Target's Sales Dented by DEI Boycott

The retailer's comparable sales fell 3.8% in the latest quarter, a steeper drop than expected.

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Lowe's Earnings Beat Expectations. It's Not the Only Reason the Stock Is Rising.

The home-improvement retailer sticks to its full-year guidance and reports better same-store sales than expected.

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Baidu's First-Quarter Revenue Rose on Robust AI Business

The Chinese search-engine giant snapped a three-quarter run of falling revenue, posting a rise for the first three months of the year as it develops new growth drivers in AI.

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Dior Settles Italian Probe Into Labor Practices

Christian Dior said it agreed to improve transparency and oversight of its supply chain following an investigation by Italy's competition watchdog.

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Google Still Needs to Convince Investors It Has Got the Hang of AI

The ambitious pace of launches doesn't overcome worries about breakups and new competition.

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Canada Goose Profit Up But Withholds Guidance

Canada Goose Holdings' profit and revenue rose thanks to a strong performance from its direct-to-consumer channel, but said it would withhold guidance for the new fiscal year amid broader consumer uncertainty.

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Medtronic to Separate Diabetes Business

The medical device maker has been working to turn around the division over the past few years.

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Nvidia's Huang Calls U.S. Export Controls a Failure

Jensen Huang said limits on the sale of advanced chips to China had galvanized the country to push ahead faster with building its own AI technologies.

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OpenAI's Biggest Data Center Secures $11.6 Billion in Funding

The eight-building project in Texas is a central piece of OpenAI's efforts to reduce its reliance on Microsoft for computing power.

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Bloomberg Outage Hits Traders, Disrupts Government-Bond Auctions

The terminal, an essential tool for professional investors, suffered an outage that disrupted trading some offerings of government bonds.

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EU Launches Antidumping Probe on Tires From China

The investigation follows an official complaint by the bloc's tire industry claiming that Chinese imports are sold at unfair prices and are harming domestic producers.

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Streamers Are Finally Making Money. For Consumers, It's Getting Messier.

Media companies are seeing financial bright spots in their streaming businesses, but navigating the options is still tough for consumers.

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