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The first Wayfair brick-and-mortar store prepares to open on May 02, 2024 in Wilmette, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesOnline home goods company Wayfair saw sales decline in its fiscal second quarter as its CEO likened the current…

The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock in Somerset, England, on Feb. 17, 2024.Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBritish oil giant Shell on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit…

One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — Barclays on Thursday reported second-quarter net profit attributable to…

A worker walks past a pile of lithium ore at a Talison Lithium Ltd. site, a joint venture between Tianqi Lithium Corp. and Albemarle Corp., in Greenbushes, Australia.Carla Gottgens | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLithium mining giant Albemarle…

Meta Platforms on Wednesday reported better than expected quarterly results, delivering revenue at the high end of guidance thanks to a roughly 22% increase in advertising dollars. While there are still concerns about the company's…

In an aerial view, a sign is posted on the exterior of a Carvana car vending machine on in Daly City, California, on July 19, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesShares of Carvana jumped as much as 14% during after-hours trading Wednesday as…

Rene Haas, chief executive officer of Arm Holdings plc, during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesArm shares fell more than 13% in extended trading on Wednesday after…

Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon speaks at a news conference during CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 4, 2022.Steve Marcus | ReutersQualcomm reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street…

GE Healthcare on Wednesday morning reported a mixed second quarter and shares initially moved sharply lower. The stock then reversed higher as the post-earnings call got underway. Management made it clear that they think that weakness in…

DuPont on Wednesday reported another beat-and-raise quarter, continuing a recovery partly driven by growing demand for AI chips — and rewarding our patience with the stock. Net sales in the three months ended June 30 totaled $3.17 billion,…

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesMeta is slated to report second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after…

A "Now Hiring" sign is seen at a FedEx location on Broadway on June 07, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesPrivate job growth slowed further in July while the pace of wage gains hit a three-year low, payrolls…

A logo is seen on the Boeing stand on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, south west of London, on July 22, 2024.Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty ImagesBoeing reported a bigger loss and weaker revenue than analysts…

People shopping at the downtown market, Cour Lafayette, in Toulon, on July 27, 2024.Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas | Afp | Getty ImagesHeadline inflation in the euro zone unexpectedly rose to 2.6% in July, the European Union's statistics agency…

Aaron P | Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty ImagesEurope's largest lender HSBC on Wednesday declared a share buyback program of up to $3 billion, as pretax profit for the first half of the year beat expectations on the back of a…

Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, rings the opening bell at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 15, 2024. Brendan McDermid | ReutersPinterest shares sank about 15% when the company reported its second-quarter earnings on…

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday proved it is an emerging force in the AI chip race, as its data center business helped fuel better-than-expected quarterly results. Revenue in the three months ended June 29 advanced 9% year over year to…

Microsoft delivered an overall strong quarter after Tuesday's market close, but a miss on Azure revenue growth put shares under pressure in extended-hours trading. Revenue increased about 15% year over year to $64.73 billion in its fiscal…

Starbucks served up better-than-feared quarterly results Tuesday night, sending shares of the coffee giant higher in extended trading. The company is by no means out of the woods yet, but the encouraging market reaction supports our recent…

Starbucks glass art on a store in Tokyo.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesStarbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts' expectations as both its U.S. and international cafes faced weaker demand.Still, the…

Lisa Su at the Keynote: Lisa Su in Conversation with Ryan Patel as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Travis P. Ball/SXSW Conference & Festivals…

Chuck Smith monitors the manufacturing process of the series 6 solar panels during a tour of a First Solar plant in Walbridge, Ohio, on Oct. 6, 2021.Dane Rhys | ReutersFirst Solar reported second-quarter results Tuesday that beat revenue…

Procter & Gamble on Tuesday reported a messy fiscal fourth quarter, putting shares of the Tide detergent and Pampers maker on pace for their worst day in two years. The stock is understandably down, but this is not a thesis-changing…

Stanley Black & Decker on Tuesday morning delivered solid quarterly results — enhanced by strong cash flow performance, allowing management to raise its full-year guidance. The stock continued its recent rally. Revenue fell 3% year over…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the company's Build developer conference in Seattle on May 21, 2024.Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty ImagesMicrosoft is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after U.S. market close on…

A JetBlue Airways plane takes off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 31, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways shares jumped more than 17% on Tuesday after the airline…

The exterior view of the entrance to Merck headquarters in Rahway, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2024.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesMerck on Tuesday reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street's expectations as it…

Procter & Gamble on Tuesday reported mixed quarterly results, but the company's volume increased for the first time in more than two years.Volume excludes pricing, making the metric a more accurate reflection of demand than sales. Over…

Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer on Thursday reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that blew past expectations and raised its full-year outlook, benefiting from its broad cost-cutting program,…

The MSC China is being seen at the dock in Antwerp, Belgium, on July 18, 2024. The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970.Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe…