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Stock Market News Today: US Stocks Hold on to Gains as Rate Cut Hopes Remain

Shares of Affirm (AFRM) rose as much as 13% on Tuesday morning after news that the company would be adding buy now, pay later functionality to self-checkout lines at Walmart (WMT). Shoppers can already use Affirm to allocate payments for goods purchased on walmart.com, at the company’s auto centers, its vision centers and at regular … [Read more…]

Coffee chains are crowding into Singapore in hopes of boosting their global expansion –

Group of friends in a restaurant Santiago Nunez | Klaud9 | Getty Images According to a CNBC review, Singapore was Luckin’s first major foray outside of China, opening 30 stores since March. Kenangan Coffee has opened four stores since its launch in September, while Tim Hortons has two locations and Fore Coffee and Louisa Coffee … [Read more…]