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CE 100 Index Shrugs Off Concerns Over Consumer Spending, Surges 3.2%  
May 04, 2025

Earnings season rolls on. For the CE 100 Index — which saw uniform gains across all pillars — quarterly reports and management commentary on earnings calls drove stock performance this past week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Revolut and Other FinTechs Making Push Into Telecom Sector
May 04, 2025

Companies in the FinTech sector are making inroads into the telecom world. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Samsung Leads Global Smartphone Market Amid ‘Lackluster’ Industrywide Sales
May 01, 2025

Samsung led the global smartphone market in the first quarter as the market recorded slight year-over-year growth of 0.2%, global technology market analyst firm Canalys said in a Wednesday (April 30) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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App Makers Form Lobbying Group to Challenge Smartphone Manufacturers 
April 30, 2025

Technology companies Meta, Spotify, Match Group and Garmin have founded a lobbying group that said it will “combat anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.”  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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CE 100 Index Gains 5.9% as Coursera, Alphabet and Tesla Weigh In With Earnings
April 28, 2025

Earnings season’s in full swing, and it’s helping to sway the fortunes of the CE 100 Index, which was up 5.9% through the week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Strategic Listening Turns Customer Conversations Into Profitable Growth
April 21, 2025

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Inside the Tariff Turbulence From the Epicenter of American Agriculture
April 21, 2025

In the fields of the Midwest, the real impact of geopolitical maneuvering plays out in the price of corn, the strain on lending, and the razor-thin margins of America’s farmers. But before 2025’s tariffs ever became the flashpoint, American farmers were already steeling themselves for a...

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CE 100 Index Slips 0.2% as United Healthcare Plunges After Earnings
April 21, 2025

The CE 100 Index barely budged in a holiday-shortened trading week, down 0.2%.  Earnings continued to dominate the headlines, and six pillars were lower, while five gained marginal ground. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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CE100 Index Shrugs Off JPMorgan and Delta’s Warnings and Rallies 4.9%
April 14, 2025

The whipsaw action in stocks — as tariffs were on, then (largely) off with a 90-day pause, and then focused on China (mostly) — brought the markets back from the brink of bear territory by the end of last week. Get the Full Story Complete...