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Getty Images; Chris Ratcliff | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Amazon and Google parent Alphabet just closed out their steepest monthly drops since the 2008 financial crisis. The internet giants both reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results this week, hurt by a combination of macroeconomic factors, the war in Ukraine and tough comparisons to blowout numbers during the pandemic. Amazon tumbled 23.8% in April, its biggest decline since falling 25.4% in November 2008, the same month… Source link

Stephen Curry and the Warriors are moving on. (AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors hadn’t been in this position in, well, years. And it showed. Despite trailing entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors rallied in the final period to knock off Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, 102-98, in Game 5 of their opening round playoff series. That win officially closed out their series 4-1 and pushed Golden State to the next… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, April 18, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Excuse me while I take a brief trip down memory lane before I drop the hammer on the topic du jour — Elon Musk’s battle for Twitter. Prior to my time at Yahoo Finance when I was leading… Source link

Associated Press UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to talk safety support The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s director-general arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance” to ensure the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities, the agency said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Rafael Mariano Grossi’s aim is to “to initiate prompt safety and security support” for Ukraine’s nuclear sites. It said that… Source link

Contracts on Wall Street’s key benchmarks crawled in post-market trading Monday after U.S. stocks closed lower to end a choppy session wrought by mixed corporate earnings and renewed Federal Reserve worries ahead of a fresh inflation report due out this week. Futures on all three main indexes were flat ahead of overnight trading after equities extended a streak of volatility that has become the norm this year so far. In Monday’s main session, the S&P 500 faltered after its best weekly rise… Source link

The spirit of instant replay reviews is plays should only be overturned if there is conclusive evidence the call on the field was wrong. NFL officials don’t often follow that.  On Saturday, it certainly wasn’t conclusive that the ground helped Titans defensive back Amani Hooker grab an interception. It was so close, you could watch the replay dozens of times and still not know. Two people could watch the replay and have differing opinions.  It was really close. But ultimately, Hooker’s play… Source link

(Bloomberg) — China is planning to ban companies from going public on foreign stock markets through variable interest entities, according to people familiar with the matter, closing a loophole long used by the country’s technology industry to raise capital from overseas investors. Most Read from Bloomberg The ban, intended in part to address concerns over data security, is among changes included in a new draft of China’s overseas listing rules that may be finalized as soon as this month,… Source link

Sweetgreen (SG) shares closed 76% higher — at $49.50 each — on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The salad restaurant chain almost doubled its valuation during its public debut. Shares opened at $52 each after the IPO was priced at $28.  Sweetgreen sold 13 million shares, raising $364 million in the initial public offering.  The company has been expanding beyond urban areas into suburban communities. It also has a growing online order presence.  “We built out a… Source link

Stock futures opened flat to slightly lower Monday evening after yet another record-setting session on Wall Street.  Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked down. The blue-chip index closed out an eighth straight day of gains on Monday, or its longest winning streak since 2017, to notch a fresh record high and close above the 4,700 threshold for the first time ever. Both the Dow and Nasdaq Composite also eked out record-setting gains. Equity investors rode an extended wave of optimism over solid… Source link

Rent the Runway (RENT) started trading above its IPO price on Wednesday before dipping below that level over the course of the session. Shares closed the session down 8% at $19.29 each. The stock had opened at $23 per share after the fashion rental company priced its debut at $21 each, at the top of its marketed range.  The company raised $357 million in the public offering. Rent the Runway offers subscribers “the world’s largest shared closet” of over 18,000 styles by more than 750… Source link