Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Accenture — Shares popped 7.3% after the consulting company reported more than $900 million in generative artificial intelligence bookings for its third quarter, bringing the total to $2 billion for this fiscal year. Gilead Sciences — The biopharma stock surged 7.7% after the company said a…

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.  Apu Gomes | Getty Images Shares of Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer jumped Thursday after Elon Musk revealed that the two hardware…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Accenture — The tech stock jumped 8.6%. While Accenture missed earnings and revenue expectations in its latest quarter, according to FactSet, the information technology company posted more than $900 million in new generative AI bookings. Trump Media & Technology Group — Shares tumbled nearly 12% after…

People walk past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018.  Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — Ratings agency Fitch no longer expects China to cut its policy rate this year, and has pushed back its expectations for a reduction to next year as the…

Steve Cohen, chairman and CEO of Point72, speaking to CNBC on April 3, 2024. CNBC Billionaire investor Steve Cohen’s Point72 plans to launch a separate, artificial intelligence-focused hedge fund to capitalize on the boom, according to a person close to the firm’s plans. The new long/short equity fund, to be launched later this year or early…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. La-Z-Boy – The stock soared more than 19% after the furniture company topped Wall Street expectations for the fiscal fourth quarter. La-Z-Boy reported adjusted earnings of 95 cents per share on revenue of $554 million. This is above earnings estimates of 70 cents per share on…

Optimism is high on Wall Street at the midpoint of the year. Investors are the most bullish they have been since November 2021, according to the global fund manager survey, or FMS, released Tuesday from Bank of America Securities. Not only are portfolio managers not anticipating a recession, but they are also betting big on…

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogan Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway has scooped up more shares of Occidental Petroleum over each of the past nine trading sessions, driving his gigantic stake in the Houston-based oil and gas producer to…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security in Afghanistan and in the regions of South and Central Asia, in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is accusing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading: La-Z-Boy — Shares jumped more than 9% after La-Z-Boy’s latest quarterly results beat expectations. The furniture company posted fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 95 cents per share on revenue of $554 million. Analysts polled by LSEG anticipated earnings of 70 cents per share on revenue of…