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Profit beats expectations as AI boom drives 54% hike

An image of a semiconductor wafer at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Jan. 11, 2022.I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 54% hike in net profit, as global chipmakers continue to benefit from demand boosted by...

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LCID, DFS, PPG and more

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Discover Financial — Shares inched lower by 1%. The financial services company posted third-quarter results that surpassed expectations, with earnings of $3.69 per share on $4.45 billion of revenue. Analysts polled by LSEG were calling for earnings of $3.42 per...

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UAL, MS, ASML, PLD and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Novavax — Shares plunged more than 17% after the biotech company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a clinical hold on its application for a Covid and influenza combination shot as well as a stand-alone flu vaccine. United...

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Abbott Labs shines with a strong quarter and a buyback announcement

Medical device maker Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday delivered better-than-expected quarterly results and upped its earnings guidance for the third straight quarter. Shares rose more than 1%, shaking off an initially subdued reaction. Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 rose 4.9% to $10.64 billion, topping estimates of $10.55...

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187,000 jobs added, fewer than expected

Job growth in July was less than expected, pointing to a slower pace in the U.S. economy though perhaps not a long-anticipated recession, the Labor Department reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 187,000 for the month, slightly below the Dow Jones estimate for 200,000. Though the headline number was a...

Here’s everything you need to look for in Friday’s July jobs report

Miami Beach, Florida, Normandy Isle, 7ty One Venezuelan restaurant, interior with customers dining and wait staff cleaning up. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesFriday's jobs report could provide a crucial piece to the increasingly complicated puzzle that is the U.S. economy and its long-anticipated slide into recession.Wall...

Galvin launches investigation into brokers’ use of AI

The state of Massachusetts is concerned about what it calls a growing and potentially unchecked use of artificial intelligence in the securities industry. On Wednesday, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin announced that his securities division would launch an investigation into how firms are using AI to engage with Massachusetts...

State regulators, PIABA still resist Finra remote supervision plan

State regulators and securities plaintiffs’ attorneys continue to resist a Finra plan that would allow brokerages to conduct remote supervision of their registered representatives. In March, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. released a proposal that would treat a home office from which a broker is supervising other reps as...