Nvidia becomes first company to briefly top $5.5 trillion market cap

Nvidia on Wednesday saw its market capitalization briefly trade above $5.5 trillion, becoming the first company in history to reach that level, according to Dow Jones Market Data. At Wednesday’s ...

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall as PPI accelerates and Trump visits China

Stocks are lower early Wednesday as Wall Street focused on economic data that points to rising inflation as the Iran war drags on.

Semiconductor names have never before held this much sway over the stock market. History shows that could be a problem.

Semiconductor stocks have become an unusually large force in the U.S. stock market, underscoring how much of the latest rally ...

You can earn 5% — or more — on your savings account right now. Here are 4 ways to pick the right one

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Amazon Launches New AI Shopping Assistant

Amazon launched a new AI shopping assistant called Alexa for Shopping, bringing its Rufus feature that offers customers product information on its digital platforms together with its Alexa+ ...

Arrow Electronics Approves $1 Billion Buyback Program

Arrow Electronics' board approved a new share repurchase program of up to $1 billion. The authorization replaces the company's existing share repurchase program. Last week the company reported $9.47 ...

Nvidia Announces Startup Partnership to Build Reinforcement-Trained AI

Nvidia said it is working with the artificial intelligence startup Ineffable Intelligence to build more reinforcement-learning agents. The chipmaker wants to build more of the AI agents, which learn ...

Masco Details Growth Strategy, Sets 2028 Financial Targets

Masco also issued financial targets for 2028 including organic sales growth of about 3% to 4% annually, adjusted operating margin of at least 18%, and adjusted earnings per share compound annual ...

VNET Shares Rise on Deal to Sell Shares to New Investors

VNET shares rose after the company said it had new strategic investors. The stock climbed 18% to $10.65 in premarket trading Wednesday. Through Tuesday's close, shares were up 7% this year. The ...

Milestone Shares Fall on Unexpected 1Q Loss

Milestone Pharmaceuticals shares fell after the company reported first-quarter results that missed analysts' expectations. Shares fell 11% to $1.70 in Wednesday's premarket trading. The company posted ...

What’s at stake as Trump and an army of CEOs go to China

In a word: lots. And the outcome of the critical summit won’t affect just Washington or Wall Street. President Donald Trump ...

Stock futures mixed after wholesale inflation jumps by most since 2022

U.S. stock futures were mixed Wednesday morning after data showed that producer prices rose 1.4% in April — the largest advance since March 2022 — according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...