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Hot enough for ya? DC area sees record-breaking temperatures as scorching heat ramps up 08/28/2024 05:30pm • On top of the relentless, scorching heat, poor air quality and a threat of storms were present Wednesday in the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know. Wednesday continues the steamy weather trend, even past nightfall — when temperatures only dipped into the 70s. That's downright chilly in Nvidia is Wall Street's 2nd-most valuable company. How it keeps beating expectations, by the numbers 08/28/2024 05:06pm • Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that easily exceeded Wall Street's forecast s. The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. Revenue more than doubled in the latest quarter from the same period a year ear Stock market today: Losses for Big Tech companies lead Wall Street lower 08/28/2024 04:56pm • Stocks on Wall Street closed lower Wednesday as a pullback in big technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, weighed down by drops in Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. About 56% of the stocks in the benchmark index finished in the red. Tech sector st How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 8/28/2024 08/28/2024 04:29pm • Losses for several big technology companies pulled the stock market lower. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% Wednesday, weighed down by drops in Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. The Dow is coming off two consecutive all-time highs. The Nasdaq composite fell 1 Warren Buffett's firm sells another $1 billion of Bank of America stock but still holds almost 12% 08/28/2024 01:17pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett's company has unloaded more of its Bank of America stake, selling nearly 25 million shares worth almost $1 billion over the past week. Berkshire Hathaway has steadily sold off 116 million Bank of America shares since July. But it still controls nearly 12% What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial? 08/28/2024 09:07am • HONG KONG (AP) — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that's seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The trial of Stand News ' former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen an 6 of the Best Quant ETFs to Buy 08/27/2024 08:00pm • Investors may analyze many stocks as they carefully construct an investment portfolio. Fund managers do this for a living, but even the top professionals make mistakes. 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