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Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Groupon — Shares of the digital marketplace surged around 21% after the company’s full-year revenue guidance exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Groupon issued a range of $493 million to $500 million, topping the consensus forecast of $491.5 from analysts polled by FactSet. The company also posted stronger fourth-quarter revenue than the Street anticipated. Intel — Shares jumped 8% after Reuters reported that TSMC has raised a joint venture proposal to U.S. chipmakers Nvidia , Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom to operate Intel’s foundry division. Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom also popped before the…

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In an aerial view, a Volkswagen assembly plant is seen on April 19, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPorsche’s CEO Oliver Blume on Wednesday said the company could lean into its partnership with Volkswagen — which has its own U.S. manufacturing base — as it braces for potential tariffs imposed by the White House.”We have an industrial cooperation agreement together with Volkswagen, and in the end, we are working so close together, so this should play a role” in responding to tariffs, Blume told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach.The U.S. is Porsche’s top market, but the…

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Nobody loves giving Uncle Sam his cut, but if you’re lucky the IRS will issue you a tax refund and you’ll get some of your hard-earned money back.For many Americans, their annual refund isn’t just mad money — it’s a critical part of their budget that goes to pay for essentials. According to a TaxSlayer survey, the biggest expenditures people planned to use their refund on were rent (52% of respondents), groceries (44%) and paying credit card bills (37%)Given how essential this infusion of capital is, every very minute you wait for it can feel like an eternity.Fortunately We’ve got…

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Pakistani security forces have been locked in a deadly standoff with armed militants for more than a day after the attackers seized a passenger train on Tuesday and held hundreds hostage.The crisis is a dramatic escalation of a long-running separatist insurgency in the country’s southwest.The Baloch Liberation Army, or B.L.A., a banned separatist group, seized the train, which was carrying more than 400 people, in a remote mountainous region.The group claimed to be holding at least 214 people, including military personnel and civilian law enforcement officers. It demanded that the government release its imprisoned members within 48 hours, threatening to…

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Capital One Financial may be poised for gains in the path ahead with its acquisition of Discover, according to Evercore ISI. The firm upgraded the financial service stock to outperform from in line. and its $200 price target implies 20.9% upside from Tuesday’s close. Capital One has struggled in the new year, falling more than 7%. Over the past month, it has tumbled nearly 16%. The S & P 500, by comparison, has pulled back more than 5% year to date and about 8% in the past month. COF 1M mountain COF, 1-month “We believe the stock’s valuation does not…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sergei Ilnitsky | Via ReutersAll eyes were on Moscow on Wednesday morning, as the Kremlin broke its silence and delivered its initial reaction to Kyiv and the White House’s unilateral agreement proposing a temporary ceasefire to the ongoing war in Ukraine.Talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ended with Ukraine agreeing to an immediate 30-day ceasefire negotiated by the U.S. — but Russia must still accept the measures.As part…

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China’s Ministry of Commerce has held talks with Walmart after the U.S. retail giant reportedly requested price cuts from Chinese suppliers to offset tariff costs, a state-backed media outlet said Wednesday.The announcement came after Bloomberg reported last Thursday that Walmart had asked some Chinese suppliers, including makers of kitchenware and clothing, to lower prices by as much as 10% for each round of U.S. tariffs.”If this is true, it is unreasonable for Walmart to require Chinese suppliers to bear all tariffs, which will disrupt fair competition and foreign trade order,” the report said, according to a CNBC translation of the…

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The outlook for Apple looks less clear in the months ahead, according to Morgan Stanley. The firm, which has an overweight rating on the megacap technology name, cut its price target to $252 from $275, implying 14.1% upside from Tuesday’s close. This comes as the stock has been struggling this year. Shares are down nearly 12% in 2025, eclipsing the S & P 500’s 5% pullback in that time. AAPL YTD mountain AAPL, year-to-date Analyst Erik Woodring trimmed his iPhone shipments outlook after the company delayed a Siri upgrade that incorporates artificial intelligence features. For 2025, he’s projecting iPhone shipments…

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People buying vegetables at a local market in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Chandradeep Kumar/ The India Today Group via Getty Images)The India Today Group | The India Today Group | Getty ImagesIndia’s inflation rate in February fell to a lower-than-expected 3.61% in February, the country’s Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said Wednesday.Economists polled by Reuters had expected a reading of 3.98% for the period. This is first time since last summer that inflation has come in below the RBI’s target of 4%.In a note on March 5, Bank of America analysts flagged that vegetable…

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