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Texas Instruments (TXN) Stock Trades Down, Here Is Why

Shares of analog chip manufacturer Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) fell 8.3% in the morning session after China Semiconductor Industry Association issued an emergency directive detailing new methods for verifying the origin of imported chips. According to reports, the location of the wafer fabrication plant would define the origin of imports when tariffs are applied. This meant that companies with manufacturing facilities in the US might be severely affected by the escalating US-China trade tensi

Why Fastenal (FAST) Stock Is Up Today

Shares of industrial supplier Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) jumped 7% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong first quarter 2025 results which blew past analysts' sales volume expectations. Sales, EBITDA, and EPS were also in line with expectations, which showed the company was executing as expected. Sales growth continued to improve despite broader business activity remaining soft, helped by a bigger base of customers spending more each month. Overall, we think this was a decent qua

Lower oil prices could sink Ecopetrol's full-year profits by $2.8 billion, president warns

Lower oil prices could reduce Colombian state-run oil firm Ecopetrol's profits by up to 12 trillion pesos ($2.76 billion) this year, the company's president warned on Friday. Ecopetrol may also have to scrap production at some fields and focus on those with lower costs, president Ricardo Roa told journalists on the sidelines of an industry event. Crude oil prices were headed for their second-consecutive weekly loss on Friday, with Brent futures at $63.45 a barrel, on concerns of an intensifying trade war between the United States and China.

Oil Rebounds at End of Losing Week as Trade War Roils Markets

(Bloomberg) -- Oil rebounded on Friday, but still notched its second straight weekly decline as the escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies drove wild volatility. Most Read from BloombergThe Secret Formula for Faster TrainsIn Chicago, a Former Steel Mill Looks to Make a Quantum LeapMidtown Office Building Evacuated on Concerns of Wall CollapseNYC Tourist Helicopter Crashes in Hudson River, Killing SixEven Oslo Has an Air Quality ProblemWest Texas Intermediate futures advan