He Xiaopeng, founder of Chinese EV company Xpeng, said on Aug. 27 that the startup’s next ten years will focus on integrating artificial intelligence. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company launched its new mass-market Mona brand on Tuesday with prices starting as low as $16,812, far…

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Nordstrom – Shares jumped about 7% after the company’s second-quarter earnings topped analysts’ estimates. The retailer reported adjusted earnings of 96 cents per share, topping consensus forecasts of 71 cents per share, according to LSEG. Meanwhile, revenue of $3.89 billion missed the estimate for $3.90 billion.…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Paramount Global — The media conglomerate’s stock dropped 7.2% after Edgar Bronfman Jr. abandoned his pursuit of a takeover, clearing the way for Skydance to follow through on its roughly $8 billion acquisition deal reached in July. The Skydance deal, expected to close in the first…

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Klarna said it posted a profit in the first half of the year, swinging into the black from a loss last year as the buy now, pay later pioneer edges closer toward its hotly anticipated stock…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Paramount Global — The media conglomerate’s stock dropped nearly 5% after Edgar Bronfman Jr. withdrew his bid for the media company. This clears a path for Skydance Media to take over Shari Redstone’s media empire. Paramount expects the deal with Skydance to close in the first…

The company logo adorns the side of the BHP gobal headquarters in Melbourne on February 21, 2023. – The Australian multinational, a leading producer of metallurgical coal, iron ore, nickel, copper and potash, said net profit slumped 32 percent year-on-year to 6.46 billion US dollars in the six months to December 31. (Photo by William…

Hedge funds and mutual funds — two of the biggest investor groups — piled into a handful of the same stocks last quarter in anticipation of changing market leadership and higher volatility, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street bank analyzed the holdings of 693 hedge funds with $2.8 trillion of gross equity positions as…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Boeing — Shares fell more than 1% after NASA announced Saturday it will turn to SpaceX to bring back two astronauts from the International Space Station. Boeing has said its Starliner was safe for the astronauts to fly home in case of an emergency — despite…

Major Chinese companies’ latest quarterly reports reinforce how the local market is one for stock pickers. “There has been outperformance, but it has been unique to certain companies,” Lorraine Tan, director of Asia equity research at Morningstar, said in a phone interview with CNBC Pro. “The trend is, across the board, more so weakness reflecting…

It appears more investors are eyeing dividend stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision in September. Paul Baiocchi of SS&C ALPS Advisors thinks it is a sound strategy because he sees the Fed easing rates. “Investors are moving back toward dividends out of money markets, out of fixed income, but also importantly toward…