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File photo (Picture credit: AP) US stocks were mixed in uneasy trading on Tuesday as companies flagged weakening consumer confidence and investors continued reassessing the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate earnings.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged after swinging between a modest gain and a drop of nearly 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 28 points, or 0.1%, to 49,536.63, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.1% to 22,532.05 in early trading.Consumer-focused stocks under pressureShares of General Mills tumbled 6.9% after the maker of Cheerios, Nature Valley and Pillsbury products warned that customers are feeling uneasy. The company cut its…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks are little changed to start the shortened trading week, with the Nasdaq , the S & P 500 , and the Dow all trading near their flatlines. The Dow and S & P 500 are coming off their fourth losing week of the last five, while the Nasdaq just posted its fifth straight negative week. The sell-off has been driven by persistent instability in software names including Salesforce , CrowdStrike , Palo Alto…

Michael Selig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman, testifies in a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill, Nov. 19, 2025.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed an amicus brief in federal court on Tuesday to assert the agency’s right to enforce prediction markets instead of individual states, according to its new chairman, Michael Selig.Selig argued in a Monday Wall Street Journal op-ed that the CFTC has always had authority over prediction markets and determining whether the event contracts constitute gambling, as critics allege. Selig noted nearly 50 active…

Medtronic’s unchanged annual outlook clouds upbeat quarterly results Source link #Medtronics #unchanged #annual #outlook #clouds #upbeat #quarterly #results

Kotak Mahindra Bank on Monday informed the stock exchanges that its Board of Directors has approved key changes at its meeting held on February 17, 2026.The Board accepted the request of Dr. Ashok Gulati to retire as an Independent Director upon completion of his term on March 5, 2026.In the same meeting, the Board appointed Ramesh Ganesh Iyer as an Additional Director and Independent Director of the Bank for a period of four years, effective February 17, 2026, subject to the approval of the shareholders.The Bank confirmed that Iyer is not debarred from holding the office of Director pursuant to…

Six-time NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss said new majority owner Mark Walter’s access to capital will help the team best compete with the NBA’s top franchises — and that her late father, Jerry Buss, would have supported the sale. “What was important to him was that the Lakers stay at the top of the NBA, and to stay at the top of the NBA, you need to have the resources,” Buss said. “You need to have everybody pulling together. And he would want [that for] the Lakers, because the Lakers are his legacy.”While the NBA has a…

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Nvidia shares have gone nowhere this year, but a Cantor Fitzgerald analyst sees next Wednesday’s earnings report as the first of a few notable catalysts. Source link #Nvidias #stock #approach #Heres #earnings #mark #start #big #rally

Image source: BT Group plc To say that BT (LSE: BT.A) has put in a mixed performance over the decades is putting it lightly. Even now, the BT share price is not even a quarter of what it was in the dotcom boom over a quarter of a century ago. Still, recent performance has been encouraging. Indeed, over the past year alone, the share has leapt 38%. Even after that share price growth, BT offers a dividend yield of 3.9%. That puts it well above the FTSE 100 average. Have I missed the boat – or could it still be…

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and France’s Safran have agreed to establish a joint venture for the local production of HAMMER precision-guided munitions in India. The partnership, formalised following discussions led by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Emmanuel Macron, aims to reinforce India’s domestic defence capabilities and align with the country’s drive to lessen reliance on imported advanced weaponry. Both firms will hold equal equity in the venture, which is expected to facilitate significant technology transfers and support self-reliance within the sector. The joint venture will be set up with an initial authorised share capital of Rs 1 lakh, consisting of…