View across the Hangang River in Seoul, South Korea. Universal History Archive | Universal Images Group | Getty Images South Korea avoided a technical recession as its economy expanded by 0.6% from the previous quarter, beating expectations, according to advance estimates. This was higher than the 0.5% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and a…
The SK Hynix Inc. logo is displayed on a glass door at the company’s office in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. SK Hynix aims to select a U.S. site for its advanced chip packaging plant and break ground there around the first quarter of next year. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty…
According to CNBC’s Jim Cramer, this market is hard to pin down. On Wednesday he described a fraught environment, highlighting both positive and negative themes that are driving the action. “It’s mixed. Some good, some bad…When it gets all good, it will be too good. When it gets all bad, it’ll be too bad,” he…
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna appears at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 16, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images IBM shares fell as much as 6% in extended trading on Wednesday after the tech conglomerate issued second-quarter results that topped Wall Street projections. Here’s how the company did in comparison…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump said the administration is considering ending capital gains taxes on home sales to boost the housing market. When asked about…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and earnings expectations, but the company said it would raise its capital investments by $10…
Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by the Trump administration to unseal the transcripts of grand jury proceedings related to a criminal investigation of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Florida in the mid-2000s. The ruling does not affect two other pending…
A Magic: The Gathering card is displayed on a mobile phone during a weekly tournament at the Uncommons hobby shop in New York, U.S., on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Mark Abramson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toy and gaming giant Hasbro topped Wall Street expectations for the fiscal second quarter as strength in its digital…
A Sold sign in front of a home under construction at the Waterways subdivision in Gulf Shores, Alabama, US, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images Real estate experts are weighing in on a potential end to capital gains tax on home sales — as floated by President Donald Trump…
The Texas Instruments headquarters in Dallas, Texas, US, on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. N. Johnson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Texas Instruments shares plunged 12% after the automotive and industrial semiconductor supplier warned of ongoing tariff aftershocks. The company said it expects third-quarter earnings between $1.36 and $1.60 per share, a midpoint of $1.48 per…
