Carvana Shares Extend Decline Amid Rising Vehicle Reconditioning Costs
Earnings James Calloway

Carvana Shares Extend Decline Amid Rising Vehicle Reconditioning Costs

Carvana shares continued to slide, dropping 1.6% to $327.55, after Q4 results revealed increased costs reduced per-vehicle profit. Revenue reached $5.6 billion.

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Applied Materials Posts Modest Gain Despite Legal Charge; Nvidia Results Loom
Technology Sarah Chen

Applied Materials Posts Modest Gain Despite Legal Charge; Nvidia Results Loom

Applied Materials shares advanced about 1% Friday, closing near $373, after disclosing a $253 million legal settlement charge in its quarterly filing. Revenue for the period declined 2% to $7.012 billion, with China representing 30% of sales.

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Netflix Deadline Looms as Warner Bros Bidding War Enters Final Phase
Markets Daniel Marsh

Netflix Deadline Looms as Warner Bros Bidding War Enters Final Phase

Netflix stock gained 1.2% as investors await the company's response to Paramount's competing bid for Warner Bros Discovery assets before Monday's deadline.

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MicroStrategy Rises with Bitcoin Rebound as Annual Report Details Debt Strategy
Crypto Sarah Chen

MicroStrategy Rises with Bitcoin Rebound as Annual Report Details Debt Strategy

MicroStrategy shares advanced alongside bitcoin's recovery, with the company's annual report revealing contingency plans involving share issuance or bitcoin sales to address its substantial long-term debt.

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Western Digital Rises on $3.17B SanDisk Stake Sale to Cut Debt
Markets Daniel Marsh

Western Digital Rises on $3.17B SanDisk Stake Sale to Cut Debt

Western Digital shares advanced 2.5% following news of a major debt reduction deal involving the sale of part of its SanDisk holding. The company's sales chief also sold shares under a pre-arranged plan.

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Lumentum Shares Surge on AI Infrastructure Rotation, Executive Sale
Technology Sarah Chen

Lumentum Shares Surge on AI Infrastructure Rotation, Executive Sale

Lumentum shares climbed over 4% Friday, reaching a new intraday peak amid heavy trading volume. The move comes as capital rotates into AI infrastructure stocks, with optics and networking names benefiting.

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AppLovin Shares Climb on Social Platform Development Signals
Technology Sarah Chen

AppLovin Shares Climb on Social Platform Development Signals

AppLovin shares gained 3.3% to $425.74 after indications emerged that the mobile advertising firm is developing a social platform. The company is hiring a founding backend engineer in Singapore for the project.

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Walmart Shares Dip on Cautious Consumer Outlook Despite Strong Digital Growth
Earnings James Calloway

Walmart Shares Dip on Cautious Consumer Outlook Despite Strong Digital Growth

Walmart shares declined 1.5% in early trading Friday as the retailer's cautious outlook regarding budget-conscious consumers offset strong digital sales growth and a dividend increase.

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Broadcom Gains on 6G Chip Launch as VMware Concerns Loom
Technology Sarah Chen

Broadcom Gains on 6G Chip Launch as VMware Concerns Loom

Broadcom shares advanced following the introduction of its new 5G Advanced/6G radio chip, BroadPeak. Investor attention remains divided between this hardware innovation and ongoing challenges in its VMware software segment.

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Palantir Stock Dips Despite $1B DHS Deal, Rackspace Partnership
Technology Sarah Chen

Palantir Stock Dips Despite $1B DHS Deal, Rackspace Partnership

Palantir Technologies stock declined 1.5% to $132.89 on Friday, underperforming the broader software sector. The move came amid conflicting catalysts including a reported $1 billion U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract, a new strategic partnership with Rackspace Technology, and an analyst upgrade from Mizuho Securities.

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Tesla Shares Dip on Cybertruck Price Cuts and Autopilot Legal Setback
Markets Daniel Marsh

Tesla Shares Dip on Cybertruck Price Cuts and Autopilot Legal Setback

Tesla shares declined approximately 1% as the company introduced a lower-priced Cybertruck model and faced a significant legal ruling related to its Autopilot system.

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Microsoft Shares Slip Amid AI Cost Concerns; Insider Purchase Noted
Markets Daniel Marsh

Microsoft Shares Slip Amid AI Cost Concerns; Insider Purchase Noted

Microsoft shares fell Friday, trailing the Nasdaq 100, as the market weighs escalating costs for artificial intelligence and cloud expansion. A significant insider purchase by a board member was disclosed ahead of Nvidia's upcoming quarterly results.

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