Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Splunk, Cisco, Broadcom, Fox and more

A sign is posted in front of a Broadcom office in San Jose, California, on June 3, 2021.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Cisco Systems, Splunk — Shares of Cisco fell 3.9% Thursday after the company said it is acquiring cybersecurity software company Splunk for $157 per share in a cash deal worth about $28 billion. Splunk's stock price popped 19.1% on news of the deal.KB Home — The homebuilder stock slid 4.3% after saying it expected its gross…

ADHD Med Errors Among Kids Have Surged in Last 2 Decades

Sept. 20, 2023 – Medication errors among children who take drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, reported to U.S. poison control centers increased by nearly 300% over a 22-year period, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics has found.The dramatic jump is likely due to a rise in prescriptions for ADHD medications for children. In 2019, nearly 10% of children in the United States had been diagnosed with ADHD, and some 3.3 million – or about 5% of all children in the country – had…

Fans Dance To Jawan Song In New York. Shah Rukh Khan Says, “Thank You For Bringing Chaleya To Brooklyn Bridge”

<!-- -->Image was shared on Instagram. (Courtesy: iamsrk)New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan has been hogging all the limelight ever since its release earlier this month. More so because of the superstar, who has been active in replying to fan messages and appreciation posts on X (previously known as Twitter). On Wednesday as well, Shah Rukh Khan continued the trend and took time off to respond to his fans. The Pathaan star was left pleasantly surprised on Wednesday when he came across a video of two girls dancing to…

The Fed would be ‘flying blind’ on interest rate decisions after a government shutdown

An eagle sculpture stands on the facade of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA looming government shutdown could prevent the Federal Reserve from raising rates in November, but not for the reason you might think, according to Bank of America.Not only would the shutdown potentially slow down the economy and make a rate hike the wrong move, but a long impasse would mean central bank policymakers have only limited access to inflation data, the…

Amazon Advances Alexa Accessibility With Eye Gaze, Call Translation

Amazon on Wednesday introduced new Alexa features geared toward making its devices and services accessible to more customers. The announcements came during its fall hardware event, which also brought new products such as Ring and Blink cameras and a Fire TV Soundbar.One new feature is Eye Gaze on Alexa, which allows people with mobility or speech disabilities to use Alexa with their eyes. People will be able to gaze at their tablet to perform preset Alexa actions such as controlling their smart home, playing shows and…

India urges ‘utmost caution’ in Canada travel advisory as bilateral crisis escalates

A poster of the former Gurdwara President Hardeep Singh Nijjar is displayed on a fence outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, on September 19, 2023.Don Mackinnon | Afp | Getty ImagesIndia warned its citizens to "exercise utmost caution" in Canada, deepening the diplomatic rift between both countries after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went public with claims that New Delhi orchestrated the extra-judicial slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada.The Canadian government is…

Meet Airbnb’s official party pooper, who reduced partying by 55% in two years

Naba Banerjee, AirbnbSource: Prashant Joshi | AirbnbNaba Banerjee is a proud party pooper. As the person in charge of Airbnb's worldwide ban on parties, she's spent more than three years figuring out how to battle party "collusion" by users, flag "repeat party houses" and, most of all, design an anti-party AI system with enough training data to halt high-risk reservations before the offender even gets to the checkout page. It's been a bit like a game of whack-a-mole: Whenever Banerjee's algorithms flag some concerns, new…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Marathon Petroleum, Tesla, Moderna and more

In an aerial view, the Valero Houston refinery is seen on August 28, 2023 in Houston, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Oil stocks — Petroleum refiners Valero Energy and Marathon Petroleum gained 1.4% and 1.5%, respectively, as West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude prices reached their highest levels since November, 2022. The oil services ETF and S&P 500 Energy Index both rose 1%.Arm Holdings — Shares declined 7.4% on the back of the company's blockbuster…

Obesity: A Holistic Approach

There’s no secret trick for  losing weight . Truth is, many things work together to help you shed unwanted pounds.  In the WebMD webinar, "Holistic Obesity Therapy," Octavia Pickett-Blakely, MD, MHS, explained the holistic approach to weight management, why lifestyle choices are key, and when anti-obesity meds…

Best Smart Soundbar of 2023

The trick to consolidate the number of boxes under your TV is getting a smart soundbar. The best ones let you combine a voice assistant, music streaming and maybe even video streaming. You don't have to pay an arm and a leg for great quality either, with prices starting at about $130.Before I show you the picks, it's worth making a distinction between a smart soundbar and a smart TV. While a smart TV means the screen has onboard streaming apps, a smart soundbar usually means the speaker has an onboard voice assistant --…