Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming sales report promises to start in an era of first for the chip business, the most important of which formally forgets its past reputation as primarily a gaming card company and fully embraces its role in shaping data centers. Nvidia NVDA, + 1.05% is scheduled to report …
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Text size Chinese retail sales fell unexpectedly in July. Getty Images The S&P 500 closed Friday almost unchanged, as investors mixed data weighing on consumer confidence and retail sales against an upcoming trade meeting between Chinese and U.S. officials. While headline U.S. retail sales figures missed forecasts, with a monthly …
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(Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images) Getty Images Text size Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19 to navigate the markets today. • President Donald Trump said Friday that McKesson would work with the U.S. government to spread a coronavirus vaccine if one is approved. …
Read More »Novavax stock jumps on vaccinated deal with South Korean firm
Text size Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg Novavax said it has a deal with SK Bioscience to produce the antigen component of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate during the pandemic period. The stock jumped more than 9% Thursday morning. Novavax (ticker: NVAX) said its development and supply agreement with the South Korean …
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KE Holdings Inc. became China’s first public offering to raise $ 2 billion from a U.S. listing since iQiyi Inc. on Thursday, when its share saw 87% close. Less than an hour later, iQiyi gave a stark reminder of the rocky path many young Chinese stocks have taken on U.S. …
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