The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has listed nine cryptocurrencies that it says are securities. This was contained within a complaint arresting and charging a former Coinbase employee and t...
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Jobless claims rise again in another sign that labor market is cooling
A man walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in New York City on July 8, 2022. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Initial jobless claims hit their highest level since mid-November last week, the la...
Netflix, Las Vegas Sands and more
The Netflix logo is seen on their office in Hollywood, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — Shares of the streaming company popped...
Former employees say issues plagued crypto company Celsius years before bankruptcy
Problems at Celsius appear to have been simmering for years before the crypto lender filed for bankruptcy. The crypto company saw a range of internal missteps leading up to its recent turmoil, accordi...
China U.S. debt holdings go under $1 trillion for 1st time in 12 years
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s holdings of U.S. debt have fallen below $1 trillion for the first time in 12 years amid rising interes...
Sales rose more than expected in June as consumers remain resilient despite inflation
A pedestrian carries a shopping bag while walking through Union Square on May 17, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Consumer spending held up during June’s inflat...
Crypto lender Celsius declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York
Crypto lender Celsius has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, court filings show. The firm declared assets between $1 billion and $10 billion, with an equal amount in estimated liabilities, according to t...
Powell, Clarida cleared of wrongdoing in Fed trading controversy
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters after the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to stem a disruptive surge in inflati...
Fed Governor Waller says he’s open to ‘larger’ rate hike this month than in June
Christopher Waller, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S, on Thursday...
Gain 11.3% on surge in energy costs
Inflation hit hard at the wholesale level in June, as producer prices surged a near-record amount from a year ago due to a big jump in energy costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. T...
Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as consumer pressures intensify
Shoppers paid sharply higher prices for a variety of goods in June as inflation kept its hold on a slowing U.S. economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The consumer price index, a ...
Fed report finds higher fears of inflation and potential recession
A Federal Reserve economic survey released Wednesday pointed to elevated recession fears along with a belief that soaring inflation will last at least through the end of the year. The central bankR...
Embattled crypto lender Celsius files for bankruptcy protection
Celsius on Thursday was sued by former investment manager Jason Stone, as pressure continues to mount on the firm amid a crash in cryptocurrency prices. Stone has alleged, among other things, that Cel...
S&P 500 futures slip as traders brace for the start of earnings season
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 24, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. equities futures dipped early Monday morning as Wall Street looked ahead to big company earnings reports. Futures tied to the Dow Jon...
Fed officials Waller and Bullard back another big interest rate increase in July
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The Federal Reserve is well on its way to another sharp interest rate hike in July and perhaps Septem...
GameStop, Virgin Galactic & more
Shoppers wait for a GameStop store to open on at the Tysons Corner Center, in Tysons, Virginia, November 27, 2020. Hannah McKay | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ga...
‘More restrictive’ policy likely if inflation fails to come down
Federal Reserve officials in June emphasized the need to fight inflation even if it meant slowing an economy that already appears on the brink of a recession, according to meeting minutes released Wed...
S&P 500 futures rise slightly after a late day rally and ahead of Fed minutes
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 28, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. equities futures were slightly higher Tuesday night after the market staged a big midday reversal, with falling bo...
Oil stocks, Ford, Crocs and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ford Motor — Shares of the carmaker dropped nearly 3% and hit a new 52-week low after the company reported a slight increase in new vehicle ...
Stock futures are flat after another losing week on Wall Street
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, July 1, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were flat in overnight trading after the major averages finished another losing week. Stock futures tied to the Dow Jones Ind...
FTX signs a deal giving it the option to buy crypto lender BlockFi
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on June 5, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images FTX has signed a deal giving it...
FTX closes in on a deal to buy embattled crypto lender BlockFi for $25 million in a fire sale
Sam Bankman-Fried, chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021....
Powell vows to prevent inflation from taking long-run hold in the U.S.
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. Mary F. Calvert | Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Jer...
Watch Fed Chair Powell talk live about the economy, interest rates at ECB forum
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Stock futures are flat after failed attempt at a rally
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Tuesday after the major averages made a failed attempt at a bounce. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edge 0.13% or 39 points, while the S&a...
New York Fed President John Williams says a U.S. recession is not his base case
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Tuesday he expects the U.S. economy to avoid recession even as he sees the need for significantly higher interest rates to control inflation. R...
Coinbase, Spirit Airlines, Robinhood and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Spirit Airlines — The budget airline’s shares fell more than 7% amid news that advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services told S...
WeWork, Snowflake, United Airlines, Rite Aid and more
General view of WeWork Weihai Road flagship is seen on April 12, 2018 in Shanghai, China. World’s leading co-working space company WeWork will acquire China-based rival naked Hub for 400 million...
Stock futures are lower after major averages dip, investors mull slowdown
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, June 7, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures were lower Wednesday night after the major indexes slippe...