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Salesforce earnings may spur stock’s best day in years. Is the AI hype justified?

Wall Street seems excited about early momentum for Salesforce’s Agentforce AI product, but some analysts are skeptical about the monetization potential.

Here’s what’s clicking now for Dollar Tree after a tough year for its stock

Retailer opens 249 new stores, books a 1.5% increase in traffic and says its Family Dollar review is on track.

Car sales jump to 3 1/2-year high. Big incentives for buyers are back.

Sales of new cars and trucks rose in November to the highest level in three-and-a-half years, helped by bigger incentives for car buyers as dealers sought to clear out excess inventories.

ADP jobs report says 146,000 workers hired in November. U.S. jobs market in stable condition.

U.S. businesses created a solid 146,000 new jobs in November, paycheck company ADP said, in another sign the labor market has stabilized after big cooldown over the summer.

Hormel’s stock slumps as sales are still being hurt by weak turkey prices

Hormel was impacted by lower prices for whole-bird turkeys this year, as well as a production interruption at a Planters facility in Virginia.

JetBlue offers fresh sign of strong travel demand, sending its stock higher

JetBlue raises its guidance to reflect higher-than-expected bookings in November and December.

Why Foot Locker’s stock is sliding despite upbeat Thanksgiving-week sales

The company is dealing with “softer consumer demand outside of key selling periods,” as well as the need for more promotions.

Why this star trader is ‘HODL-ing’ bitcoin, small-caps and short-squeeze stocks for now

Robert Ross: ‘If a stock is not going up in a bull market like this, it’s not something I want to own.’

Oil prices tick higher as investors await OPEC+ decision

Oil futures rose slightly on Wednesday, finding support as investors look ahead to a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies this week that’s expected to further delay the lifting of production curbs and as the U.S. deepened sanctions on Iranian exports.

GM signals more trouble for China’s auto market with $5 billion-plus in impairment charges and write-downs

GM’s 50-50 joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp. faces ‘market challenges and competitive conditions.’

20 stocks likely to lag the S&P 500 over the next year — for this one reason

Difficult-to-short stocks often trade at artificially inflated, unsustainable prices.

The German DAX has doubled in the last decade, but only after enduring a 22-year hangover first

Germany DAX index reached 20,000 this week, its first-ever foray into that level.
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