Healthcare companies are pushing the status quo by innovating in areas like drug development and digital health. But speed bumps such as inventory destockings have persisted in the wake of COVID-19, and over the past six months, the industry has pulled back by 14.8%. This performance was worse than the S&P 500’s 8.5% decline.
U.S. shoppers stepped up their shopping last month, fueled by a spending spree on big ticket items, particularly cars, before President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariffs started kicking in. Retail sales rose 1.4% in March, after rising 0.2% in February, according to the Commerce Department. Retail sales fell 1.2% in January, hurt in part by cold weather that kept more Americans indoors, denting sales at car dealers and most other stores.
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Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services fell in premarket trading Wednesday, a day after comments from executives on potential tariff impacts outweighed better-than-expected first-quarter results.
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Managing director Kimberly Jones says that employees at the company pick who they want to work with based on their skills, not titles.
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Lyft is buying mobility platform FreeNow from German automotive giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz for 175 million euros ($198.40 million) to expand into the European ride-hailing market, the U.S. company said on Wednesday. Under pressure from dominant ride-hailing rival Uber Technologies in its home North American market, Lyft has been seeking new avenues to grow its business. The acquisition of FreeNow will nearly double its potential market and open doors to major European cities such as London, Frankfurt, Paris and Milan, where the German firm offers services ranging from traditional taxi to e-scooter rentals and car-sharing options.
Nvidia said the Trump Administration was restricting the sale of H20 chips to China to help prevent Beijing developing its own supercomputer.
ASML Holding shares fell in premarket trading Wednesday after the Dutch manufacturer of semiconductor-producing machinery reported worse-than-expected first-quarter net bookings and issued a soft current-quarter sales outlook.