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Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence prospects are impressive. But the stock has more to offer investors than just the new tech. Jim Cramer said Microsoft shares could bottom Wednesday — and out of all the megacap tech stocks, this Club name is the one to buy. Microsoft closed at a record high of $467 on July

A sign is posted in front of a Dollar Tree and Family Dollar store on March 13, 2024 in Rio Vista, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of Dollar Tree fell about 10% in premarket trading Wednesday after the discounter cut its full-year outlook, citing increasing pressures on middle-income and higher-income customers. The retailer

People walk past the logo of Samsung Electronics in Seoul on July 7, 2022. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd turned in its best April-June profit since 2018 on Thursday, underpinned by strong sales of memory chips to server customers even as demand from inflation-hit smartphone makers cools. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images

Four-time NBA Champion Steph Curry is already planning for life after basketball. The 10-time NBA All-Star spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Tuesday about the rest of his basketball career, his various businesses and goals for after his playing career ends. The 36-year-old Curry has a media company, Unanimous Media, and a youth

Zilch CEO Phil Belamant. Zilch British financial technology firm Zilch on Tuesday reported its first-ever month of profit, marking a key milestone for the company as it looks toward an eventual initial public offering. In a trading update, Zilch, which competes with the likes of Klarna and Block in the buy now, pay later space,

JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines airplanes proceed to gates after landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 30, 2024. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Airlines that spent years clamoring for new jets are changing their tune. Cash-strapped, low-cost and deep discounter airlines are putting off

Hinterhaus Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Travel spending among American households continues to outpace its pre-pandemic levels, a trend underpinned by a zeal for international trips, according to new Bank of America research. “A key part of travel momentum lies within vacationing abroad,” Taylor Bowley and Joe Wadford, economists at the Bank of America

Lululemon lowered its guidance and posted its first revenue miss in more than two years on Thursday after it botched a highly anticipated product launch and growth slowed in the Americas.  The company now expects full-year net revenue to be between $10.38 billion and $10.48 billion, down from a previous range of between $10.7 billion

People walk past the image of the ‘Monkey King’ character, or ‘Sun Wukong’ of Chinese action role-playing game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’, developed by Chinese video game company Game Science, during its launch day in Hangzhou, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on August 20, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING – China’s first attempt

Mike Tirico is seen on the set of NBCUniversal Paris 2024 Olympics coverage on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France.  Kristy Sparow | Getty Images Comcast’s NBCUniversal has a longstanding bet on the Olympics, but this summer the company threw all of its resources at the Games in a bid to grab more viewership —

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at Yanqi Lake in Beijing on August 27, 2024.  Ng Han Guan | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to speak over the phone in “coming weeks,” the White

The Travel Agency on Fifth Avenue in New York Cityis an adult-use recreational marijuana dispensary. Courtesy: The Travel Agency Cannabis consumption has turned a corner — and now it’s on Fifth Avenue. Shoppers walking along the iconic New York stretch of retailers can pick up jewels from Cartier and new threads from Saks, as well

Warren Buffett tours the grounds at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Wednesday, the first nontechnology company in the U.S. to score the coveted milestone. Shares of the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate have rallied more than 28%

The Hollywood sign is viewed during a clearing storm. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images For over 100 years, Hollywood has transported audiences to worlds outside their own, from the slick streets of New York City to the yellow bricks of Oz.  Hundreds of acres of land in Los Angeles are dedicated

Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett turned 94 on Friday and his sprawling, one-of-a-kind conglomerate has never been worth more than it is today. Berkshire Hathaway became the first nontechnology company to top a

A vial labelled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax‘s updated protein-based Covid vaccine for emergency use in people ages 12 and up on Friday, paving the way for the shot to compete with Pfizer and Moderna‘s jabs

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping (R) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 29, 2024.  Trevor Hunnicutt | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he raised concerns about the country’s focus on economic

Ulta Beauty shares sank 7% in extended trading Thursday as the company fell short of second-quarter expectations and trimmed its full-year guidance after a decline in same-store sales during the most recent period. It was the company’s first earnings per share miss since May 2020 and first revenue miss since December 2020. Comparable sales for