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KOSPI Plunges 5.8% as Sell Sidecar Triggered Amid Global Chip Selloff and Surging Bond Yields Worldwide

KOSPI Plunges 5.8% as Sell Sidecar Triggered Amid Global Chip Selloff and Surging Bond Yields Worldwide

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index plunged 398.66 points, or 5.80%, to close at 6,471.17 on Wednesday, its second consecutive day of...

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Pinterest Shares Rise 2.4% as Stock Continues Rebound From Post-Earnings Selloff Amid Its AI-Driven Ad Push

Pinterest Shares Rise 2.4% as Stock Continues Rebound From Post-Earnings Selloff Amid Its AI-Driven Ad Push

Shares of Pinterest Inc. climbed 2.40%, or 56 cents, to $23.64 as of 10:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, extending a gradual recovery from the sharp selloff the...

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KOSPI Reverses Sharp Early Rally to Fall 1.63% as Mideast Tensions and Institutional Selling Weigh In

KOSPI Reverses Sharp Early Rally to Fall 1.63% as Mideast Tensions and Institutional Selling Weigh In

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index fell 114.01 points, or 1.63%, to 6,863.93 as of 3:19 p.m. local time Tuesday, reversing a sharp...

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Cerebras Systems Stock Jumps 15.67% As AI Chipmaker's Wild Trading Swings Continue Since May IPO Debut

Cerebras Systems Stock Jumps 15.67% As AI Chipmaker's Wild Trading Swings Continue Since May IPO Debut

Shares of Cerebras Systems Inc. surged 15.67%, or $34.31, to $253.29 as of 12:08 p.m. EDT Monday, extending a pattern of dramatic price swings that...

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CXMT Shares Jump 12% In Shanghai As Chinese Memory Chipmaker's Blockbuster Rally Continues To Climb Higher

CXMT Shares Jump 12% In Shanghai As Chinese Memory Chipmaker's Blockbuster Rally Continues To Climb Higher

SHANGHAI — Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies, known as CXMT, jumped 12%, or 6.62 yuan, to 61.80 yuan as of 3:00 p.m. local time Monday,...

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Mesoblast Shares Jump 8.82% on ASX as Biotech Rebounds From Friday's Sharp Selloff Tied to State Street Filing

SYDNEY — Shares in Mesoblast Ltd surged 8.82% on the Australian Securities Exchange, climbing 19.5 cents to close at $2.405, as the Melbourne-based...

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SpaceX Shares Slip 2.3% To $138 After Recent Rally As AI Spending And Starship Plans Weigh

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. declined Thursday, giving back some of the recent gains that had pushed the stock back above its...

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Dow Dips Slightly Friday As Stocks Hold Near Records After S&P 500 Clears 7,800 For The Very First Time

Dow Dips Slightly Friday As Stocks Hold Near Records After S&P 500 Clears 7,800 For The Very First Time

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged lower Friday morning, holding near record territory a day after the S&P 500 closed above 7,800...

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ASX 200 Falls For A Third Straight Session As CBA Shares Slump Following FY26

ASX 200 Falls For A Third Straight Session As CBA Shares Slump Following FY26

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell for a third consecutive session Thursday, dragged lower by continued weakness in...

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SpaceX Stock Climbs Nearly 7% After Starlink Launch as Shares Hold Above IPO Price

SpaceX Stock Climbs Nearly 7% After Starlink Launch as Shares Hold Above IPO Price

NEW YORK — Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. rose 6.92% to $142.52 in midday trading Wednesday, gaining $9.23, as the company completed...

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ERock Stock Soars 24% After Record $1.7 Billion Backlog Fuels Strong Q2 2026 Revenue Growth

ERock Stock Soars 24% After Record $1.7 Billion Backlog Fuels Strong Q2 2026 Revenue Growth

HOUSTON — Shares of ERock, Inc. surged Wednesday after the natural gas power systems provider reported a record contracted backlog and strong...

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Samsung Electronics Shares Soar 6.68% As Kospi Rallies For Third Straight Session On Chip Demand

Samsung Electronics Shares Soar 6.68% As Kospi Rallies For Third Straight Session On Chip Demand

SEOUL — Shares of Samsung Electronics surged Wednesday, closing up 6.68% as South Korea's benchmark Kospi index extended its winning streak to...

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China's CXMT Stock Surges Nearly 6% After DDR5 Yield Hits 90% and Reports of Apple Testing Its Memory Chips

China's CXMT Stock Surges Nearly 6% After DDR5 Yield Hits 90% and Reports of Apple Testing Its Memory Chips

SHANGHAI — Shares of CXMT Corp climbed 6.19% to close at 53.52 yuan on Wednesday, adding 3.12 yuan, as investors responded to reports that the...

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ASX 200 Drops 0.7% As Wall Street Tech Selloff And CBA Earnings Weigh On Australian Shares

ASX 200 Drops 0.7% As Wall Street Tech Selloff And CBA Earnings Weigh On Australian Shares

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell Wednesday, tracking a weak overnight session on Wall Street that was led by a sharp...

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Bitcoin Slips Near $63,500 as Traders Await Inflation Data and Oil Prices Climb

NEW YORK — Bitcoin traded lower on Tuesday, hovering near $63,482 after declining about 0.67 percent, or roughly $429, as investors positioned ahead...

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Dow Jones Rises Toward Record High As Oil Prices Surge On Stalled Iran Talks This Tuesday Morning

Dow Jones Rises Toward Record High As Oil Prices Surge On Stalled Iran Talks This Tuesday Morning

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed Tuesday morning, pushing back toward record territory even as oil prices surged sharply on...

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Life360 Stock Plunges 26% Despite Record Revenue As Investors Balk At Unchanged Full-Year Guidance

Life360 Stock Plunges 26% Despite Record Revenue As Investors Balk At Unchanged Full-Year Guidance

Shares of Life360, Inc. plunged more than 26% Tuesday, a day after the family safety and location-tracking app reported record second-quarter revenue...

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Alamar Biosciences Shares Rise 18% After Second-Quarter Revenue Jumps 82% Year-Over-Year

Alamar Biosciences Shares Rise 18% After Second-Quarter Revenue Jumps 82% Year-Over-Year

Shares of Alamar Biosciences, Inc. climbed Tuesday after the precision proteomics company reported second-quarter revenue growth of 82% and issued...

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Fermi Inc Shares Jump 22% On First Binding Lease At AI Power Campus Worth $6.5 Billion

Fermi Inc Shares Jump 22% On First Binding Lease At AI Power Campus Worth $6.5 Billion

Shares of Fermi Inc. surged Tuesday after the energy infrastructure company announced its first binding customer lease at its flagship Project Matador...

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Kospi Rises To 6,346 As Samsung Electronics Surges 4% Amid Ongoing Chip-Sector Rebound

Kospi Rises To 6,346 As Samsung Electronics Surges 4% Amid Ongoing Chip-Sector Rebound

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark Kospi index climbed further Tuesday, extending a rebound from last month's steep selloff as strong gains...

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Kospi Edges Higher, Snaps Two-Day Losing Streak As Bargain Hunters Rescue Chip Stocks After Wall Street Rally

Kospi Edges Higher, Snaps Two-Day Losing Streak As Bargain Hunters Rescue Chip Stocks After Wall Street Rally

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed higher Monday, snapping a two-session losing streak, as bargain hunters moved into...

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ASX 200 Slips At Midday Monday As Bank Selloff Offsets Gains Across Mining, Gold And Tech Stocks

ASX 200 Slips At Midday Monday As Bank Selloff Offsets Gains Across Mining, Gold And Tech Stocks

The S&P/ASX 200 was trading lower at midday Monday, down 39.9 points, or 0.43%, to 9,223.7 as of 2:30 p.m. AEST, as a sharp selloff across the...

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Leonardo DiCaprio Teams Up With Jeff Bezos on $200 Million Plan to Save Endangered Species Worldwide

Leonardo DiCaprio Teams Up With Jeff Bezos on $200 Million Plan to Save Endangered Species Worldwide

LOS ANGELES — Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched a $200 million initiative aimed at reviving 100 of...

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Dow Jones Climbs Early After Soft Jobs Data Fuels Hopes of Fed Policy Flexibility

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose modestly in early trading on Friday as investors digested a weaker-than-expected July employment...

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US Economy Unexpectedly Sheds 23,000 Jobs in July as Unemployment Rate Dips to 4.1%, Fed Bets Shift

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed jobs in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, delivering a surprise decline that...

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Figma Stock Plunges 18% Despite 48% Revenue Growth as Cautious Q3 Outlook Spooks Investors Once Again

Shares of Figma tumbled Thursday, falling 17.64%, or $4.97, to $23.18, after the design software company's second-quarter earnings report showed...

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SolarEdge Stock Plunges 30% After Weak Q3 Guidance Overshadows Surprise Profit and Drags Solar Sector Lower

shares plunged Wednesday, closing down 30.48% at $33.90, after the solar equipment maker's disappointing third-quarter revenue outlook...

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Riot Platforms Shares Climb Ahead Of Earnings As Bitcoin Miner's AI Pivot Draws Fresh Attention This Week

Shares of Riot Platforms climbed to $23.30, up 8.05%, on Wednesday as the Castle Rock, Colorado-based bitcoin mining company prepared to report...

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Nvidia Shares Jump Nearly 4% After SpaceX Names Chipmaker Its Exclusive AI Hardware Provider

Nvidia shares climbed to $219.78 by mid-morning Wednesday, up 3.70%, after SpaceX confirmed the chipmaker would serve as the exclusive hardware...

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SpaceX Reports $7.8 Billion Revenue In First Earnings As Public Company, Stock Falls On Lockup Fears

SpaceX reported a second-quarter loss of $541 million on revenue of $7.8 billion Tuesday, delivering its first earnings report as a publicly traded...

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ASX 200 Jumps 1.03% To 9,111.9, Nearing Record High As Wall Street Rally Lifts Australian Shares Tuesday

SYDNEY — Australian shares surged Tuesday morning, with the S&P/ASX 200 climbing 92.6 points, or 1.03%, to 9,111.9 by 11:39 a.m. AEST, putting...

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Oracle Shares Surge Nearly 6% as AI Cloud Momentum and Easing Geopolitical Tensions Lift Tech Stocks

Oracle Corp. shares advanced nearly 6% in midday trading Monday, climbing to around $138 amid a broader rally in technology stocks and renewed...

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World's Top 5 Real Estate Companies by Revenue in 2026: CBRE Leads with Strong Growth

The global real estate sector in 2026 continues to be dominated by a mix of commercial services giants, major developers and specialized property...

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Kraken Robotics Shares Climb as Record Orders and Covelya Deal Lift 2026 Outlook

Shares of Kraken Robotics Inc. advanced more than 9% in early European trading Monday, reflecting continued investor focus on the company's...

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Nikkei 225 Falls as Stronger Yen From Rare Joint US-Japan Currency Intervention Hits Exporter Shares

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.94% on Monday, dropping 607.12 points to close at 63,754.90, as a sharply strengthening yen following a...

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IES Holdings Shares Soar 32% After Blowout Earnings Beat And A Surprise Two-for-One Stock Split Announcement

Shares of IES Holdings surged 31.56% in Friday morning trading, climbing $180.40 to $751.94, after the Houston-based electrical and technology systems...

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Amazon Shares Soar Nearly 15% After Record AWS Growth Calms Investor Fears Over Massive AI Investments

NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. shares surged nearly 15% on Friday, climbing $34.79 to $270.29, after the company reported second-quarter results that...

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SpaceX Stock Nears All-Time Low As Investors Weigh Coming Insider Lockup And Its Long-Term Growth Story

SpaceX shares closed at $108.37 Friday, down 3.41% for the session, trading within striking distance of the stock's all-time low of $107.01 set...

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Meta Shares Climb Nearly 2% After Steep Drop as AI Spending Hits Cash Flow Despite Robust Ad Growth

NEW YORK — Meta Platforms Inc. shares rose nearly 2% on Friday to $548.78, gaining $9.74, as the stock found some footing a day after plunging on...

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Lenovo Group Shares Jump Nearly 10% as Broader Asian Tech Rally Follows Microsoft's Blowout Earnings

Shares of Lenovo Group surged 9.75% on Friday, climbing 2.12 Hong Kong dollars to reach 23.86 Hong Kong dollars, as the world's largest personal...

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Nebius Group Shares Extend Gains as $1 Billion AI Deal Builds on Thursday's Historic Rally to New Highs

Shares of Nebius Group climbed 2.89% Friday morning, adding $5.45 to reach $193.88, extending a remarkable two-day rally that has seen the artificial...

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KOSPI Surges A Record 17.9% As Samsung And SK Hynix Rebound After Microsoft's Blockbuster Earnings Beat

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index staged the largest single-day rally in its history Friday, surging 17.91% to close at 6,595.45, as chipmaking...

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KOSPI Falls for a Third Consecutive Day as Even Samsung's Record Earnings Fail to Halt the Selloff Today

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index fell for a third straight session Thursday, extending one of the steepest market corrections in the...

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Manhattan Associates Stock Jumps 27% as Cloud Revenue Growth Powers Record Second-Quarter Results Today

Shares of Manhattan Associates surged 26.70% in Wednesday morning trading, climbing $44.90 to $213.07, after the supply chain software company...

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Dow Falls Nearly 1% as Iran Attack and Rising Oil Prices Rattle Wall Street Before Fed Decision Today

U.S. stocks slid Wednesday morning after Iran launched a surprise attack on American forces overnight, pushing oil prices higher and adding fresh...

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Lovisa Shares Surge Nearly 8% To Top The ASX 200 Gainers List Despite Total Silence From The Company

Shares in fashion jewellery retailer Lovisa Holdings surged nearly 8% on Wednesday to lead gains across the S&P/ASX 200, extending a volatile...

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Amkor Technology Stock Plunges 24% As Weak Third-Quarter Outlook Overshadows Record Earnings Beat Today

Shares of Amkor Technology plunged Tuesday morning, falling 23.95% to $46.17, extending a steep two-day slide even after the semiconductor packaging...

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Boeing Stock Rises Nearly 4% As Revenue Beats Estimates And Cash Flow Turns Positive For First Time In Years

Boeing shares climbed Tuesday, rising 3.75% to $219.44, after the aerospace giant reported second-quarter revenue that beat Wall Street expectations...

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Johnson & Johnson Stock Hits Record High After $5.5 Billion Talc Cancer Lawsuit Settlement

Johnson & Johnson shares climbed to a record high Tuesday, rising 1.99% to $271.20, after the healthcare giant agreed to pay $5.5 billion to...

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PepsiCo Stock Rises Nearly 3% as Shares Rebound From 52-Week Lows Amid Blue-Chip Rally Today

PepsiCo Inc. shares climbed Tuesday, rising 2.73% to $143.61, adding $3.82 as the beverage and snack giant participated in a broader rally among...

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