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Oil Prices Rise and Natural Gas Surges as Russia Cuts Supplies to Eastern Europe

Gazprom warned Polish and Bulgarian state companies that gas would stop flowing.

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McDonald’s Stock Rises on Strong International Sales

Global same-store sales jumped 11.8% in the first quarter. Consumer spending is roughly in line with expectations despite record inflation levels.

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Stocks Had a Great Day. Tech Earnings Lit the Fire.

The U.S. economy contracted at a 1.4% annual rate in the first quarter, as the trade deficit soared to a record high and inflation began to weigh on consumer demand.

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Stocks Crumbled to Finish April. It’s the Worst Start to a Year in Decades.

High inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Covid lockdowns in China have all weighed heavily on the stock market.

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Trump Won’t Be Returning to Twitter. But He’s ‘Back’ on Truth Social.

Shares of Digital World Acquisition, the blank-check company behind Trump’s Truth Social, are surging.

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Auto Giant Magna Crushes Earnings but the Stock’s Down. There Aren’t Enough Cars.

Magna International reported first quarter earnings per share of $1.28 from $9.6 billion in sales. Wall Street was looking for EPS of $1.07 from $9.1 billion in sales.

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Alibaba, JD.com Stocks Jump as Chinese Government Pledges More Stimulus

Tech stocks in China are leading a broader rally after the government signals determination to hit its growth target.

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AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm Stocks Fall After Intel Flags Problems Ahead

PC sales are slowing as the Covid-19 pandemic phase looks to be ending and the economic outlook is uncertain, raising concerns for chip makers.

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ARK Innovation ETF Gave Up Its Huge 2020 Gains After the Market Selloff

Cathie Woods' flagship exchange-traded fund rocketed 153% in 2020, but that's all gone now, with ARK Innovation ETF down 48% so far this year.

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Amazon Prime Day Is Moved to July. Can That Help Get Amazon Stock Back on Track?

Deutsche Bank estimates that Prime Day in 2021 took in sales of about $3.5 billion.

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Elon Musk’s Idea for ‘Open Source’ at Twitter Sounds Good. Here’s Why it Might Not Work

Open algorithms, user authentication, subscription privileges. Some of the billionaire’s prescriptions for Twitter seem easier said than done—or understood.

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Apple Will Have a Tough Next Quarter. The Headwinds Are Temporary, Wall Street Says.

The tech giant says it expects supply constraints to crimp revenue in the June quarter.

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Wayfair, Shopify, and eBay Stocks Are Dragged Lower by Amazon’s Sales Disappointment

E-commerce stocks drop Friday as Amazon's dip in sales fuels skittishness over the sector.

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Atlassian Stock Falls on Profit Guidance Miss. But Analysts Note Demand Strength.

Atlassian's adjusted earnings forecast for its fiscal fourth quarter misses expectations but its cloud growth is praised by Wall Street.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk Disclosed More Stock Sold. Now He’s Done, Probably.

Now investors know one reason shares of the EV maker have been falling. Elon Musk sold about 9.6 million shares over three days.

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Chinese Internet Stocks Are Off to the Races. Be Cautious.

For Chinese stocks to have a more lasting recovery, Beijing needs to avoid a prolonged Shanghai-like Covid lockdown.

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Spotify Saw Podcasting as a Panacea. Instead, It Produced Lots of Costs.

The music streamer plunged into podcasting to expand profit margins and its audience. But just the opposite has happened, and profitability has proved elusive. Now the road ahead looks rocky.

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GE Stock Is Overpriced, What Ails Teladoc, and More From Analysts

Problems linked to free cash flow and other factors argue against the stock. Also, Wall Street opinions on Fiserv, Beam Global, Teladoc Health, and Barrett Business Services.

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Twitter Has Problems. How Elon Musk Can Turn the Platform—and Social Media—Around.

The company has another chance to fix itself, while demonstrating a new model for social media. Here’s how the billionaire can turn around the platform.

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Big Tech Couldn’t Save the Stock Market. 5 Things We Learned From Tech Earnings.

There wasn’t much to celebrate in Big Tech earnings, but there was plenty to learn about the state of the world and the economy.

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Apple and the Rest of Big Tech Couldn’t Save the Stock Market

The only takeaway to be drawn from a volatile week of earnings reports was that we shouldn’t get our hopes up.

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Elon Musk Needs to Make Twitter a Financial Success. Here’s How He Can Do It.

Musk will need to balance financial prudence with his broader vision for the company, given the expected rise in its interest costs once the deal closes.

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Facebook: Clean Up Targeted Ads

Letters on Meta Platforms, the Fed’s dilemma, silver vs. gold, Altria Group, and James Anderson’s views on tech’s exponential growth

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Here’s What’s Next for Tesla Investors Now That Elon Musk Sold Stock

Leave it to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to make something as dry as an annual meeting of stockholders interesting.

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Apple Suppliers Given Priority for Factory Restarts in Shanghai Region

Local authorities are pushing to resume plant operations in the area following weeks of Covid-19 restrictions as the U.S. tech giant warned that the pandemic’s resurgence in China could dent sales.

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