Oregon moved up to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 college football poll Sunday for the first time since 2012 after Texas became the third top-ranked team in the country to lose this season by falling to Georgia. No. 15 Alabama dropped to its lowest ranking in 14 years following its loss to Tennessee.The Ducks, who shut out Purdue on Friday, received 59 first-place votes to go from No. 2 to the top spot and Georgia jumped three spots to No. 2 after its win at Texas. Georgia received two first-place votes and the Longhorns slipped to No. 5.…
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A slew of Wall Street analysts last week turned even more bullish on three stocks ahead of their quarterly earnings reports. The U.S.-listed stocks are Meta Platforms , Asian e-commerce giant Sea Ltd , and miner Barrick Gold . CNBC Pro screened for stocks in the MSCI World Index that have received share price target upgrades from Wall Street analysts over the past seven days. These stocks are also due to report quarterly financial results over the next few weeks. Meta Platforms Twelve equity research analysts raised their price targets for the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp over the…
Credit the index funds. They sop up the cash and distribute the money like a weighted-stock trampoline, jumping in the moment of a decline, desperate money seeking a home and finding it in the S & P 500 . It’s unseen because it comes in hidden over the transom. The Vanguard S & P 500 ETF alone attracted $71 billion in net inflows over the first nine months of this year, according to Morningstar . That beats the record the SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust set in 2023 by $20 billion. That statistic is remarkable. We don’t talk…
The Perplexity AI logo is seen in this photo taken Jan. 4, 2024.Dado Ruvic | ReutersPerplexity AI, an artificial intelligence search engine startup hoping to chip away at Google’s dominance, is seeking to more than double its valuation to about $9 billion in its next funding round, CNBC has confirmed.The company, which was valued at $3 billion in June, is now looking to raise roughly $500 million, though that could change, according to a person familiar with the matter who declined to be named because the talks are confidential.The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the new funding…
China’s central bank supplied 14-day cash to its banking system for the first time in months on Monday and at a lower interest rate, signaling its intent to further ease monetary conditions.Jiang Qiming | China News Service | Getty ImagesChina on Monday lowered its main benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points at the monthly fixing.The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it would cut the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) to 3.1%, while the five-year LPR has been trimmed to 3.6%. The one-year LPR influences corporate loans and most household loans in China, while the five-year LPR serves as a…
The central bank of the People’s Republic of China is responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policies, preventing and defusing financial risks and maintaining financial stability.Peng Song | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were mixed Monday as traders awaited China’s loan prime rate announcement, with focus also on Japan’s general election at the end of this week.China’s central bank is expected to cut the one-year and five-year LPRs by 20 basis points, according to a note by ING and echoing the statement made by People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng on Friday.ING also noted that the PBOC is likely…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 16: Traders and others work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesU.S. stock futures ticked higher Sunday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 notched their best weekly win streaks of 2024.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 44 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.13% and 0.16%, respectively.The moves come after both the S&P 500 and 30-stock Dow registered all-time highs on Friday, cementing a sixth straight weekly advance that is this year’s best for both…
Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari SF-23 on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Mark Thompson | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesWhen Liberty Media Chairman John Malone finalized the $4.4 billion acquisition of Formula One in 2017, he knew he was onto something.”There’s an opportunity to take F1 to another level,” he told reporters in 2016. “There’s an untapped digital market [that] F1 has only scratched the surface on.” What no-one could have foreseen was how soon F1’s opportunity would…
The biggest travel trend of 2022 was to go big, spend big — with people eagerly booking bucket list-style trips to places like Bali, Rome, London and Paris.But two new reports show travelers are now in a very different headspace.Trend reports from Expedia and Booking.com show vacationers are forgoing splashy trips to global hot spots in favor of quieter trips to places that are lesser-known — and far less crowded.Some 63% of travelers said they are likely to visit an off-the-beaten-track destination on their next trip, according to Expedia’s “Unpack ’25,” a travel trend report which surveyed 25,000 respondents from…
By Tyler Kepner, Chris Kirschner, Brendan Kuty and Zack MeiselCLEVELAND — It was a moment 15 years in the making, a deep drive that cut through the October sky, climbing high and far and landing in the World Series. The Yankees acquired Juan Soto last winter to return them to the stage they once owned. Saturday in Cleveland, he delivered on that dream.When it was all over, and the final out had found Soto in right field, he squeezed it and romped joyously to mob closer Luke Weaver on the infield grass. The Yankees are American League champions for the…
