Asian markets did not change much in early trading on Friday, after shares fell on Wall Street when the stalemate over a second coronavirus relief plan continued on Capitol Hill. Japanese Nikkei 225 NIK, + 0.06% was almost flay, while Hong Seng’s Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.05% 0.2% glide. The …
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Cisco Systems Inc. shares recorded their worst one-day drop in nearly a decade Thursday, following the network giant’s decision to circle the wagons in the form of cost cuts, as the company suffers from increasingly selective business expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cisco CSCO, -11.18% shares, which fell as much …
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Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, but often rhymes.” Ed Yardeni, chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research, applies those words to what, for most observers, should feel like a unique climate for playing the market these days. But that is not necessarily the case, according to Yardeni. …
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Text size Getty Images U.S. equities stand despite the lack of progress in efforts to negotiate another stimulus package and further data showing strengthening inflation. Shortly after the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average averaged 263 points, or 1%, up 27,950. The S&P 500 also advanced 1%, while the Nasdaq …
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Cisco Systems Inc. will expect to benefit from technical expenditures of large companies despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but the struggle of smaller companies could take its toll. Cisco CSCO, -1.13% is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal revenue on Wednesday afternoon, always a crucial barometer for IT spending, which turned out …
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