Shares of Applied Optoelectronics are surging more than 50% in premarket trading after the optical products maker said it had struck a deal with Amazon that gives the tech giant the right to buy almost 8 million shares of its stock.
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It's Friday, so today I'll provide a quick overview of what's happening in global markets and then offer you some weekend reading suggestions away from the headlines. * U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to slap a 200% tariff on wine, cognac and other alcohol imports from Europe, opening a new front in a global trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised recession fears. * Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling that his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown.
Broadband and telecommunications services provider WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 9.6% year on year to $152.6 million. On the other hand, the company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $148 million, close to analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP loss of $0.13 per share was 14.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
US president Donald Trump has kicked trading tensions up a notch by threatening tariffs on EU alcohol, even as ECB president Lagarde warns that an escalating trade war could have severe global consequences.View on euronews
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