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Will Coinbase go bankrupt? Crypto CEO says there is ‘no risk of bankruptcy’
““We have no risk of bankruptcy.”” That’s a quote from Brian Armstrong, chief executive and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase COIN, -10.63%. In a series of tweets on May 10, Arms...
If this stock market is shaping up like 2008, here’s where we could be headed next, says strategist
Those looking for a bit of good news to start the week may have to cast the net further out. Stocks are tilting lower as COVID-19 cases flare up in China, threatening more lockdowns. And the plate was...
Coal Is on Its Way Out, Despite Supreme Court EPA Ruling
Text size A NextEra Energy wind farm in Whitewater, Calif. Bing Guan/Bloomberg The U.S. utility industry’s shift from coal and toward renewables likely will be unaffected by a recent Supreme Court rul...
What’s Happening in Sri Lanka? What to Know About the Protests and Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka’s sovereign-debt crisis has crippled its economy and sparked months of political turmoil and public unrest. With its foreign reserves drained to near zero, the South Asian nation fell into d...
IRS, Lawmakers Seek Review of Comey, McCabe Audits
WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service and members of Congress have asked the agency’s inspector general to investigate the circumstances surrounding intensive audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe...
The IRS audited ex-FBI director James Comey and former deputy Andrew McCabe. What are the odds?
In recent years, the Internal Revenue Service has been processing around 150 million to over 160 million tax returns annually, doing the work with a shrinking staff and an inflation-adjusted budget th...
Big Insider Buys of Oil and Solar Stocks Are Plays on Russia Sanctions
Text size Crude-oil storage tanks at a Plains All American Pipeline facility. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Insiders have snapped up stock of two companies whose prospects have brightened due to Russia’s in...
Biden Administration Weighs Move to Trim Mortgage Costs as Home Prices Rise
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is weighing a move to trim mortgage costs for first-time and lower-income buyers, a bid to boost affordability when average home prices are at an all-time high. Pre...
Here’s why this trader is piling back into one of the year’s hottest commodities
The end of June is nigh and good riddance. Down about 7%, only March has delivered a win for S&P 500 SPX, -0.07% investors this year, as pandemic fallout has been compounded by Russia’s brutal and...
Default Won’t Trigger a Long Winter for Russia
Failing to pay your debts can stop you getting a loan again. Except if you are a country—even Russia. Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution. Becaus...
Vanguard Sues UHNW Advisor Over Alleged Client Solicitation
The Vanguard Group is suing one of its former ultrahigh-net-worth financial advisors for allegedly violating a one-year nonsolicitation agreement he signed while an employee. The financial services gi...
Gensler labels bitcoin a ‘commodity’ as crypto prices stabilize
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Monday that bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.24% was the only cryptocurrency he was prepared to publicly label a commodity, rather than a security, in a...
Sanctions Push Russia Near First Foreign Default Since Revolution
Russia was poised to default on its foreign debt for the first time since 1918, pushed into delinquency not for lack of money but because of punishing Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. R...
Gas-Tax Holiday Is a Gimmick. Here Are Some Better Ideas.
President Biden’s proposed gas-tax holiday is both a gimmick and dead on arrival. Yet, it is attracting inordinate attention across Washington and on Wall Street. There are viable ways to improve ener...
Ken Griffin Moving Citadel From Chicago to Miami Following Crime Complaints
Billionaire Ken Griffin is relocating his hedge-fund firm Citadel from Chicago to Miami, the third major employer to announce the move of a corporate headquarters from Illinois in the past two months....
Senate Advances Bill to Raise Age for RMDs to 75
Text size Savers can wait longer to begin emptying retirement accounts under pending legislation. Eric Lee/Bloomberg The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday that would raise the age ...
Big Changes to 401(k) Retirement Plans Get Closer With Senate Vote
Americans could wait longer to start emptying retirement accounts and face fewer restrictions on emergency withdrawals under a bill advanced unanimously Wednesday by the Senate Finance Committee. The...
3 big problems with Congress’ new retirement reforms
A new set of reforms to America’s retirement tax and savings plans passed a key hurdle in Congress last week. Variously known as the SECURE Act 2.0, the EARN Act and the RISE & SHINE Act, the meas...