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.

Rocket Lab Corporation stock today: RKLB slides after insider sale filing as rally cools

Rocket Lab Corporation stock today: RKLB slides after insider sale filing as rally cools

New York, January 7, 2026, 11:05 EST — Regular session Rocket Lab Corp shares fell 1.8% on Wednesday after a filing showed its chief operations officer sold stock. RKLB was down $1.53 at $84.50 by 10:54 a.m. EST and had traded between $82.16 and $85.41. The stock has ranged from $14.71 to $86.25 over the past 52 weeks and gives Rocket Lab a market value of about $44.2 billion; analysts’ average 12-month target is $68.75 and the company has a trailing loss per share of about 39 cents, the data showed. Investing.com The disclosure hit a stock that has been
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Google (Alphabet) GOOG stock rises as House tees up self-driving hearing; Waymo in focus

Google (Alphabet) GOOG stock rises as House tees up self-driving hearing; Waymo in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 10:45 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares rose about 1.7% to $319.98 in morning trade on Wednesday, outpacing a mixed U.S. market as investors digested fresh signals from Washington on self-driving rules. The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee plans a Jan. 13 hearing on draft proposals that would make it easier to deploy autonomous vehicles without human controls, including lifting the cap on exemptions to 90,000 vehicles a year from 2,500 now, a Reuters report said. Another draft would bar states from setting their own rules for autonomous driving systems, while a separate
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Strategy Inc stock pops after MSCI index reprieve as bitcoin slips — what’s next for MSTR

Strategy Inc stock pops after MSCI index reprieve as bitcoin slips — what’s next for MSTR

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 11:08 EST — Regular session Strategy Inc shares rose 3.6% to $163.63 by 11:08 a.m. EST on Wednesday after MSCI shelved a plan that could have pushed the bitcoin-heavy company and other crypto treasury firms out of its indexes. “It removes a material near-term technical risk,” said Owen Lau, an analyst at Clear Street, while JonesTrading chief market strategist Mike O’Rourke said he suspected the issue was “postponed until later in the year.” Reuters The call matters because MSCI’s benchmarks sit under a large pool of passive money, and an index exit can force funds
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Western Digital stock slides after CES-fueled rally; WDC shares swing in U.S. trade

Western Digital stock slides after CES-fueled rally; WDC shares swing in U.S. trade

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 11:09 EST — Regular session Western Digital (WDC) shares fell 7.9% to $201.99 in late morning trade on Wednesday, pulling back from Tuesday’s $219.38 close. The stock was down as much as about 11% earlier in the session. The swing shows how fast the market is repricing storage names as the AI trade widens beyond chips into the hardware that holds and feeds data. Western Digital has moved like a sentiment gauge this week, not a slow-and-steady industrial. That matters now because investors are trying to map big talk at CES into near-term demand, with
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Palantir stock ticks higher as Truist starts coverage with $223 target, valuation stays in play

Palantir stock ticks higher as Truist starts coverage with $223 target, valuation stays in play

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:50 (EST) — Regular session Palantir Technologies shares rose on Wednesday, keeping a fresh bid in place after a new “buy” call from Truist put the data-analytics firm back on traders’ screens. The move matters now because Palantir is already priced like a winner. Any new sell-side support can pull in fast money, but it also tightens the market’s tolerance for a miss, especially with rate and growth bets getting reset in early January. Wall Street was mixed as investors digested labor-market data and waited for Friday’s U.S. jobs report, a release that can swing
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Netflix stock dips after Warner rejects Paramount bid, with earnings two weeks away

Netflix stock dips after Warner rejects Paramount bid, with earnings two weeks away

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:52 EST — Regular session Netflix shares slipped on Wednesday after Warner Bros Discovery urged shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $30-per-share hostile bid and reaffirmed Netflix’s $27.75-a-share cash-and-stock agreement, valued at about $82.7 billion. Netflix was down 0.3% at $90.42, while Warner rose 0.2% and Paramount Skydance fell 0.5%. Warner said walking away from the Netflix deal would cost about $4.7 billion, and Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters called their offer the “superior proposal,” Reuters reported. Reuters The moment matters because the Warner contest has started to trade like a referendum on Netflix’s
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Meta Platforms stock drops as China reviews Manus AI deal, legal risks resurface

Meta Platforms stock drops as China reviews Manus AI deal, legal risks resurface

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:39 EST — Regular session Meta Platforms, Inc. shares fell on Wednesday after a report that Chinese officials are reviewing the Facebook parent’s planned $2 billion purchase of artificial intelligence startup Manus, raising the risk of a regulatory delay. The stock was down 2.2% at $646.20 in morning trading. The Financial Times said China’s commerce ministry was assessing whether the deal would need an export license — a government permit to move controlled technology out of the country — and warned the process could, in an extreme case, push the parties to abandon the transaction.
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Sandisk stock dips today after Nvidia CES boost; BofA lifts SNDK target to $390

Sandisk stock dips today after Nvidia CES boost; BofA lifts SNDK target to $390

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 10:32 EST — Regular session Sandisk Corp shares fell 2.9% to $339.4 in morning trading on Wednesday, as traders trimmed positions after a fast run in data-storage names. The stock has traded between $331.74 and $350.53 so far. Western Digital slid 10.2% and Seagate Technology dropped 8.9%, while Nvidia gained 1.9%. The move follows a surge of more than 27% for Sandisk on Tuesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, speaking at CES in Las Vegas, described a new layer of storage technology aimed at speeding up AI workloads. Western Digital rose 17%, Seagate gained 14%
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AMD stock slips in regular trade as CES buzz fades and Feb. 3 earnings loom

AMD stock slips in regular trade as CES buzz fades and Feb. 3 earnings loom

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:28 EST — Regular session Advanced Micro Devices shares fell 1.7% to $210.63 in morning trading on Wednesday, even as Nvidia rose 1.8% and Intel jumped 8.8%. The slide comes a day after AMD set Feb. 3 for fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results, with a conference call scheduled for 5 p.m. EST after the market close. AMD also said Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster will present at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on March 3. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. At CES this week, AMD rolled out fresh hardware aimed at the AI buildout.
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Nvidia stock climbs on China H200 demand comments as Feb. 25 earnings loom

Nvidia stock climbs on China H200 demand comments as Feb. 25 earnings loom

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 10:21 ET — Regular session Shares of Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose 1.8% to $190.55 in morning trade on Wednesday after CEO Jensen Huang said purchase orders — not public announcements — would show when Chinese buyers can bring in the company’s H200, an artificial-intelligence (AI) data-center chip. Reuters That matters because China has been a swing factor for the AI chip leader, and investors have been trying to map how much of that demand can actually turn into shipments. The H200 sits behind U.S. export licenses — approvals Washington must grant before the chips can be
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UNG stock jumps as Henry Hub natural gas price rebounds; storage report is next test

UNG stock jumps as Henry Hub natural gas price rebounds; storage report is next test

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:23 ET — Regular session Shares of United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG), a widely traded natural gas price proxy, rose 2.9% to $11.61 in morning trade as benchmark U.S. natural gas climbed 4.7% to $3.51 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), an energy unit used in gas pricing. markets.businessinsider.com UNG is designed to track the daily percentage move in near-month Henry Hub natural gas futures, a structure that can amplify day-to-day swings when the contract is volatile. USCF Investments, the fund’s sponsor, says it generally holds the “near month” contract and shifts to
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XRP price stock watch: Ripple-linked token slides as crypto rally pauses

XRP price stock watch: Ripple-linked token slides as crypto rally pauses

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 10:20 (EST) — Regular session XRP slipped on Wednesday, down 6.9% over the last 24 hours at about $2.21, after trading as high as $2.39, according to CoinMarketCap data. The token’s market value stood near $134 billion. CoinMarketCap The pullback came as a broader crypto rally paused in U.S. morning trade. Bitcoin eased back from a run toward $95,000 earlier this week and XRP fell about 5%, Barron’s reported, pointing to softer tone in tech shares as one drag on risk appetite. Barron’s That matters now because XRP had been running hot into the first
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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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