE 100 Drops 1.25% as Middle East Tensions and BoE Rate Worries Erase Much of Thursday's Sharp Rally

LONDON — Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 1.25% to 10,681.30 on Friday, down 134.84 points, giving back a substantial portion of the...

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KOSPI Surges 2.81% as Falling Oil Prices and the Fed's Rate Hike Ease Persistent Global Inflation Worries

KOSPI Surges 2.81% as Falling Oil Prices and the Fed's Rate Hike Ease Persistent Global Inflation Worries

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index surged 2.81% to 6,903.94 by mid-afternoon Friday, adding 188.53 points, as falling global oil...

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Intel Stock Rises Nearly 5% as SK Hynix Ohio Talks and Tight CPU Supply Lift Shares

Intel Stock Rises Nearly 5% as SK Hynix Ohio Talks and Tight CPU Supply Lift Shares

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel shares rose 4.63% to $101.63 in midmorning trading Wednesday, up $4.49, after reports that SK hynix is in talks to make...

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Salesforce Shares Barely Budge As Investors Shrug Off Its Own Global Outage During Dreamforce Conference

Salesforce Shares Barely Budge As Investors Shrug Off Its Own Global Outage During Dreamforce Conference

SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Salesforce Inc. traded nearly flat Wednesday morning, down just 0.18% to $255.20, showing little sign of investor alarm...

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Codan Shares Surge 7.51% to Fresh Record Highs as Defence and Gold Detection Businesses Fire on All Cylinders

Codan Shares Surge 7.51% to Fresh Record Highs as Defence and Gold Detection Businesses Fire on All Cylinders

ADELAIDE, Australia — Shares in Codan Ltd. jumped 7.51% to $48.94 on Wednesday, adding $3.42, extending a remarkable run for the Adelaide-based...

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James Hardie Shares Sink 5.08% as Rising Bond Yields Hit High-Multiple Building Materials Stock Again

James Hardie Shares Sink 5.08% as Rising Bond Yields Hit High-Multiple Building Materials Stock Again

DUBLIN — Shares in James Hardie Industries plc fell 5.08% to $37.36 on the ASX Wednesday, down $2.00, as the fiber cement building materials maker...

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Infratil Shares Jump 5.49% as AI Data Centre Stocks Rebound and CDC's Growth Story Keeps Steadily Building

Infratil Shares Jump 5.49% as AI Data Centre Stocks Rebound and CDC's Growth Story Keeps Steadily Building

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Shares in Infratil Ltd. rose 5.49% to $11.53 on the ASX Wednesday, adding 60 cents, as the New Zealand-based...

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ASX 200 Edges Higher After 11-Week Low As Markets Await Crucial Wednesday US Fed Interest Rate Decision

ASX 200 Edges Higher After 11-Week Low As Markets Await Crucial Wednesday US Fed Interest Rate Decision

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark share index rose 0.21% to 8,690.6 points by mid-morning Wednesday, adding 18.1 points, offering a tentative...

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AMD Shares Rebound 3.48% as Chip Stocks Recover From Monday's Sharp AI-Driven Slowdown Selloff Across Sector

AMD Shares Rebound 3.48% as Chip Stocks Recover From Monday's Sharp AI-Driven Slowdown Selloff Across Sector

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose 3.48% to $510.59 in Tuesday trading, adding $17.18, as semiconductor stocks broadly...

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Nikkei 225 Edges Higher as Tech Stocks Rebound From AI Slowdown Selloff, Kioxia Jumps on ADR Listing Report

Nikkei 225 Edges Higher as Tech Stocks Rebound From AI Slowdown Selloff, Kioxia Jumps on ADR Listing Report

TOKYO — Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged higher Tuesday, gaining 129.43 points, or 0.20%, to trade at 63,622.42 by mid-afternoon, as select...

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Telix Pharmaceuticals Shares Soar 11.26% as FDA Approves Its Novel Pixclara Brain Cancer Imaging Drug

Telix Pharmaceuticals Shares Soar 11.26% as FDA Approves Its Novel Pixclara Brain Cancer Imaging Drug

MELBOURNE — Shares in Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. jumped 11.26% to $18.18, adding $1.84, as the Australian radiopharmaceutical company extended a...

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ASX 200 Slides To Its Lowest Level Since July As Wall Street Selloff And Surging Oil Prices Weigh On Sentiment

ASX 200 Slides To Its Lowest Level Since July As Wall Street Selloff And Surging Oil Prices Weigh On Sentiment

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark share index fell to its lowest level since July on Tuesday, dropping 0.58% to 8,699.6 points by mid-morning...

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Broadcom Stock Falls 4.45% as AI Slowdown Fears Deepen Chipmaker's Margin Compression Worries Monday

Broadcom Stock Falls 4.45% as AI Slowdown Fears Deepen Chipmaker's Margin Compression Worries Monday

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shares of Broadcom Inc. fell 4.45% to $345.87 in Monday trading, down $16.12, as a fresh wave of concern over the pace of...

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Nikkei 225 Slides 0.81% to Six-Week Low as AI Safety Warnings and Surging Oil Rattle Tokyo's Chip Stocks

Nikkei 225 Slides 0.81% to Six-Week Low as AI Safety Warnings and Surging Oil Rattle Tokyo's Chip Stocks

TOKYO — Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.81% on Monday, closing at 63,492.99, down 518.35 points, as renewed anxiety over the pace of...

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ASX 200 Edges Higher To 8,759 After Worst Week In Six Months As Oil Slide And Fed Rate Bets Steady Nerves

ASX 200 Edges Higher To 8,759 After Worst Week In Six Months As Oil Slide And Fed Rate Bets Steady Nerves

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark share index inched higher on Monday, clawing back a fraction of last week's steep losses as falling oil...

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Capstone Copper Shares Slide 8.6% Amid Broader Mining Sector Pullback This Week As Copper Prices Stall

Capstone Copper Shares Slide 8.6% Amid Broader Mining Sector Pullback This Week As Copper Prices Stall

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Shares of Capstone Copper Corp. fell $1.36, or 8.56%, to $14.53, as the mid-tier copper producer pulled back sharply...

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Develop Global Shares Slide 10% Ahead Of Pioneer Dome Stage Two Decision This September Quarter In WA

Develop Global Shares Slide 10% Ahead Of Pioneer Dome Stage Two Decision This September Quarter In WA

PERTH, Australia — Shares of Develop Global Ltd. fell $0.54, or 10.06%, to $4.83, marking a sharp single-day pullback for the multi-commodity...

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Micron Shares Fall 3.7% Amid Chip Sector Pullback Ahead Of Sept. 30 Earnings Report In Boise This Thursday

Micron Shares Fall 3.7% Amid Chip Sector Pullback Ahead Of Sept. 30 Earnings Report In Boise This Thursday

BOISE, Idaho — Shares of Micron Technology Inc. fell $37.68, or 3.67%, to $990.08 as of 10:10 a.m. ET Thursday, pulling back alongside a broader...

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Tasmea Shares Jump 7.4% As Data Center Electrification Bet Powers Programmatic Growth Amid Maxim Deal

Tasmea Shares Jump 7.4% As Data Center Electrification Bet Powers Programmatic Growth Amid Maxim Deal

PERTH, Australia — Shares of Tasmea Ltd. climbed $0.69, or 7.42%, to $9.99, continuing a strong run for the specialist industrial services company...

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Sunrise Energy Metals Shares Rise 7.5% As Pentagon-Backed Scandium Project Nears Key Decision In NSW

Sunrise Energy Metals Shares Rise 7.5% As Pentagon-Backed Scandium Project Nears Key Decision In NSW

MELBOURNE, Australia — Shares of Sunrise Energy Metals Ltd. climbed $1.145, or 7.51%, to $16.395, as the small-cap critical minerals company...

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Nvidia Shares Rise 2.6% Amid Hugging Face Deal, Blowout Earnings As Analysts Stay Bullish Heading Into Fall

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Shares of Nvidia Corp. climbed $5.91, or 2.59%, to $234.36 as of 9:55 a.m. ET Friday, extending a week of strong gains for the...

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Lululemon Shares Sink 17% As Third Guidance Cut This Year Overshadows Earnings Beat Amid CEO Transition

Lululemon Athletica Inc. plunged $20.98, or 17.23%, to $100.79, after the athleisure retailer cut its full-year guidance for the third time this...

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Australian Shares Slip As ASX 200 Snaps Two-Day Rally Amid RBA Rate Fears And Ex-Dividend Drag Today

SYDNEY — Australian shares closed lower Friday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index falling 13.6 points, or 0.15%, to 9,006.5, snapping a...

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GameStop Shares Rise Ahead Of Sept. 8 Earnings As EBay Stake Reshapes Company's Bottom Line

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Shares of GameStop Corp. climbed Thursday morning, trading at $19.15, up 17 cents, or 0.90%, as of 10:02 a.m. ET, as investors...

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Tesla Shares Surge Ahead Of Highly Anticipated Cybercab Robotaxi Launch Event In Austin Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — Shares of Tesla Inc. surged Thursday morning, climbing $20.07, or 5.62%, to $377.08 as of 10:15 a.m. ET, as investors positioned...

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Southern Cross Gold Shares Jump 8% After High-Grade Drill Results At Sunday Creek Project In Victoria

MELBOURNE, Australia — Shares of Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd. climbed sharply Thursday, rising $0.92, or 8.13%, to $12.24, after the...

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Corporate Travel Management Shares Crash 82% As Trading Resumes After Yearlong UK Scandal Suspension

BRISBANE, Australia — Shares of Corporate Travel Management Ltd. plummeted more than 82% Thursday, falling to $2.87, as the travel management...

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South Korea's KOSPI Plunges Nearly 4% As Chip Stocks Sink And Global Bond Selloff Deepens Amid Iran Fears

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index tumbled nearly 4% on Wednesday, one of its steepest single-day drops in weeks, as renewed U.S....

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GameStop Holds Near $18.50 as Investors Await Convertible-Note Exchange Closing This Week

GRAPEVINE, Texas — GameStop Corp. shares traded slightly higher Tuesday, around $18.50, as investors digested preliminary quarterly results and...

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Amazon Stock Drops 2 Percent as Renewed Iran Conflict and Rising Bond Yields Rattle Wall Street

Shares of Amazon.com Inc. fell more than 2% Tuesday, tracking a broader pullback across major U.S. stock indexes as Wall Street opened September on a...

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Dow Slides to Open September as Rising Oil Prices and Bond Yields Rattle Wall Street Once Again

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell in early trading Tuesday as Wall Street opened September on a cautious note, with renewed fighting in the Strait...

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Pinnacle Shares Slide Toward $15 as Investors Weigh Flat Dividend After Record Fund Inflows

SYDNEY — Shares in Pinnacle Investment Management Group Ltd fell sharply in Australian trading, touching levels near $15.09 and down more than 10...

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GameStop Stock Jumps After Stronger Profit Preview And Cash Settlement Of Convertible Notes

GRAPEVINE, Texas — GameStop Corp. shares rose more than 4 percent Monday after the video-game retailer posted preliminary second-quarter results...

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Commonwealth Bank Shares Rise Nearly 2 Percent as Banks Lead ASX Higher on Rate Hike Expectations

Shares of Commonwealth Bank of Australia rose nearly 2% Monday, leading gains across the country's major lenders even as the broader share market...

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Amazon Stock Jumps Nearly 4 Percent After Evercore ISI Raises Price Target On AI Driven Sales Growth

Shares of Amazon.com Inc. climbed nearly 4% Friday after investment firm Evercore ISI raised its price target on the e-commerce and cloud computing...

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GameStop Stock Holds Near 18 Dollars As Ryan Cohen Reconsiders 56 Billion Dollar EBay Takeover Bid

Shares of GameStop Corp. traded modestly lower Friday, hovering near recent multiyear lows as investors continue to weigh the uncertain fate of Chief...

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Apple Shares Rise 2 Percent to $321 Ahead of September 9 Event and Foldable iPhone Speculation

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Inc. shares advanced about 2 percent on Friday, trading near $321 as investors looked ahead to a Sept. 9 product event and...

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IBM Stock Jumps Nearly 4 Percent to $239 as Investors Digest HRL Labs and Z Chip News

NEW YORK — International Business Machines shares rose sharply in Thursday morning trading, advancing about 3.9 percent to around $238.89 after the...

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Salesforce Stock Soars 19% as Blowout Earnings and Agentforce AI Growth Silence Software Skeptics

SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce shares surged Thursday, climbing as much as 19% to $244.72, after the enterprise software giant delivered a blowout...

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Ramsay Health Care Shares Rocket 14% To Record High As Investors Cheer Turnaround And European Spinoff Plan

SYDNEY — Shares of Ramsay Health Care Ltd surged more than 14% Wednesday, closing at $50.29, up $6.27 on the day, as investors piled into...

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Anthropic Strikes $45 Billion Deal With Nscale For AI Computing Power Ahead Of Blockbuster IPO Plans

SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic has agreed to spend $45 billion over six years to rent artificial intelligence computing power from Nscale, a British...

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Kanzhun Shares Jump 17% as China's Top Recruitment Platform Reports Record Quarterly Profit Growth

Shares of Kanzhun Limited, the parent company of China's leading online recruitment platform Boss Zhipin, surged 16.97%, or $2.76, to $19.06 as...

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5 Reasons Bitcoin's Price Suddenly Surged Past $80,000 for the First Time Since May Amid Massive Short Squeeze

Bitcoin climbed above $80,000 Tuesday for the first time since mid-May, capping what CNBC described as the cryptocurrency's biggest three-day...

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Special Prosecutor Declines to Charge Elon Musk Over 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Payments

LA CROSSE, Wis. — A special prosecutor announced Tuesday he will not file criminal charges against billionaire Elon Musk over allegations he...

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Louisiana Governor Set to Announce Multibillion-Dollar SpaceX Spaceport Deal in Vermilion Parish Today

ABBEVILLE, La. — Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to formally announce Tuesday that Elon Musk's SpaceX has reached a deal to build a...

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KOSPI Edges Higher as Market Stabilizes Following Monday's Steep Selloff Tied to Samsung Disappointment

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI climbed 28.36 points, or 0.42%, to 6,725.32 as of 2:48 p.m. local time Tuesday, stabilizing after...

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ASX 200 Closes Up 0.49% As Miners Hit Record Highs While Banks And Insurers Drag Lower Amid Earnings Season

SYDNEY — The S&P/ASX 200 closed up 44.2 points, or 0.49%, at 9,103 on Monday, following Wall Street's lead higher as major mining stocks...

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Alibaba Shares Plunge Nearly 9% After $10 Billion Share Sale To Fund Aggressive AI Expansion

HONG KONG — Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. fell sharply on Monday after the Chinese technology company finalized a large share placement aimed...

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Sadot Group Stock Surges Nearly 90% to $25 on Debt Cleanup and AI Trading Platform Momentum

BURLESON, Texas — Shares of Sadot Group Inc. surged nearly 90 percent in midday trading Monday, extending a period of extreme volatility as...

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