Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Spirit Airlines (SAVE) – Spirit surged 11.4% in the premarket after announcing it would buy competitor Frontier Airlines in a stock swap dea...
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SoftBank-backed fintech DriveWealth is adding crypto to take on Coinbase’s ‘unsustainable’ fees
Bob Cortright of DriveWealth Source: DriveWealth DriveWealth, the SoftBank-backed start-up that helps fintech firms like Revolut offer stocks, is getting into cryptocurrency trading, CNBC has learned....
Stock futures are flat after S&P 500 posts best week of the year
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading Sunday after the S&P posted its best week of 2022, boosted by quarterly earnings reports and a better-than-expected January em...
Weekly jobless claims total 238,000, fewer than expected
Initial filings for unemployment claims totaled a bit fewer than expected last week as companies looked to overcome the impact of the omicron spread. Claims for the week ended Jan. 29 were 238,000, a ...
Here’s where the jobs are for January 2022 — in one chart
Despite a spike in omicron Covid-19 cases, U.S. employers managed to add over 450,000 jobs last month thanks to robust hiring at restaurants and bars, retailers and mail and parcel delivery workers. T...
Payrolls show surprisingly strong gain of 467,000 despite omicron surge
Job growth rose far more than expected in January despite surging omicron cases that seemingly sent millions of workers to the sidelines, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls surged ...
Gas prices climb to highest level in more than 7 years as oil surges above $90
A gas station in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2021. FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images Gas prices rose to the highest level in more than seven years Friday, on the heels of the U.S. oil benchmark toppi...
Amazon, Snap, Ford and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) – The drugmaker reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $23.72 per share, beating the $18.35 consensus estima...
Ken Griffin’s Citadel fund gains nearly 5% during January’s tech rout
Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds scored gains in January despite the tech rout that crushed the market, as the spike in v...
Citigroup CEO faces disgruntled workers, regulators’ demands in tough first year
Citi CEO Jane Fraser makes brief remarks during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow chief executives to discuss the looming federal debt limit in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisen...
Republicans grill Fed nominee Raskin over past views on climate and big energy companies
Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominated to be vice chairman for supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, gestures during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirma...
U.S. stock futures rally after earnings reports from Amazon and Snapchat
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures rose in overnight trading Thursday as investors digested a slew of corporate earnings reports after the Nasdaq Composite ...
Ford (F) earnings Q4 2021
Ford Motor Co. signage at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor is announcing fourth-quarter earnings after the markets ...
Nasdaq futures drop as Facebook leads tech shares lower
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 26, 2022. Source: NYSE Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures fell Wednesday night, as traders pored through the latest batch of corporate earnings, which included d...
Capri Holdings, Boston Scientific, Brinker and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Capri Holdings (CPRI) – The company behind Michael Kors and other luxury brands reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter ...
Alphabet, PayPal, General Motors, AMD & more
The Google logo seen at the entrance to Google Cloud campus in Seattle. Toby Scott | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Wednesday. Alph...
Lux Capital’s Josh Wolfe on why the buy-the-dip mantra will no longer work
(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Lux Capital invests in emerging science and technology companies, making long-term bets on contrarians in the space. Over two decades,...
Companies cut 301,000 as omicron slams labor market
Companies cut jobs in January for the first time in more than a year as the spread of the Covid omicron variant appeared to hit hiring, payroll processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. Private payrolls...
AT&T, AMC Entertainment, UPS and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: AT&T (T) – AT&T announced plans to spin off its stake in the WarnerMedia/Discovery Communications (DISCA) combination to its shareho...
After a huge year for growth, the U.S. economy is about to slam into a wall
Free food is handed out by the Brooklyn community organization PASWO during a weekly food distribution on December 08, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Spurred by a massive inventor...
Exxon Mobil, AMC Entertainment, UPS and more
A medical worker wearing a mask walks near the AMC movie theater in Times Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 7, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Check out the companies m...
Exxon (XOM) earnings Q4 2021
Exxon Mobil’s revenue jumped more than 80% year over year during the fourth quarter amid a rebound in oil and gas prices, the company said Tuesday. With Exxon now in a stronger financial positio...
There were 4.6 million more job openings than unemployed workers in December
A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Job openings totaled nearly 11 million in Decem...
Stock futures dip after S&P 500 wraps up worst month since March 2020
Stock futures declined in overnight trading Monday after Wall Street wrapped up a tumultuous month with steep losses as investors grappled with the Federal Reserve’s policy shift. Futures on the...