A worker rides a bicycle past a housing complex under construction in Beijing on May 17, 2024.  Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised its forecast for China’s growth this year to 5%, from 4.6% previously, due to “strong” first quarter figures and recent policy measures.…

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Robinhood — The retail brokerage added 4.5% after the company announced a $1 billion share repurchase program. Robinhood management expects to execute the program over a two- to three-year period starting in the third quarter of 2024, a press release said. Cava Group — The stock…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: GameStop — Shares jumped 25.16% following the video game retailer’s announcement on Friday that it made about $933 million from a stock sale. Gambling stocks — DraftKings and U.S.-traded shares of FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment fell 10.29% and 7.73%, respectively. Illinois Senate approved the state’s budget…

The New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 28, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Years of work on Wall Street to pick up the pace of trading will be put to the test this week. If all goes well, most people won’t notice the difference. Starting Tuesday, trades of stocks…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. GameStop — Shares surged nearly 27% following the company’s announcement on Friday that it had made around $933.4 million from a stock sale. The company sold 45 million common shares. Nvidia — The chipmaker jumped 3% premarket, continuing its post-earnings rally after its quarterly earnings report…

A top exchange-traded fund provider is betting on the long-term popularity of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Roundhill Investments’ GLP-1 & Weight Loss ETF (OZEM), which began trading last week, pairs leaders Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk with players developing new treatments for weight loss and diabetes. CEO Dave Mazza said his firm is capitalizing on…

Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform AliExpress is a UEFA Euro 2024 sponsor and has signed David Beckham as its global brand ambassador. AliExpress BEIJING — Soccer star David Beckham will promote Alibaba‘s international e-commerce platform, AliExpress, in its biggest global brand ambassador partnership to date, the business unit announced Monday. The deal comes against the backdrop…

A U.S.-listed Chinese company that makes most of its money overseas could soar more than 75%, according to Morgan Stanley’s newly updated forecasts. Asia equity analyst Yang Liu and a team not only raised their price target on Tuya by 50 cents to $3.50 last Tuesday, but on Thursday issued a separate note saying they…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ross Stores — The discount retailer popped nearly 10% on strong first-quarter results. Ross Stores posted earnings of $1.46 per share on $4.86 billion in revenue. That topped the EPS of $1.35 and $4.83 billion in revenue expected by analysts polled by LSEG. Booz Allen Hamilton…

Aleksandarnakic | E+ | Getty Images You may be saving more money for retirement and not even know it. An increasing share of employers are automating how people save in their company 401(k) plans, in a bid to overcome the inertia that often keeps us from building a nest egg. “Automatic escalation” — or auto-escalation,…