Walmart issues worse-than-expected outlook as high gas prices hit shoppers
Walmart's CFO John David Rainey said higher tax returns helped offset the effect of higher gas prices in the first quarter.

Walmart's CFO John David Rainey said higher tax returns helped offset the effect of higher gas prices in the first quarter.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company has "largely conceded" China's advanced artificial intelligence chip market to Huawei.
The results bring Lilly one step closer to filing for approval of the injection, retatrutide, which works differently from existing injections and pills.
It comes after President Donald Trump said he was prepared to wait a few more days to "get the right answers" from Tehran.
Jeff Bezos rejected accusations that Amazon's decision to release a documentary on first lady Melania Trump was an effort to curry favor with the president.
Ubisoft shares plunged on Thursday after the Assassin's Creed maker warned of further losses this year.
The UAE has redirected some oil exports through an existing pipeline to Fujairah, which has a maximum capacity of 1.8 million barrels per day.
Stellantis plans to launch a new lineup of what it's calling "muscle trucks" for its Ram brand despite elevated U.S. gas prices due to the war in Iran.
Meta on Wednesday commenced its latest round of layoffs, which affect about 10% of the company's workforce or roughly 8,000 jobs.
Putin left Beijing with declarations of enduring friendship with China and a stack of bilateral agreements — but without the energy breakthrough Moscow desperately sought.
The Port Authority said travelers should expect delays and cancellations, with thunderstorms expected also expected to roll in Wednesday.
With Nvidia earnings in the rearview mirror, traders have a handful of earnings before and after the bell to trade on Thursday.
If Anthropic hits the revenue target, it will post its first profitable quarter, a source told CNBC
CNBC's Jim Cramer said semiconductor and AI infrastructure stocks have replaced software as the market's technology leaders.
Nvidia shares aren't moving much in extended trading. But the initial reaction hardly tells the full story.
Europe is vulnerable with a non-state actor like Starlink having the power to switch off the continent's connectivity.
Intuit's stock has been hammered this year as investors worry that generative artificial intelligence models could threaten software companies.
OpenAI is working with banks including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
SoftBank Group is closely tied to the AI boom through its stake in Arm Holdings, whose chip designs are used in AI servers and data centers powered by Nvidia systems.
Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro said the deal was a win-win for the U.K. and Gulf states.
The Department of Justice has set up a $1.8 billion fund that will purportedly compensate victims of prosecutorial overreach under the Biden administration.
Tesla's full self-driving (FSD) capabilities are now available in China after years of delay, the company said in an X post on Thursday.
The moves came amid broader volatile trade in global bond and equity markets, faced with fears of resurgent inflation.