Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Dollar Tree — Shares tumbled 20% after the discount retailer slashed its full-year outlook for net sales and adjusted earnings per share. Dollar Tree cited increasing pressures on middle- and higher-income customers. GitLab — The software developer’s stock soared 17% thanks to a strong third-quarter earnings…

Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks at the Milken Global Conference 2024 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s suite of hedge funds at Citadel eked out small gains in what proved a volatile month in August as markets grappled…

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Nvidia — Shares of the artificial intelligence darling pulled back nearly 2% following a report from Bloomberg that the U.S. Department of Justice subpoenaed the chip company in concert with a broader antitrust investigation. Dick’s Sporting Goods — Stock in the retailer fell about 1% despite…

Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia’s semiconductor and associated stocks slipped Wednesday morning, following a steep plunge in Nvidia’s share price in the U.S. overnight. In the U.S., chipmaker Nvidia plunged more than 9% in regular trading, leading semiconductor stocks lower amid a sell-off on Wall Street. Economic data published Tuesday resurfaced jitters about the…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Cleanspark – The crypto miner’s stock plunged more than 13%. Cleanspark released its mining update for August, which showed that it mined 478 bitcoins last month. That marks a drop from 494 in July and 659 in August last year . Vaxcyte – Shares were recently…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. United States Steel — The industrial stock plunged 6% after Vice President Kamala Harris opposed the planned sale of United States Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel. She made these statements during a Labor Day rally in front of union members in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she said…

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,…

HANGZHOU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 – Photo taken on Sept 1, 2024 shows a newly built building of China Vanke in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.  Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s property struggles and U.S. sanctions have significantly affected some of its cities, even as others benefit from Beijing’s tech…

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…

An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building’s facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ Jonathan Ernst | Reuters While British fund manager abdrn predicts that the U.S. economy will see a soft landing, there is still the risk of a prolonged slowdown in 2025, said Kenneth Akintewe, the company’s head of Asian sovereign…