U.S. stocks ended mostly lower Friday on signs that the U.S. labor market remained robust in November despite the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes. Data released by the Labor Department showed th...
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Mike Novogratz Calls Sam Bankamn-Fried Delusional, Says He Must Be Behind Bars
In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz spoke about the FTX debacle and referred to Sam Bankamn-Fried’s personality as “delusional” asserting that the incident has reduc...
Second-Largest U.S. Pension Buys Up Rivian, Snowflake, Airbnb, and Noble Stock
America’s second-largest public pension by assets recently increased its investments in some of the market’s more volatile stocks. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System doubled its stakes i...
D.R. Horton and 7 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
Text size D.R. Horton plans to boost its quarterly payout by 11% to 25 cents a share. Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg It was a busy week for dividend increases among large U.S. companies across a varie...
Buy Bumble Stock. The Dating App’s Shares Haven’t Met Their Match.
Bumble has been getting the cold shoulder from investors, who are worried that singles have cooled on its dating apps. The company, though scruffy, remains attractive—and its stock could be just the t...
These Pumpkin Bars Will Be Your New Pumpkin Spice Obsession
These pumpkin bars have it all—a buttery shortbread crust, a pumpkin-pie custard and a crunchy … [+] cinnamon and brown sugar streusel topping. Anthony Underwood Do you have a favorite part of T...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Looks Invitingly Cheap
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has a flair for the dramatic and often makes bold moves. This year has been no exception. Ackman made about $1.7 billion from a bet on higher interest rates and incurr...
Caesars’ Sports-Betting Business Strengthens. What That Means for DraftKings.
Text size Caesars reported earnings of 24 cents a share from revenue of $2.89 billion for its third quarter. Dreamstime Caesars Entertainment stock was higher Wednesday after the casino operator poste...
Dow ends 500 points lower, Nasdaq falls 3.4% after Fed raises rates, Powell signals terminal interest rate will be higher than expected
U.S. stock indexes finished a volatile session with losses on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced the fourth straight jumbo increase in its benchmark interest rate and hinted at a potential ...
Senior KFC Executives Opt for Retirement as Interest Rates Hit Pension Payouts
Rising interest rates are adding to companies’ borrowing costs and triggering higher credit-card bills for consumers. At KFC, they are driving a turnover in senior management. The Louisville, Ky.-base...
Man Faces 25 Years Behind Bars for Illegally Converting Bitcoin (BTC) to US Dollars in Money Laundering Scheme
A man from New York is facing 25 years in prison after being convicted of running an unlicensed money transmitting business as part of a scheme to launder Bitcoin (BTC). According to a new press relea...
How the Inspire Brands CEO Learned to Care About Company Culture
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Chipotle Stock Could Heat Up. Here Comes a Speedy Robo Burrito Maker.
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These 20 stocks in the S&P skidded as much as 21.5% during another brutal week for the market
Another difficult week for U.S. stocks ended with shares of oil producers sliding and Ford Motor Co. tumbling further on concerns over supply shortages. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.72% fell 1.7% on Friday...
Audits of Chinese Companies Start to Face U.S. Inspections
Updated Sept. 22, 2022 3:45 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) U.S. regulators have started inspecting China-based audits, kicking off a monthslong process that will determine whether companies from ...
Costco, AutoZone, Lennar, Darden, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve this week, as the central bank’s policy committee meets to consider further interest-rate increases. A handful of major companies will report earnings...
Thai SEC Bars Crypto Staking & Lender Services after Zipmex’s Bankruptcy
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday announced a ban on crypto firms from offering staking and lending services to investors in the country. The move comes a few month...
Opinion: Any one of these 15 money-losing companies could become the stock market’s biggest ‘unicorn’ failure ever
David Rush holds a Guinness world record for cramming 100 candles into his mouth and lighting them. Sandeep Singh Kaila spun a basketball on a toothbrush for a record 1 minute and 8.15 seconds. Nevill...
It’s a great time to scoop up bargain stocks. Here are 21 examples that could make you a lot of money.
Are you a contrarian investor? Sometimes it seems everyone claims to be one, but it isn’t easy, especially after a wipeout such as the one we saw on Sept. 13. An investor who wishes to pay bargain pri...
20 value stocks whose growth potential is overlooked by investors
After a years-long bull market in growth stocks, the beleaguered value strategy has outperformed this year, as rising interest rates apply pressure on equities. Below is a screen of large-cap value st...
Bybit Responds After Brazil Watchdogs Bars the Exchange From Brokering Securities
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said it is taking necessary steps to ensure that it understands the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) with respect to...
Brazil bars this crypto exchange from brokering securities
Brazil’s Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has barred crypto exchange Bybit from brokering securities. Brazil’s SEC also published a declaratory act for...
Brazil Securities and Exchange Commission Bars Bybit Offering Crypto Trading
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) ordered Monday the ban on cryptocurrency exchange Bybit from engaging in the securities brokerage business. In a statement released on Monday, the CV...
Who is the new Starbucks CEO? He has ‘deep’ knowledge of the consumer but lacks restaurant experience.
Investors didn’t appear to be too excited with Starbucks Corp.’s choice for its new chief executive officer, Laxam Narasimhan, but BTIG analyst Peter Saleh said they shouldn’t be surprised that he’s n...
New CEO of Starbucks — a ‘world-class leader,’ says Howard Schultz — will do a stint as barista
Starbucks Corp.’s soon-to-be chief executive is a “world-class leader” with deep knowledge of consumer-product companies and will spend time as a barista to get to know the company, the coffee chain’s...
Starbucks Names Laxman Narasimhan New CEO
Starbucks named as its new CEO consumer products executive Laxman Narasimhan, months after former head Howard Schultz temporarily took over to steer the coffee giant through rising costs, a unionizati...
Alibaba and JD.com Stocks Are Rising. Let the U.S. Audits Begin.
Text size Investors in Alibaba and other U.S.-listed Chinese stocks crave regulatory clarity. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of Alibaba and JD.com were rising Wednesday following a report that...
Garland Bars Many DOJ Staff From Attending Political Events Amid Trump Scrutiny
Topline Attorney General Merrick Garland prohibited all Department of Justice political appointees from attending campaign events on Tuesday, as the agency’s investigation into former President Donald...
Paramount Sues Company Behind McDowell’s Pop-Up, Citing ‘Coming to America’ Infringement
A pop-up restaurant that paid homage to the 1980s classic comedy “Coming to America” now faces a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures over copyright infringement. JMC Pop Ups LLC created a temporary versi...
Amazon signs deal with DirecTV to air ‘Thursday Night Football’ games in bars
Javonte Williams #33 of the Denver Broncos carries the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals at Empower Field At Mile High on December 19, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Matthew Stockman | Getty Images Amazo...
Meet the company that profits the more people are put behind bars
Michael Burry catapulted to fame by being one of the very few to doggedly bet against America’s subprime market at the peak of the housing boom just before its collapse triggered the global financial ...
22 dividend stocks screened for quality and safety
Now that the S&P 500 has hit a new closing low for 2022, it is a good time to rerun a screen of low-volatility dividend stocks that may perform relatively better. An initial screen of the S&P ...