America’s bridges are in rough shape. More than a third of the nation’s bridges are in need of repair, and over 43,000 are in poor condition and classified as “structurally deficient...
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Dollar General, Accenture, Warby Parker and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Dollar General (DG) – Dollar General rallied 5% in the premarket after the discount retailer forecast better-than-expected full-year sales. Do...
China Vows Support And Gives Markets Reasons To Rejoice – For Now
Liu He, China’s vice premier. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Chinese regulators are expected to incrementally ease their crackdown on sectors ranging from te...
Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on Jan. 26. Text removed from the January stat...
Federal Reserve meeting:
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, an incremental salvo to address spiraling inflation without torpedoing economic growth. After keepi...
Aerovironment, Alibaba, Boeing and more
Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduod...
Retail sales February 2022 come up short as inflation puts dent in consumer spending
An Amazon Prime truck pulls away after a delivery in Washington, DC, on February 17, 2022. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Consumers continued to spend in February through at a slower pace than exp...
Nvidia, Boeing, Micron and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DiDi Global (DIDI), Alibaba (BABA), JD.com (JD), Pinduoduo (PDD) – China-based stocks listed in the U.S. are staging strong rallies in premark...
$100M fund aims to support the growth of decentralized machine economy
IoTeX, a blockchain platform focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced the launch of a $100 million sustainable ecosystem fund. The new fund will back over 1,000 decentralized machine eco...
Cramer’s Mad Money Recap 3/15: Marvell, Amazon, CrowdStrike
When things look really horrible, and the markets have been down for days, don’t despair, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Tuesday. Instead, he said they should plot out their next moves, s...
How the stock market ‘fear index’ works
The volatility index, also known as the VIX, essentially takes a reading of the stock market’s blood pressure, measuring investors’ fear. The VIX can spike when investor concerns are heigh...
U.S. stock futures are flat ahead of Wednesday’s Fed meeting
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading after the major indexes rallied and oil prices tumbled below $100 a barrel ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting. Futures on the Dow Jones Ind...
Most Wall Street Experts Now Predict Stagflation—Here’s What That Means For Investors And The U.S. Economy
Topline Professional investors are growing increasingly gloomy about the future, with the majority now predicting that stocks will fall into a bear market this year and the U.S. economy will be plague...
American Airlines, Starbucks, Peloton and more
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Check out the companies makin...
Skyrocketing Stablecoin Economy, Close To $200B, USDN, UST Put A Booster
During previous 12 months, stablecoins are leaping higher and have grown hugely and present valuation today is just a few steps away from marking $200 Billion. This month, 2 of the most significant ga...
Forecasters sees growing chance of a recession as Fed hikes rates this year to fight inflation
US Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” in Washington, DC, on March ...
Wholesale inflation climbed 0.8% in February, slightly lower than expectations
Another surge in energy prices pushed wholesale goods prices to their biggest one-month jump in record in February, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday. Final demand prices for goods j...
Stablecoin Economy Nears $200B, UST Supply Jumps Higher, USDN Spikes 43% in 30 Days – Altcoins Bitcoin News
During the last 12 months the stablecoin economy has grown massive and the current valuation today is only $13 billion away from tapping the $200 billion mark. This month, the two biggest gainers in t...
Despite the Global Economy decline, how are these privacy coins booming?
Prominent Privacy crypto assets Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) have seen significant growth last week, apparently surprising amidst crisis Since the Russia-Ukraine war emerged, the west and many Europea...
Stock futures rise slightly as Wall Street awaits Fed rate hike, Ukraine developments
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 14, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures rose slightly on Monday night as investors continue to monitor developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and get rea...
Financial Censorship: Crypto Will be an Integral Part of the Fragmented Global Economy
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people from all over the world have sent more than $54 million to the Ukrainian government and an NGO called Come Back Alive, which is providing support to t...
Here’s everything the Fed is expected to do at its meeting this week
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty I...
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Alibaba, Apple and more
Signage for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. covers the front facade of the New York Stock Exchange November 11, 2015. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. ...
5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures rise with Russia-Ukraine war, Fed in focus A view of the New York Stock Exchange ...
Fertility benefits are the new work perk
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images When Priya and her husband discovered they were infertile, it cost them $20,000 and years of intrusive treatment to conceive their daughter. A couple of years ...
Cryptocurrency Can Bring Growth to American Economy if Properly Regulated – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Cory Booker sees cryptocurrency as “an exciting innovation with the potential to bring growth to the American economy if properly nurtured and regulated.” The senator from New Jersey is e...
Privacy Crypto Assets XMR, ZEC See Double-Digit Gains Amid Tightened Global Economy – Altcoins Bitcoin News
Over the last week, the United States and president Joe Biden’s administration tightened sanctions against Russia a great deal. The U.S. banned Russian energy imports, a number of other types of impor...
Enigma Economy NFT introduced the first mining based collection
Enigma Economy NFT has been pioneering transparency and trust. The collection brings the context of reinventing streaking to introduce tangible value to the ecosystem. It is a genesis collection of mi...
Biden’s New Executive Order On Digital Assets Fuels U.S. Crypto Economy
This past Wednesday, President Biden issued an Executive Order to ensure the responsible development of digital assets in the U.S. The Order provides a foundation for numerous studies to help guide an...