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China’s consumer prices climb as Covid prompts food stockpiling

Fresh vegetable prices rose by 24% year-on-year in April as consumers stocked up to prepare for potential stay-home orders. Pictured here is a delivery driver for Alibaba’s Hema Fresh supermarket in Beijing on May 10, 2022. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer and producer prices rose more than expected in […]

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Pfizer deal will help expand reach of migraine pill

Pfizer’s purchase of migraine medication maker Biohaven Pharmaceutical represents a commitment to expand the reach of its calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) franchise, CEO Vlad Coric told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “There are still over 300,000 physicians in the US who write for the older triptans and have not yet written for one oral CGRP,” […]

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Upstart CEO defends increased loan balance, says the AI ​​lending platform’s model hasn’t changed

In an interview Tuesday with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Upstart Holdings CEO David Girouard sought to downplay investor concerns about the increased loan balance held on the financial technology firm’s balance sheet at the end of its first quarter. Shares of the artificial intelligence lending platform plunged 56.42% Tuesday, closing at $33.61 apiece, one day after […]

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Economy

April’s consumer price index report expected to show inflation has already peaked

Shoppers inside a grocery store in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, May 2, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images April’s consumer price index report is expected to show inflation has already reached a peak — a development that some investors say could temporarily soothe markets. But economists say, even with a […]

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Markets

Market is signaling to buy beaten-down, profitable tech names

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday stressed the importance of changing market strategies when the market shifts, saying right now the market says to buy beaten-down tech growth names. “Many tech companies that make real things and return capital to shareholders now do sell at reasonable prices after the tsunami of selling. … I’m talking about […]

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Stock futures are little changed ahead of key inflation reading

Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Tuesday ahead of a key inflation reading. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed about 15 points. S&P 500 futures were marginally lower and Nasdaq 100 futures were near flat. The moves come after the Dow fell for a fourth consecutive day Tuesday in a volatile […]

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43% of investors say they’re too nervous to get into markets right now

Sarote Pruksachat | time | Getty Images The stock market has been off to a rough start this year. The S&P 500 Index is currently down more than 16% year to date through Monday’s close. That’s sparked worry for some investors. Some 43% said they’re too nervous to invest in the market right now, according […]

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Economy

Fed’s Waller promises to tackle inflation, says mistakes of the ’70s won’t be repeated

Christopher Waller, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller pledged Tuesday that the rate-setting group wouldn’t make the same mistakes on inflation […]

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Peloton, Upstart, Vroom and more

A Peloton Interactive Inc. logo on a stationary bike at the company’s showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Adam Glanzmann | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Peloton – Shares tumbled 12% after the equipment maker disclosed it’s piling up excess inventory and burning […]