LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift topped the British music charts on Friday with The Tortured Poets Department, outselling the rest of the top ten combined and beating the Beatles for the record of fastest artist to rack up 12 UK number one albums. Poets delivered the biggest opening week for an album in the UK in seven years,...

ACM Research Inc. ( ACMR ) shares are trading lower on Friday after the company announced preliminary unaudited revenue and shipments for the first quarter. The company registered preliminary unaudited revenue for the first quarter of 2024 of $150 million to $152 million versus the estimate of $152.41 million. This represents year-over-year growth of 102% to 105%. The company said preliminary total shipments are expected to be in the range...

01:15 PM EDT, 04/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Lifecos are underperforming the market by ~6% since the end of Q4/23 reporting season, reflecting a general pullback in markets, writes National Bank's Gabriel Dechaine. National Bank is forecasting a fairly quiet quarter. Excluding a one-time charge to be recorded by Manulife (i.e., related to LTC portfolio disposition), Dechaine is forecasting a narrow...

Nvidia Corporation ( NVDA ) shares are trading higher Friday. Several AI-related and chip stocks are rising following better-than-expected earnings from Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) and Meta Platforms, Inc. ( META ) increased its capex outlook.  The Details: Microsoft ( MSFT ) delivered better-than-expected first-quarter results Thursday, and Microsoft ( MSFT ) CEO Satya Nadella highlighted strong demand for...