43+ min ago (274+ words) " Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG): Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META) is in talks to spend billions on Google's AI chips, the Information reported, as Google steps up efforts to compete directly with Nvidia. Shares in Alphabet, Google's parent company, rose premarket." Nvidia (NVDA): Shares in the sem " Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG): Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META) is in talks to spend billions on Google's AI chips, the Information reported, as Google steps up efforts to compete directly with Nvidia. Shares in Alphabet, Google's parent company, rose premarket. " Nvidia (NVDA): Shares in the semiconductor maker sold off ahead of the open, as did other chip stocks, including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM). " SoftBank (JP:9984): Shares in the Japanese technology conglomerate slid 10% amid worries that Google's updated Gemini language model will intensify competition for OpenAI, a major SoftBank investment. " Alibaba (HK:…...

43+ min ago (113+ words) A Walmart advertisement for Black Friday deals in Times Square, New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) U.S. stock and bond markets are closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving. They will reopen for a shortened Black Friday session. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Exchange will close at 1 p.m. ET on Friday. Bond markets will close at 2 p.m. There is one more market holiday left this year: Christmas. Trading will finish early on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Markets will reopen on Friday, Dec. 26, for a regular trading session. The day after Thanksgiving'and the days after that'are a dream for some shoppers, and a nightmare for others....

43+ min ago (283+ words) Tesla's European sales almost halved last month, undermining hopes that the revamped Model Y will revive the company's fortunes in the region. The electric-vehicle maker sold 6,964 cars in Europe in October, down from 13,519 in the same month last year, according to data released Tuesday by local t Tesla's European sales almost halved last month, undermining hopes that the revamped Model Y will revive the company's fortunes in the region. The electric-vehicle maker sold 6,964 cars in Europe in October, down from 13,519 in the same month last year, according to data released Tuesday by local trade body ACEA. That gave it a market share of just 0.6%. Year to date Tesla's sales have fallen 30% in the region compared to the same period of 2024, despite a broader rebound in EV sales. Consumers have turned to new EV models made by local giant Volkswagen as…...

43+ min ago (88+ words) Michael Dell speaking at a conference in October. His namesake company is due to post results late Tuesday. (Michael Short/Bloomberg News) Before Thanksgiving travel and Black Friday shopping grab the spotlight, some notable earnings and delayed economic reports are due. Here's what to watch for: Earnings (a.m.): Abercrombie & Fitch, Alibaba, Analog Devices, Best Buy, J.M. Smucker, Kohl's Earnings (p.m.): Autodesk, Dell, HP, Workday Other economic reports: Retail sales for September, home-price indexes and pending home sales, business inventories and consumer-confidence data...

43+ min ago (281+ words) " This is an online version of my Markets A.M. newsletter. Get investing insights in your inbox each weekday by signing up here'it's free. "The stock market's thousand-dollar club was worth every penny. When Netflix split its stock 10-for-one last week, it left that exceptional group'members of A split doesn't affect the value of an investor's shares, and brokers offering fractional ownership now make splits unnecessary. But there's a longstanding tendency to bid prices up on the news. Analysts at UBS have said the effect has averaged about two percentage points in the session following a split announcement. There was even a gimmicky split-focused fund that shut down in 2017. Far more common are reverse splits, which reduce shares outstanding. They predominate because most stocks perform poorly (indexes march higher because of a small number of winners). Companies fearful of delisting, often "penny…...

59+ min ago (88+ words) Michael Dell speaking at a conference in October. His namesake company is due to post results late Tuesday. (Michael Short/Bloomberg News) Before Thanksgiving travel and Black Friday shopping grab the spotlight, some notable earnings and delayed economic reports are due. Here's what to watch for: Earnings (a.m.): Abercrombie & Fitch, Alibaba, Analog Devices, Best Buy, J.M. Smucker, Kohl's Earnings (p.m.): Autodesk, Dell, HP, Workday Other economic reports: Retail sales for September, home-price indexes and pending home sales, business inventories and consumer-confidence data...

59+ min ago (155+ words) Retail earnings are back in focus on Tuesday, with results due from Kohl's, which named a new CEO yesterday, and Best Buy. So far this reporting season, chains including Walmart and T.J. Maxx parent TJX have logged strong results, suggesting a solid holiday shopping season ahead. Shutdown-delayed economic data is also due, including retail sales and the producer-price index, both for September. The PPI will be among the last inflation readings the Federal Reserve sees before its rate decision next month. Rising expectations for a cut have kick-started markets in recent days. Stock futures were little changed early Tuesday, while indexes in Europe and Asia inched higher. Chinese gauges got a boost after Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping spoke on Monday and the U.S. leader said he would visit Beijing in April. Bitcoin prices held below $90,000. " Get smarter about markets with our…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago (162+ words) Adri" Calatayud is deputy breaking news editor for the EMEA desk at Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona. Adri" covers European telecommunications, media and logistics companies. He was previously a market insights writer and a reporter at the U.K. desk in Barcelona. Before joining the company in 2017, he worked for Spanish news agency EFE as a correspondent in China and the U.S. EasyJet Posts Higher Profit on Growth Across Businesses Headline pretax profit rose to "773 million for its fiscal fourth quarter from "724 million in the year-earlier period U.K. budget airline easyJet reported a higher headline pretax profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, helped by revenue increases across its core airline business and its expanding vacation-services unit. The company said Tuesday that headline pretax profit, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items, rose to 773 million pounds ($1.01 billion) in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from 724 million…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago (131+ words) Inside Atlanta's First Government-Funded Supermarket... (Second column, 6th story, link) Inside Atlanta's First Government-Funded Supermarket Goal is for store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years ATLANTA'When the Azalea Fresh Market opened this summer, it became the only supermarket to operate in this city's downtown in two decades. To make that happen, the city contributed $8 million in cash and other grants. Now, this 20,000 square-foot store is the beginning of what officials hope will be more publicly funded, but privately run supermarkets to come. The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years. The city is already aiding the construction of a second planned store 6 miles away, expected to open next year....

1+ hour, 38+ min ago (194+ words) Lara Seligman is a national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, where she covers the White House and the Pentagon. She previously spent four years at Politico as a defense reporter.Lara's reporting on the military and the defense industry has taken her around the world, with time spent covering geopolitics in real time in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.Lara previously covered the Pentagon and national security for Foreign Policy. She also has written for publications including the Washington Post and Defense News. Top Army Official Meets Russians in U.A.E., Signaling New Phase in Peace Talks Driscoll continues in his unexpected diplomatic role Army Secretary Dan Driscoll met with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi on Monday and Tuesday, a sign that talks to end the war in Ukraine have hit a new phase involving direct…...