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Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. Palantir Technologies — Palantir stock rose 1% in after-hours trading after the software company reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street expectations, with government revenue up 52% from a year ago. Palantir had adjusted earnings of 21 cents per share on sales of $1.18 billion in the period, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected earnings of 17 cents per share on sales of $1.09 billion. Palantir also announced better-than-expected fourth-quarter guidance as the commercial business driving its AI platform continues to grow. Vertex Pharmaceuticals —…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earl Sears and Democratic gubernatorial candidate former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).Anna Moneymaker | Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesVirginia voters are poised to elect the first female governor on Tuesday and cast their votes in the state’s scandal-plagued election for attorney general.Whether the winner is Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger or the state’s Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earl Sears, the gubernatorial race will be historic.Virginia is one of 18 states that has never had a female governor. The winner will succeed Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is term-limited and cannot run again.Opinion polls for the…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached an agreement with China to stabilize the flow of rare earth materials and products from China, a key component for many high-tech and military products, officials announced Tuesday. EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčović met and held discussions with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao in Brussels on Friday. Chinese government’s rare earth export regulations Olof Gil, spokesperson for the European Commission, the executive arm of 27 countries, spoke about the European regulations published in April and October and the European regulations on semiconductor sales. Like the United States, Europe has a large…
In Cebu, residents evacuated to rooftops and cars drifted along flooded roads.Typhoon Karmaegi has hit the central Philippines, killing at least 26 people, according to the country’s Office of Civil Defense (OCD).Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate after Karmaegi made landfall shortly before midnight on Monday, with residents taking shelter on rooftops and cars adrift on flooded roads.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe powerful storm moved across the Visayas and also hit parts of two other islands: Luzon and Mindanao.By noon local time on Tuesday (04:00 GMT), Karmaegui had moved west across Cebu, Negros…
Investigators say the four suspects in custody on suspicion of involvement in last month’s spectacular robbery at the Louvre are local petty criminals with no ties to organized crime. Paris prosecutor Laure Becuaux said the group of three men and one woman lived in or around the Seine-Saint-Denis, a suburb north of the French capital. One of the men is a 37-year-old with 11 previous convictions, 10 of them for robbery, Baquo said in an interview with radio station France Info on Sunday. She said the man had a “various criminal history, but not one that would typically suggest involvement…
A wave of youth-led “Gen Z” protests is sweeping the world. A repeated slogan during recent protests in Morocco was “We want hospitals, not stadiums”, reflecting how publicly funded services such as health and education are being ignored. In Madagascar, power outages and water outages sparked protests that ousted the government. Rooted in high levels of inequality, lack of public services, and generational grievances, these protests reflect a rupture in the social contract between governments and young people.This week the World Summit on Social Development will be held in Qatar. This is the first such summit in 30 years to…
ClickUp has redesigned its productivity platform and released new AI assistant capabilities in an effort to create a one-stop shop for customers. The company said the core of this release was made possible thanks to its acquisition of Qatalog, an enterprise search startup that has raised more than $29.5 million from backers including Salesforce Ventures, Aomico, Prototype Capital, Mosaic Ventures, Tiny VC, and Possible Ventures. ClickUp releases two types of AI agents with the 4.0 release. The first is the agent present in every communication channel. The agent is designed to actively search for questions that users may have asked…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday there are other options if he loses, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear President Donald Trump’s landmark tariff case. The high court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on whether President Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by enacting sweeping tariffs against U.S. trading partners.At issue is the president’s ability to use trade measures as an economic policy tool. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Bessent expressed confidence that his administration will win but has further tools in place in case the decision goes in the opposite…
Traders at work at the New York Stock Exchange on November 3, 2025.new york stock exchangeStocks fell on Tuesday, weighed down by declines in artificial intelligence stocks such as Palantir, as investors grew increasingly concerned about the valuations of bull market-leading stocks.of S&P500 Although it fell by 0.6%, Nasdaq Composite It decreased by 0.9%. of Dow Jones Industrial Average You lost 95 points, or 0.1%.Palantir Shares fell 7% even as the software company beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter and provided strong guidance driven by growth in its artificial intelligence business. Palantir is expected to have revenue of…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025. Hamad Mohammed | ReutersNorway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has announced it will vote against Elon Musk’s multi-trillion dollar salary package. teslaheld its annual shareholder meeting this week to push back against Mr. Musk’s management guidance and threat to resign if the deal is rejected.Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund and is the world’s largest of its kind and Tesla’s largest shareholder, announced on Tuesday that it had already voted against Musk’s compensation package as the automaker’s CEO.”While we appreciate…