Today: 7 February 2026
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Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

Tesla stock dips as robotaxi rules return to Capitol Hill and jobs report looms

Tesla stock dips as robotaxi rules return to Capitol Hill and jobs report looms

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 09:46 EST — Regular session Tesla shares (TSLA) fell about 0.4% to $431.41 in early trading on Thursday, after opening at $435.60. The stock slid as low as $426.75. The early move underscores how investors are trading Tesla less like a carmaker and more like a bet on autonomy and software. That pulls policy headlines and rate expectations into the same frame as deliveries and margins. A House Energy and Commerce panel will hold a Jan. 13 hearing on draft legislation aimed at making it easier to deploy vehicles without human controls. One proposal would
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Nvidia stock rises on China H200 upfront-payment squeeze as traders eye approvals and earnings

Nvidia stock rises on China H200 upfront-payment squeeze as traders eye approvals and earnings

New York, Jan 8, 2026, 09:38 EST — Regular session Nvidia shares rose about 1% in early trading on Thursday after Reuters reported the chip designer is demanding full upfront payment from Chinese customers seeking its H200 artificial-intelligence chips, tightening terms as Beijing weighs approvals. The stock was up $1.94 at $189.11. Reuters The issue is timing, not appetite. Chief Executive Jensen Huang said this week demand from China for the H200 was “quite high” and that Nvidia had “fired up our supply chain,” but the company is still waiting on export licenses and does not know when approvals will
8 January 2026
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DBS Smashes S$58, OCBC Tops S$20: Singapore Bank Stocks Hit Records as Dividend Hunt Intensifies

DBS Smashes S$58, OCBC Tops S$20: Singapore Bank Stocks Hit Records as Dividend Hunt Intensifies

SINGAPORE, January 8, 2026, 10:37 (SGT) Shares of DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank by assets, pushed past S$58 for the first time on Wednesday, hitting S$58.80 before ending at a new closing high of S$58.40. OCBC rose to S$20.25 and later eased to S$20.06, in a bank-led run that drove Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) to another record. https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/dbs-ocbc-shares-extend-record-breaking-rally The move matters because the three local banks dominate the STI and have become a go-to trade for investors hunting income. With interest rates expected to fall, Morningstar’s Lorraine Tan said high-quality dividend payers are being used as a stand-in for
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ServiceNow (NOW) stock rises as Jan. 28 earnings date set — key levels and risks to watch

ServiceNow (NOW) stock rises as Jan. 28 earnings date set — key levels and risks to watch

New York, January 7, 2026, 21:28 EST — Market closed ServiceNow (NOW) shares rose 1.4% to $150.90 on Wednesday, their third straight gain, even as the broader market slipped. Trading volume was about 6 million shares, below its 50-day average, market data showed. The company said it will release fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results after the close on Jan. 28 and hold a conference call at 2 p.m. Pacific. MarketWatch+1 That date lands with the stock pinned near the lower end of its 52-week range. ServiceNow is below its 50-day moving average of $166.28 and its 200-day average of $181.17
8 January 2026
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Danaher stock slips as analysts lift targets ahead of JPM Healthcare Conference, earnings

Danaher stock slips as analysts lift targets ahead of JPM Healthcare Conference, earnings

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 21:13 EST — Market closed Danaher Corporation (DHR.N) stock slipped on Wednesday, closing at $235.60, down 0.42%. The shares were last up 0.16% in extended trading. The life-sciences and diagnostics group is heading into a crowded calendar. Danaher said Chief Executive Rainer M. Blair will present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Jan. 13, and it has set its fourth-quarter earnings call for Jan. 28. Evercore ISI analyst Vijay Kumar raised his 12-month price target — an estimate of where a stock could trade — to $250 from $245 and kept
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Microsoft stock closes higher as Musk-OpenAI trial risk lands, with MSFT earnings in focus

Microsoft stock closes higher as Musk-OpenAI trial risk lands, with MSFT earnings in focus

New York, January 7, 2026, 21:19 (EST) — Market closed A U.S. judge cleared Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s push toward a for-profit structure for a jury trial in March, keeping Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) in the case after it asked the court to dismiss the claims. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said there was “plenty of evidence” OpenAI leaders had assured Musk its nonprofit structure would be maintained. Microsoft stock rose 1.0% to close at $483.47, after trading between $476.22 and $489.68, valuing the company at about $3.85 trillion. Reuters The ruling drops legal noise into a market that has treated
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Citigroup stock slips ahead of Jan. 14 earnings as bank season nears

Citigroup stock slips ahead of Jan. 14 earnings as bank season nears

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 21:07 EST — Market closed Citigroup Inc shares eased on Wednesday, with the stock last down 0.9% at $121.37. The session ranged from $120.72 to $122.81 as traders squared positions into next week’s bank earnings run. The timing matters because big U.S. lenders start reporting on Jan. 13, and Citi is in the first wave a day later alongside peers including Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Analysts expect stronger capital-markets activity to lift earnings per share (EPS) — a common profit measure — and Dealogic data show global investment banking revenue rose 15% in
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Alien Talk Fades Around Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as New Searches Find No Signals and Images Turn Green

Alien Talk Fades Around Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as New Searches Find No Signals and Images Turn Green

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2026, 21:00 EST Astronomers scanning interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS for signs of alien technology came up empty, a result that adds weight to the case that the fast-moving visitor is natural, not a spacecraft. That matters now because 3I/ATLAS is only the third object ever confirmed to have entered the solar system from interstellar space, and it is already on its way back out. As it recedes, it will dim and slip beyond the reach of many instruments, leaving researchers with a narrowing window. The scrutiny is also a rehearsal. Astronomers expect future sky surveys to flag more
8 January 2026
Honeywell stock slides below $200 as Wells Fargo trims target and new contracts land

Honeywell stock slides below $200 as Wells Fargo trims target and new contracts land

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 20:55 EST — Market closed Honeywell International Inc (HON) shares fell about 2.7% to close at $199.51 on Wednesday, slipping back below the $200 mark. Trading volume was about 5.1 million shares. The Wall Street Journal The drop comes ahead of Honeywell’s fourth-quarter results and its first look at 2026 guidance — the company’s financial forecast — due on Jan. 29 before the Nasdaq opens. Honeywell Wells Fargo analyst Joseph O’Dea cut his price target on Honeywell to $215 from $218 and kept an Equal Weight rating, a hold-style stance on the shares. He pointed
8 January 2026
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Wall Street jolted by Trump buyback, home-buying moves; S&P 500 slips, Nasdaq steadied by AI

Wall Street jolted by Trump buyback, home-buying moves; S&P 500 slips, Nasdaq steadied by AI

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 21:13 (EST) U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow closing lower after touching record highs earlier in the session as President Donald Trump’s policy shots hit defense and housing-related shares. The Nasdaq ended slightly higher as investors returned to AI, or artificial intelligence, heavyweights including Nvidia and Alphabet. The S&P 500 fell 0.34% to 6,920.93, the Nasdaq rose 0.16% to 23,584.28 and the Dow dropped 0.94% to 48,996.08. (Reuters) The retreat comes with earnings season weeks away and valuations already stretched. The S&P 500 is trading about 22 times expected earnings
8 January 2026
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Eaton stock drops 3% as Barclays trims target; traders eye late-January outlook

Eaton stock drops 3% as Barclays trims target; traders eye late-January outlook

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 21:02 (ET) — Market closed Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) shares fell 3.1% to close at $322.67 on Wednesday, giving back most of Tuesday’s 3.3% rise as U.S. stocks slid. The S&P 500 dropped 0.34% and the Dow fell 0.94%, while GE Aerospace fell 1.2%, Emerson Electric dropped 2.4% and TE Connectivity slipped 0.7%. Eaton is now about 19% below its 52-week high of $399.56 set in July. The move matters because Eaton has been valued as a direct beneficiary of the data-center buildout and broader electrification spending. In a choppy tape, that premium can tighten
8 January 2026
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) stock jumps on UBS upgrade as investors look to January catalysts

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) stock jumps on UBS upgrade as investors look to January catalysts

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:54 (EST) — Market closed Bristol Myers Squibb shares rose 4.2% to $56.72 on Wednesday after UBS upgraded the drugmaker to buy and lifted its price target to $65 from $46. TipRanks The call matters now because big drugmakers are trying to convince investors they can bridge the next few years of patent losses without giving up growth later. Bristol Myers has been a litmus test for that trade: steady cash flows, but an earnings gap investors do not want to underwrite blindly. UBS analyst Michael Yee said the stock’s “risk/reward ratio” is “skewed… to
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Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 08:51 EST — Market closed. Apple shares ended Friday higher, closing up 0.8% at $278.12. The stock eased 0.3% after hours to $277.25 ahead of Monday’s reopening. (Investing.com) The move capped a choppy week for megacap tech as traders tried to work out whether the latest bout of nerves over artificial intelligence spending is a speed bump or something stickier. That matters for Apple because it sits in both camps — a heavyweight in the Dow and a bellwether growth stock — just as the next set of U.S. data may reset bets on interest-rate
Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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