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The Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021.Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of DocuSign tanked 18% in trading on Friday, a day after the e-signature provider reported stronger-than-expected earnings but slashed its full-year billings outlook.Here’s how the company performed in the fiscal first quarter, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:Earnings per share: 90 cents, adjusted, vs. 81 cents expectedRevenue: $764 million vs. $748 million expectedBillings, a closely-watched sales metric, came in at $739.6 million in the fiscal first…

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US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday June 5, 2025. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday urged Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to slash interest rates by a full percentage point, despite a better-than-expected result from the Labor Department’s latest jobs report.Trump, who has regularly badgered Powell to lower rates in order to boost the economy, argued for that steep cut even as he maintained that the country is “doing great.””Go for a full point, Rocket Fuel!”…

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Tesla ‘s plunge following CEO Elon Musk ‘s online feud with President Donald Trump on Thursday was unnecessarily severe and offers investors a good entry point, according to Tom Lee, Fundstrat’s head of research. Musk and Trump threw barbs at one another over the course of Thursday. Musk claimed Trump would have lost the election without his support and called the president’s spending bill a “disgusting abomination.” Trump threatened to cut government contracts for the billionaire entrepreneur’s companies. Tesla shares dropped 14% in Thursday’s session, meaning the electric vehicle maker shed $152 billion in value — its biggest one-day market…

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A sign in German that reads “part of the UBS group” in Basel on May 5, 2025.Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Swiss government on Friday proposed strict new capital rules that would require banking giant UBS to hold an additional $26 billion in core capital, following its 2023 takeover of stricken rival Credit Suisse.The measures would also mean that UBS will need to fully capitalize its foreign units and carry out fewer share buybacks.”The rise in the going-concern requirement needs to be met with up to USD 26 billion of CET1 capital, to allow the AT1 bond holdings…

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President Donald Trump gestures toward the press as he greets German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2025.Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump was dramatically overshadowed by the U.S. leader’s spat with Elon Musk. But it was still seen as a win for Merz.”Being sidelined is not necessarily always a bad thing,” Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING, told CNBC on Friday. “In fact, it might have even helped Merz as the Musk distraction was…

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LONDON — The U.K. is set to lift a ban on a key type of crypto debt security in a bid to catch up to the U.S. and other financial hubs as it looks to become a global hub for digital assets.On Friday, the Financial Conduct Authority, the U.K.’s main regulator for financial services, announced a proposal to reverse its ban on offering crypto exchange-traded notes to retail investors.Exchange-traded notes are a type of debt instrument that are linked to one or more specified assets — cryptocurrencies, in this case. In essence, they allow investors to gain exposure to digital…

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Tesla —The EV maker added nearly 5%, a day after plunging 14% as CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump publicly feuded . Broadcom — Shares of the chipmaker slipped about 2% before the opening bell, on the heels of lackluster free cash flow in the second quarter. Broadcom reported free cash flow of $6.41 billion, while analysts surveyed by FactSet were looking for $6.98 billion. Broadcom stock has risen more than 12% year to date. Circle Internet Group — The stablecoin company popped nearly 14%, following its debut…

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Analysts from several major Wall Street banks walked away from Broadcom ‘s latest quarterly report with more conviction on the stock. The chipmaker reported fiscal second-quarter revenue and profits on Thursday that exceeded analysts’ estimates, and also gave strong guidance for the current quarter. Broadcom’s adjusted earnings per share of $1.58 on revenue of $15 billion beat the expected $1.56 per share and $14.99 billion from analysts polled by LSEG. Broadcom saw $4.4 billion in AI revenue during the quarter and said it expects $5.1 billion in AI chip sales in its fiscal third quarter. Shares dipped 2% in premarket…

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Hiring decreased just slightly in May even as consumers and companies braced against tariffs and a potentially slowing economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls rose 139,000 for the month, above the muted Dow Jones estimate for 125,000 and the downwardly revised 147,000 that the U.S. economy added in April. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.Worker pay grew more than expected, with average hourly earnings up 0.4% during the month and 3.9% from a year ago, compared to respective forecasts for 0.3% and 3.7%.Nearly half the job growth came from health care, which added 62,000, even higher…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump is “not interested” in a call with Tesla CEO Elon Musk to resolve their feud, a senior White House official told NBC News on Friday morning.The two billionaires launched a war of words on Thursday over Musk’s continued criticism of Trump’s proposed tax bill. Trump said that Musk, who until a week ago was one of his top government advisors, had gone “crazy” and threatened to…

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