At times, it's hard to believe that the company now called Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) had its initial public offering (IPO) more than 10 years ago. For most of that decade-long stretch, Meta (originally known by the name of its key asset, Facebook) was the social media stock for many. It still anchors the acronym for the group of stocks that have come to symbolize cutting-edge tech: the FAANG stocks.
Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Friday as most megacap growth stocks rose after robust quarterly results from Alphabet pushed its market value over $2 trillion, while an in-line inflation reading calmed interest rate jitters. Lifting sentiment further, Microsoft rose 2.5% on beating Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit, driven by gains from AI adoption across its cloud services. Other growth stocks also traded higher on the results, with Amazon.com and Nvidia up 2.9% and 5.0%, respectively.
M&S's best-selling Magic Jeans are back in stock in all five colours and are sure to sell out fast.
The Nasdaq composite rallied sharply in the stock market today, helped by strong earnings reports from Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet.
Angela van den Bogerd gave evidence for a second day at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in central London on Friday.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stagflation could be one of a number of possible outcomes for the U.S. economy as the Federal Reserve attempts to tame stubbornly high consumer prices. In an interview with The Associated Press at a Chase branch opening in The Bronx, Dimon said he remained “cautious” about the U.S. economy and said inflation may be stickier for longer and that “stagflation is on the list of possible things” that could happen to the U.S. economy. “You should be worried about (the possibility of stagflation),” Dimon said.
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Mr Biden had previously hedged on debating his indicted opponent
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Edwards Lifesciences stock underperformed its peers on Friday, sliding on light sales of its transcatheter aortic heart-valve replacements.
A woman who admitted to forcing an 18-year-old Brantford woman into prostitution could face jail time. Carly Creor of Caledonia was among five people arrested after the victim called police from a Guelph hotel room in early 2020. Three co-conspirators — Daniel Campbell, Dragisa Lucic and Joshua Hillock — were convicted in October 2022 of human trafficking, procuring, and profiting from trafficking and sexual services. A fourth accused, Crystal-Anne Marier, was acquitted of the same charges. She
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Driving while high on cocaine is “acceptable” to more than one in five young drivers, a survey has revealed.
In a historic move, Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) has approved a $70 billion share repurchase program and it's first-ever quarterly dividend. The dividend, set at $0.20 per share, will be distributed to eligible shareholders on June 17, 2024. Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman breaks down the details. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Wealth! This post was written by Angel Smith
Fresh from a mid-week 5-0 romp over semi-pro Simcoe County in Canadian Championship play, Toronto FC faces a much stiffer test Saturday when it returns to league action at Orlando City. While Toronto (4-4-1) goes into the weekend in fifth spot in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference, seven places and four points ahead of Orlando (2-3-3), it is winless in its last eight meetings with Orlando (0-6-2) dating back to 2019. The Florida team, which had to divide its time between league and CONCACA
Like Brown and fellow lineman Orlando Brown Jr., Amarius Mims weighed over 340 pounds at the combine. He's also 6-foot-8 and listed as having strong hands and a great mix of size and proportionality.
Police launched an investigation into the teacher after the boy's parents heard rumors about the abuse, according to one report
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