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Roblox Falls After Quarterly Bookings Miss Analysts’ Views

(Bloomberg) — Roblox Corp., the developer of a video-game platform that’s widely used by preteens, fell as much as 7.8% in late trading after reporting second-quarter bookings that missed Wall Street estimates. Bookings, a measure of sales, rose to $665.5 million, the San Mateo, California-based company said Monday, missing the $683.3 million average of analysts’ estimates. In July, daily active users rose 8% from the prior month to 46.6 million. Roblox doesn’t provide forecasts. To… Source link

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Economy adds back 943,000 payrolls, unemployment rate falls to 5.4%

U.S. employers added back more jobs than expected last month, with payroll gains moving in tandem with improving economic activity and consumer mobility during the recovery. The jobless rate also fell to the lowest level since March 2020, improving more than expected.  The U.S. Labor Department released its July jobs report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Change in non-farm payrolls: +943,000… Source link

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Amazon Q2 revenue falls short of estimates, Q3 forecasts disappoint

Tech juggernaut Amazon (AMZN) reported its Q2 2021 earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, missing expectations on revenue and falling short on Q3 guidance. Here’s are the most important numbers from Amazon’s report compared to analysts’ expectations as compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue: $113.08 billion versus $115.06 billion expected EPS: $15.12 versus $12.22 expected AWS revenue: $14.81 billion versus $14.18 billion expected Amazon’s stock was off as much as 5% following the earnings… Source link

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Robinhood opens at $38 per share, falls 5% in first hour of trading

Robinhood shares began trading Thursday under the ticker HOOD, opening on the public markets at $38 per share. The shares had also been priced at $38. In the first half hour, the stock dropped around 5% to around $36. The stock was expected to be priced between $38 and $42, coming in at the lower end of the range, and giving the company a valuation of $32 billion.  The investing app offers a simple and mobile-first way for investors to buy stocks, ETFs, and even cryptocurrency and played a… Source link

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Foreign investment in US housing market falls to a record low

The U.S. housing market was a bright spot during most of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it didn’t get any help from international buyers, many of whom couldn’t even travel to the U.S. The dollar volume of existing-home purchases by foreign buyers for the 12-month period ending March 2021 fell 27% to $54.4 billion, while the number of homes bought by foreigners fell 31% to 107,000 units, according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released Monday. The dollar volume… Source link

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Intel’s Sales Forecast Falls Short as Data Center Unit Sags

(Bloomberg) — Intel Corp., the world’s biggest semiconductor maker, gave a lackluster third-quarter sales forecast, indicating its data-center chip business continues to suffer market-share losses in the face of stiffer competition. Sales in the current period will be about $18.2 billion, Intel said in a statement Thursday. That compares with average analyst projections of $18.3 billion. Adjusted gross margin, a measure of profitability, will be about 55%, the company said, and per-share… Source link

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U.S. homebuilder confidence falls to 11-month low in July

By Evan Sully (Reuters) -U.S. homebuilder confidence in the market for single family homes fell in July to its lowest level since August 2020, driven by shortages in both supply and labor. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index declined to a reading of 80 this month from 81 in June. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the index to advance marginally to a reading of at 82. A reading above 50 means more builders view market conditions as favorable than poor. The index hit an all-time… Source link

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Intel Falls on Latest Server Chip Delay; Rival AMD Gains

(Bloomberg) — Intel Corp. fell after saying a new version of its Xeon server chip line will go into production in 2022, rather than by the end of this year as promised, the latest in a series of delays that have cost the company technology leadership of the chip industry.Rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose after Intel said Tuesday that a chip design, code-named Sapphire Rapids, will begin production in the first quarter of 2022 with the “ramp” beginning the following quarter. The… Source link

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Biden’s approval rating falls as both Republicans and Democrats grow more concerned about crime

Rising worries about crime among both Democrats and Republicans are starting to create a drag on President Biden’s approval rating, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — and could signal larger challenges for the president’s party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The survey of 1,592 U.S. adults, which was conducted from June 22 to 24, found that a significant majority (55 percent) now describe “violent crime” as a “very big problem” in the United States — far more… Source link

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