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IBM's adjusted earnings and revenue top expectations

Modest gains on Wall Street sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its fifth consecutive advance on Wednesday, as market participants welcomed earnings and measured tone from the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during his two-day congressional testimony. Upbeat outlook for the economy from the Fed's Beige Book also provided support for markets. The S&P 500 rose 6.10 points, or 0.2%, to 2,815.65. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 79.54 points, or 0.3%, to 25,199.43. The Nasdaq... Читать дальше...

Dow extends winning streak to fifth session

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This woman wonders whether she should give her brothers a chance to own this family heirloom.

On the rival social platform Twitter, many users wondered whether Zuckerberg — having drawn a line between Holocaust denialism and, say, the long-standing claim by Alex Jones of InfoWars and others that the Newtown, Conn., elementary-school massacre of December 2012 was staged, calling out the latter as a falsehood — was actually suggesting the facts of the Holocaust were not settled.

Shares of Papa John's International Inc. and Wendy's Co. rose late in the trading session Wednesday after a report in The Wall Street Journal said ousted founder and chairman John Schnatter had held talks to merge the pizza company with Wendy's. The talks between officials from both companies were preliminary and started before Schnatter stepped down as chairman last week over the use of a racial slur, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter. Talks have cooled since Schnatter's ousting, the report said. Читать дальше...

Oil prices end higher Wednesday, finding support from a bigger-than-expected decline in gasoline stocks, despite a surprise climb domestic crude supplies and record weekly production.

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Shares of Take Two Interactive Software popped in late-afternoon trade Wednesday, after Samantha Greenberg, chief investment officer at Margate Capital Management said there was more than 40% upside potential in the video-game maker. Speaking at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference, Greenberg , a prominent hedge-fund investor, said while Margate was bullish on the entire video-game sector, Take-Two possessed the best potential for a run-up. She has a price target of $176 on the stock, which represents... Читать дальше...

It’s tough to measure something when no one can agree on what’s actually being measured.

Oaktree Capital co-chairman Howard Marks says the U.S. economy was in its 8th inning, indicating it is the final stages of economic expansion

A popular U.S. dollar index extends its gains on Wednesday, reflecting a broad advance in the buck against its major rivals.

Buffett's Berkshire stock is having its best day in 7 years after buyback change

Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway were having their best day in nearly seven years on Wednesday, as Wall Street cheered the change in the company’s share repurchase policy, with one analyst calling it a “major positive catalyst.”

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump's "no" in response to the question of whether Russia was still targeting the U.S. was referring to his willingness to take more questions. "The president was saying 'no' to answering questions," he said. "We certainly believe we are taking steps to make sure they can't do it again." Watch the rest of the Sanders press briefing.

Oaktree Capital co-chairman Howard Marks said the U.S. economy was in its 8th inning, indicating it is the final stages of economic expansion, at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference in New York on Wednesday. But the baseball analogy only has so much to give, Marks said, because "this isn't baseball and we don't know how many innings there will be." The late-stage economy is leading investors to push out their growth horizons, Marks said. And while that was symptomatic of optimism in the prolonged growth cycle... Читать дальше...

Oaktree Capital co-chairman Howard Marks said the U.S. economy was in its 8th inning, indicating it is the final stages of economic expansion, at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference in New York on Wednesday. But the baseball analogy only has so much to give, Marks said, because "this isn't baseball and we don't know how many innings there will be." The late-stage economy is leading investors to push out their growth horizons, Marks said. And while that was symptomatic of optimism in the prolonged growth cycle... Читать дальше...

U.S. oil prices finished with a gain on Wednesday, reversing earlier losses that were fed by a surprise climb in U.S. crude inventories and record weekly domestic production. Prices managed to extend a modest gain from a day earlier, which followed news of fresh production woes in Libya. A teleconference held by the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee Wednesday revealed that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies reached a production-cut agreement compliance level of 121% in July... Читать дальше...

Gold prices settle slightly higher on Wednesday, ending a three-session streak of declines as a benchmark dollar index eased back toward session lows, allowing the yellow metal to avoid a finish in correction territory.

The rapidly expanding U.S. economy is running out of room to grow any faster as shortages of skilled workers and rising costs of raw materials handcuff businesses, according to the Federal Reserve’s periodic review known as the Beige Book.

The European Union will impose import tariff quotas of 25% on a number of steel products Thursday to protect the European market from the effects of the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum

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Bond investors seem more concerned about rising U.S. interest rates than China tariffs, writes Ed Yardeni.

Worker shortages, rising costs hemming in U.S. economy, Fed's Beige Book finds