© Reuters. The U.S. flag covers the front facade of the NYSE in New York By Medha Singh and Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) – The S&P 500 was set to open lower on Tuesday as excitement over signs of a first successful late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial faded, while investors continuedRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held tight ranges against its peers on Monday as investors awaited clarity on the health of U.S. President Donald Trump after he tested positive for the coronavirus, sendingRead More →
U.K.-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it will suspend clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine it developed with Oxford University after a British subject fell ill. The decision will affect the company’s just-started so-called Phase 3 trial, which recruited 30,000 volunteers in the U.S. after 10,000 subjects in theRead More →
It’s been a strange week for BTC as we move forward in our new mining rewards era. The price ends the week down but a late rally has pushed it back over $9,000. Technical analysts expect Bitcoin to continue rising based on the liquidation range of short positions, a discussionRead More →
Mark Zuckerberg called out his social-media rival on Wednesday, saying Twitter Inc. should not be fact-checking President Donald Trump — or anybody. During a clip from an interview on Fox News’s “The Daily Briefing,” which will be aired in full Thursday, the Facebook Inc. FB, -1.31% co-founder and chief executiveRead More →
U.S. stock futures indicated a powerful open for Wall Street on Tuesday after a long holiday weekend, as investors seized on fresh coronavirus vaccine news and signs that global economies are slowly starting to crawl back from the pandemic shutdown. How are benchmarks trading? Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YMM20,Read More →
The growing number of COVID-19 cases and deaths outside of Asia has put pressure on U.S. officials to more clearly articulate preparedness plans in an effort to ease American worries about the possibility of a pandemic. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he plans to hold a news conference onRead More →
Every parent knows that kids cost a lot of money, for everything from food, clothing and shelter to child care, education and health care. They’re right: studies show that a two-parent family with two kids devotes between 31% and 47% of total household spending to its children. And at theRead More →
LONDON (Reuters) – The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland’s (L:) digital bank Mark Bailie is leaving the state-backed bank within months, Sky News reported on Tuesday. Bailie, an RBS veteran and former chief operating officer of the bank, led development of digital bank Bó which only launched officiallyRead More →
The Bank of Japan kept its policy unchanged on Tuesday and said it expects the government’s fiscal stimulus to help the economy grow slightly faster than previously projected. The BOJ’s policy board decided to keep its short-term deposit rate at minus 0.1% and its target for 10-year Japanese government bondRead More →
Americans’ credit scores continue to improve. But credit scores don’t tell the whole story of how consumers are faring financially. A new report from Experian EXPN, +1.15% found that the average FICO Score in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2019 of 703, up from 701 a year earlierRead More →
Gap Inc. stock rallied in the extended session Thursday after the retailer backtracked from its plan to spin off its Old Navy brand. Gap GPS, +3.85% shares rose as much as 9% in after-hours trading after ending the regular trading day up 3.9%. Mounting costs and a softer business performanceRead More →
Sharon Stone is not alone in her struggles with online dating. The actress tweeted TWTR, +0.06% that she was kicked off the dating site Bumble as other users reported her profile, believing it to be fake. “I went on the @bumble dating sight and they closed my account,” she wrote.Read More →
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Airlines (IS:) is preparing to open a court case against Boeing Co (N:) due to uncertainty regarding the plane manufacturer’s 737 MAX jetliner, Demiroren news agency said on Thursday evening. The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killedRead More →
President Trump on Friday tweeted that poll numbers in favor of “no impeachment” have “gone through the roof.” The whole thing is a “total hoax” and a “scam” that Nancy Pelosi started more than two years ago, he claimed. Trump clearly wasn’t reading from his favorite network’s latest poll numbers,Read More →
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s Lynas Corporation (AX:) expects to make an announcement on how it will fund development of a new heavy rare earths processing facility in the United States by the end of February, its chief executive said on Tuesday. The United States has sought to shore up itsRead More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – Asian markets rose in morning trade on Friday as investors awaited updates on the Sino-U.S. trade developments. Hong Kong stocks rebounded after falling for more than 5% so far this week. China’s was little changed at 2,910.01. The slipped 0.1%. White House economic adviser Larry KudlowRead More →
Gap Inc. shares fell more than 10% in the extended session Thursday after the retailer said President and Chief Executive Officer Art Peck will be stepping down and cut it outlook for the third quarter and for the year. Peck will “depart from the company after a brief transition,” GapRead More →
News Corp has reached a deal to let Facebook Inc. feature headlines from The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones media properties, as well as the New York Post, in the social-media giant’s coming news section, the companies said. Other publications that have agreed to participate include the WashingtonRead More →
September has shaped up to be a relatively bullish month for the stock market despite a number of scares, including an impeachment inquiry and a rip-roaring IPO market that has petered out, but investors may be wondering if October will live up to its historic billing as another weak periodRead More →
Asian markets pulled back in early trading Monday, amid conflicting signals on the trade-war front. China said Sunday that its top trade negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, will travel to Washington on October for renewed trade negotiations with the U.S. An exact date for the talks was not announced, butRead More →
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is asking top network execs to please stop booking President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Biden campaign officials Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield wrote a letter to network news presidents, chief anchors and the executive producers of the Sunday shows for ABC, CBS,Read More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – Stocks rebounded from Tuesday’s drubbing after President Donald Trump suggested a trade deal with China might come sooner than anyone thinks and investors seemed inclined to ignore the impeachment threat facing the president. But the rally’s power wasn’t enough to get the S&P 500 above 3,000.Read More →
© Reuters. Parents of murdered Democratic staffer Seth Rich can sue Fox News: U.S. court By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit against Fox News Network over its reporting on Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee employee whose unsolved murderRead More →
(Reuters) – Standard Chartered PLC (L:) is facing a fine for failing to prevent sanctions breaches, Sky News reported on Saturday. Britain’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, which includes police and intelligence officers as well as finance ministry officials, has notified the lender that it aims to impose a penaltyRead More →
