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(Releads on e-commerce investment) By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW, July 28 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex said on Wednesday it intends to spend around $650 million on e-commerce initiatives this year, more than previously planned, after reporting strong second-quarter results and upgrading its 2021 revenue forecast. Group revenue this year should now be between 330 and 340 billion roubles ($4.49-$4.63 billion), Yandex said, up from 315-330 billion roubles previously. Second-quarter… Source link

The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company’s headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo MOSCOW, July 28 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O) on Wednesday reported a 34% rise in second-quarter adjusted net income compared with a year ago and raised its 2021 group revenue forecast to between 330 and 340 billion roubles ($4.49-$4.63 billion). Yandex, which is spending $400-500 million on an e-commerce drive this year… Source link

By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian internet giant Yandex said on Wednesday it intends to spend around $650 million on e-commerce initiatives this year, more than previously planned, after reporting strong second-quarter results and upgrading its 2021 revenue forecast. Group revenue this year should now be between 330 and 340 billion roubles ($4.49-$4.63 billion), Yandex said, up from 315-330 billion roubles previously. Second-quarter revenue jumped 70% year-on-year to 81.4 billion… Source link

(Corrects to remove reference to three stocks in fourth paragraph) * Social media stocks rally after strong results * AmEx jumps on blowout Q2 profit * Intel sales forecast implies rocky second half of 2021 * Indexes up: Dow 0.39%, S&P 0.44%, Nasdaq 0.26% By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal July 23 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Friday, helped by megacap technology stocks and strong earnings from social media companies, while a weak sales forecast from Intel hit chipmakers amid… Source link

The key to profitable investing is building a profile that combines powerful potential with an economical point of entry. It’s a strategy that will frequently suggest a closer look at stocks in the micro- and small-cap size range, companies with valuations less than $2 billion. These smaller firms frequently feature share prices below $10, and triple-digit upsides to sweeten the pot. Using TipRanks’ database, we’ve found two stocks that fit this profile: A market cap under $500 million and… Source link

Tension between President Joe Biden and tech giant Facebook (FB) stands at a fever pitch, even after Biden on Monday walked back earlier remarks accusing social media platforms of facilitating the spread of vaccine misinformation and contributing to U.S. deaths from COVID-19, New York Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang told Yahoo Finance on Monday. “It felt like he was actually retreating a little bit — but the frustration and tension right now between the White House and Facebook still… Source link

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) kicked off the second quarter earnings season for bulge-bracket backs on Tuesday, reporting better-than-expected earnings results that were bolstered by a strong economy and the release of credit reserves. Here are the key figures versus estimates, according to Bloomberg: Adjusted earnings per share (EPS): $3.78 vs. $3.15 estimate Excluding credit reserve releases: $3.03 per share Revenue: $31.4 billion vs. $30.06 billion estimate During the quarter, the largest U.S. bank by… Source link

(Adds shares, analyst comment)    STOCKHOLM, July 13 (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia said on Tuesday it planned to raise its full-year outlook as business picked up pace in the second quarter, sending the telecom equipment maker’s shares up more than 6%.    The company, which will provide the new outlook on July 29 while reporting second-quarter results, had earlier projected 2021 net sales of 20.6 billion to 21.8 billion euros ($24.4-$25.85 billion).    Nokia had been struggling against… Source link

Stocks can flirt with a price bottom for a lot of reasons. Usually, however, investors will assume that there is something fundamentally unsound about the stock, or the company. Perhaps its business model is flawed, perhaps its product has grown unpopular – these, and many more factors can drive the share price down. But sometimes, perhaps just as often, a stock price will fall when there is no underlying unsoundness. A spate of bad news, a quarter that misses expectations, or a bad sales… Source link

Crypto currencies have been around long enough that we can’t really describe them as ‘the next big thing’ anymore – they’re here and they’re part of the financial landscape. For stock traders, the rise of crypto brings a unique opportunity – not only in crypto currencies themselves, but in the technology that supports them. The blockchain technology that makes crypto secure, and the digital mining operations that generate new units of crypto currency, require a strong foundation… Source link