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The Texas Instruments Inc. logo appears on the packaging of Tiskilwa, Illinois, scientific calculators.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCompany: Texas Instruments (TXN)work: Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company. The company designs, manufactures, tests, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. Texas Instruments’ segments include Analog and Embedded Processing. Analog’s product lines include Power and Signal Chain. Power includes products that help manage power in electronic systems. Signal Chain includes products that sense, condition, and measure real-world signals so that information can be transferred or converted for further processing and…

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty ImagesWhen Adam Morris co-founded the fintech startup Yotta in 2019, he wanted to give Americans a new way to save to help ease life’s ups and downs.Instead, his company unintentionally caused deep pain to thousands of customers who used Yotta accounts to receive their paychecks, pay bills, and save for emergencies.The crisis began on May 11, when a dispute between two of Yotta’s banking partners, fintech intermediary Synapse and Tennessee-based Evolve Bank & Trust, led to the freezing of accounts for Yotta and at least two dozen startups. Synapse declared bankruptcy earlier this year…

June 1, 2024 3:04:36 PM1/FiveElections and marketsThe results of the Lok Sabha elections will be known on June 4 and investors will be keen to see how many seats the Street-backed BJP will win. Let’s take a look at how the benchmark index Nifty performed on the day results were announced for the past four general elections, the day after and the five trading days thereafter.AP​On the day the election results were announced, the Nifty fell 12.24%. It recovered 8.3% the next day. In the five days following the announcement of the election results, the index rose nearly 16%.​On election…

The Gap logo is displayed at a Gap store in Los Angeles on April 25, 2023.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe biggest winners in retail’s first-quarter earnings are thriving not because consumers suddenly increased their spending on discretionary items, but because they’re running well and cash-strapped shoppers are choosing them over competitors. If there’s one thing that can be taken from results released by major U.S. retailers over the past few weeks, it’s that shoppers are still spending money, but they’re becoming much more careful about where they shop.Battered by high inflation, high interest rates and a tougher-than-expected economy, consumers are…

A look at some of the companies in the spotlight in midday trading: Dell Technologies – The software stock plunged 18% after executives warned that gross margins could come under further pressure in 2025. Lionsgate Studios – Shares rose 3% after Citi initiated coverage of the film studio with a buy recommendation. The bank noted Lionsgate’s decision to spin off its Starz business would be a potential catalyst for further margin expansion. Zscaler – Shares rose 9% after the cloud security company beat expectations on earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter. Zscaler reported adjusted earnings per share of…

This week’s market sell-off interrupted the S&P 500’s gain streak, but it also offers investors an opportunity to gain exposure ahead of a potential rebound. Friday’s release of the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation measure came as expected, but the three major indexes are on pace to fall this week. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are on pace to break five-week gain streaks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is on track to lose for a second straight week. Salesforce.com, a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell about 19% this week, making it the most oversold stock…

Sports car maker Aston Martin expects to turn cash-flow positive this year thanks to a string of new model launches and marketing boost from Formula One, said chairman of the board Lawrence Stroll.”We’re in a period of transition, we’re at a tipping point,” Stroll told CNBC. “We’re finally going to introduce all the products that we’ve been working on designing and building for the last four years since I took over. Going forward, we’re going to maintain our normal quarterly production volumes, with a more traditional quarterly flow of new cars, not the hockey stick model that we’ve had in…

Welcome to the latest episode of ET Market Watch, your daily dose of market updates, stock movements, trends and more. I’m your host, Neha V Mahajan. Let’s get started.Indian Benchmark Indices:BSE Sensex: Up 76 points or 0.10 per cent to 73,961.NSE Nifty: Up 42 points or 0.19% to 22,531.Market trend:The early gains narrowed and the market closed slightly higher.Caution is needed ahead of next week’s general election results.Election details:The election closes on June 1st.The votes will be counted on June 4th.Investors are waiting for exit poll forecasts after the vote.Economic data:Fourth quarter domestic GDP data is due to be released…

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned an appeals court decision that had allowed Bank of America and other large banks to not pay interest on escrow funds, even though 14 states require such payments by law. The ruling sent the matter back to the appeals court, asking it to conduct a “nuanced comparative analysis” required by federal law. Petitioner Alex Cantero, along with petitioners Saul Himes and Ilana Harwayne Gidansky, sued their mortgage borrower, Bank of America, alleging that the bank failed to pay interest on the petitioners’ escrow account balances after the bank told the borrowers that New…

A closely watched Federal Reserve indicator released on Friday showed inflation rising roughly in line with expectations in April, leaving markets nervous about when interest rates might start to fall.The Commerce Department reported that the personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy costs, rose just 0.2 percent over the same period, in line with Dow Jones expectations.Year-on-year, core PCE rose 2.8%, 0.1 percentage point above expectations.PCE inflation, which includes the volatile food and energy categories, rose 2.7% year-on-year and 0.3% month-on-month, both of which were in line with expectations.Federal Reserve officials prefer the PCE reading to the…