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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Roku — Streaming platform Roku jumped 11% after the company reported a surprise adjusted profit for its third quarter. The company posted 9 cents in earnings per share on $452 million in revenue. Analysts had projected a loss of 40 cents per share and $366 million

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images After an initially exuberant election reaction, stocks may trade more cautiously in the week ahead, as investors watch election developments unfold and track the course of the coronavirus.  The S&P 500 was up more than 7% in the past week, and the Nasdaq rose nearly 9%.

Economists mostly expect job growth slowed in October, as the pace of rehirings dropped off and layoffs increased. Job growth was expected to total 530,000 in October, and the unemployment rate is expected to fall to 7.7%, according to Dow Jones. That number includes about a 150,000 decline in public sector jobs from the end

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: General Motors (GM) – The automaker reported quarterly earnings of $2.83 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.38 a share, helped by strong demand for trucks and SUVs. Revenue was essentially in line with Street forecasts. The shares rose 6.7% in premarket

Attendees walk by the Qualcomm booth during CES 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: Qualcomm — Qualcomm shares rallied more than 13% in after-hours trading on the back of better-than-expected

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in an emergency move designed to shield the world’s largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, during a news conference in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Fed’s two-day meeting is expected to end

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Wayfair (W) – The online home decor retailer nearly tripled the consensus estimate of 80 cents per share, with quarterly profit of $2.30 per share. Revenue also came in above estimates, benefiting from strong demand in its category and an overall ongoing shift

Traders wait for the Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 2, 2014. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alibaba — Shares dropped more than 5% after Ant Group’s record-setting initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong was suspended. Alibaba owns roughly

The PayPal application can be seen on a mobile phone. Felix Kästle | picture alliance | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: PayPal — Shares of the payments company dropped 4% in after hours trading Monday despite reporting better-than-expected earnings. PayPal earned $1.07 per share on revenue of $5.46 billion.

Colorox brand toilet bowl cleaner sits on display at a supermarket in Princeton, Ill. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: SolarEdge Technologies – Shares of the solar-equipment maker jumped more than 4% ahead of the company’s third-quarter results, which will be released after the bell. Research

An employee of Tupperware Brands Corporation is at work on the production line at the group’s plant in Joue-les-Tours, centre France, on the day of its 40th anniversary. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER (Photo credit should read JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images) Jean-Francois Monier | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday

A Regal Cinemas movie theater stands at night on 42nd Street in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Amir Hamja | Bloomberg | Getty Images Third quarter GDP is expected to grow at a sharp double digit pace, but the economy is still behind where it was earlier in the year and may

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Comcast (CMCSA) – The NBCUniversal and CNBC parent reported quarterly profit of 65 cents per share, 13 cents a share above estimates. Revenue beat forecasts as well. Comcast added 663,000 broadband customers during the quarter, and said its Peacock streaming service signups had

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Exxon Mobil (XOM) – Exxon lost 18 cents per share for the third quarter, smaller than the 25 cents a share loss that analysts were expecting. Revenue came in above analysts’ forecasts. Exxon is also planning smaller capital expenditures for 2021, to $16

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Twitter – Shares dropped more than 20% after the social media company reported user growth that fell short of expectations amid heightened scrutiny and the challenge of handling posts around the U.S. election. Twitter ad revenue grew 15% year over year to $808 million, but the company

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in lower Manhattan on October 02, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The best hope for markets in the week ahead is that there is a clear cut winner in Tuesday’s presidential election. The election looms large as the biggest wild card

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Alphabet — Shares of Alphabet soared 10% in extended trading after the Google parent company posted quarterly results that topped Wall Street expectations. The company reported earnings of $16.40 per share and $46.17 billion in revenue for the third quarter. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv projected $11.29

A contractor drills a wood stud while framing a home under construction Park City, Utah, on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. economy was stronger than expected in the third quarter, but its recovery is still lumpy and economists are divided on how long it will take to

Here are the stocks making headlines in extended trading: Pinterest — The social media stock soared 30% after reporting 49% revenue growth in the third quarter. The company reported 13 cents adjusted earnings per share and $443 million of revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were looking for 3 cents in earnings per share and $383.5

Traders wear masks as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues New York, May 27, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters The stock market is selling off hard on rising virus cases and election uncertainty, and it faces another big test Thursday when