A selection of one kilogram silver bars at Conclude Zrt bullion dealer arranged in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the best trades of the year just staged a massive reversal overnight. Silver slid 7% on Monday, after topping $80 an ounce for the first…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DigitalBridge — The private equity firm that invests in data centers and other assets surged more than 32% after Bloomberg News, citing unnamed sources, said Japan’s SoftBank is in advanced talks to acquire DigitalBridge. The deal could be announced as soon as Monday, Bloomberg reported. Nvidia…
This photo taken on February 2, 2024 shows Lu Yu, head of Product Management and Operations of Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, showing a virtual girlfriend profile on her phone, at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China plans to restrict…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Freeport-McMoRan — The miner rose 3.1% as gold and other metals scaled to record levels. Target — The retailer rose more than 1% after The Financial Times reported, citing sources, that hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management made a big investment in Target. Pressure from the…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — The semiconductor firm’s stock rose 0.5% after it agreed to pay $20 billion to acquire assets from artificial intelligence startup Groq, marking its largest purchase ever. Micron Technology , SanDisk — The digital memory firms’ stocks were up after DigiTimes reported , citing industry…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nike — The sportswear stock rose 2% after a filing showed that Apple CEO Tim Cook bought nearly $3 million worth of Nike shares. Dynavax Technologies — The biopharmaceutical stock surged 38% after Sanofi said it will acquire Dynavax in a deal with a total equity…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. ServiceNow — Shares of the software company fell nearly 3% after it said it would acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion . The deal, which should close next year, will bolster ServiceNow’s cybersecurity offerings. Mining stocks — With prices of gold, silver and copper at…
Members of the Federal Reserve rate-setting committee say they are factoring increased labor productivity into their economic forecasts as artificial intelligence technology becomes more widely adopted. Fed Chair Jerome Powell addressed this topic in his December news conference, saying that in past technology waves “there’s always been more work and higher productivity and incomes have…
Citadel plans to return about $5 billion in profits earned in 2025 back to investors at the beginning of next year, according to a person familiar with the matter. The firm’s flagship-multistrategy fund, known as Wellington, gained 9.3% in the year through last week, the person said, who asked not to be named discussing performance…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services — The shipping services firm jumped 10% after its executives said a board is evaluating multiple competitive acquisition proposals. Novo Nordisk — The drugmaker jumped 7% in the premarket after the company’s GLP-1 pill received approval from the Food and Drug Administration….
