In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images As McDonald’s and health authorities race to contain a deadly E. coli outbreak, the burger chain faces challenges […]

US stocks edged up before the bell on Friday as Treasury yields tipped lower, but with markets still on track for weekly losses with earnings season well underway. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) rose roughly 0.2%, after the benchmark snapped a three-day losing streak. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) added 0.1%, while contracts on the

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday as a dip in Treasury yields provided slight reprieve, though all major indexes remained on course for weekly losses. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield eased, after rising as high as 4.26% earlier in the week, and was trading

People walk past an advertisement for the iPhone 16 Pro at an Apple store during National Day holiday on October 3, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple rejoined the ranks of the top five smartphone vendors in the China in the third quarter, helped by the launch

Key Metric Reddit will report earnings Tuesday after the market closes, with analysts expecting higher revenue but a larger net loss than the same time last year. Shares have surged since Reddit went public in March, with the stock more than doubling from its offer price. Analysts expect international growth and AI-related data licensing deals

It’s no secret that tech stocks have been powering the market gains over the past few years, and software stocks were among the biggest drivers of this growth. Multiple factors are propelling the software industry forward, such as the rapid advancement of AI technology, high demand for IT solutions, and the ongoing expansion of the

Shares of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) advanced 169% and 83%, respectively, over the past year amid soaring interest in artificial intelligence (AI). But certain Wall Street analysts expect the stocks to fall sharply over the next 12 months, as detailed below: In August, Rishi Jaluria at RBC Capital Markets

Smoke rises after North Korea blows up sections of inter-Korean roads on its side of the border between the two Koreas, according to South Korea’s military, as seen from the South Korean side, October 15, 2024, in this screen grab from a handout video. South Korean Defense Ministry South and North Korea troops potentially entering

Trump Media stock is surging over the past month, shooting up 198%. The recent catapult comes after the stock tumbled to an all-time low of $12.15 on Sept. 23. The stock is now trading at $36.30 a share. Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) is the holding company that owns Truth Social, the upstart social

Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging to increase the housing supply and make it more affordable, especially for first-time home buyers. She’s preaching to the choir of voters who rank housing affordability as a top-three issue in the election — about 25%, according to the results of a survey by Ipsos and Redfin, released on