Two U.S. senators have proposed to increase cap on annual purchases of popular Treasury series I savings bonds, or I bonds, to $30,000 per person from $15,000. Sens. Deb Fischer (R., Neb.) and Mark Wa...
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Trump Might Be Shielded From Defamation Suit, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court said a law shielding U.S. government employees from tort claims could potentially protect former President Donald Trump from a defamation lawsuit brought by a New York writer. ...
The U.K. Economy Is Having a Meltdown. Why It’s Going to Get Worse.
The recent sharp drop in the British pound and in U.K. government bonds means traders are at panic stations, with repercussions being felt across the globe. The spectacular drops in the past month wer...
Buffett’s Berkshire Might Have Bought More Occidental Stock After the Dip
A recent decline in Occidental Petroleum share price could have prompted Berkshire Hathaway to add to its large stake in the big energy company. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) holds 188.4 m...
Intel Introduces Videogame Graphics Chips to Challenge Nvidia
Sept. 27, 2022 3:02 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Intel plans to start selling graphics chips for videogamers next month, aiming to get a piece of a lucrative market dominated by competitors Nvi...
Lawsuit Seeks to Block Biden’s Student Loan Relief
An Indiana public interest lawyer filed a lawsuit against the Education Department to block the Biden administration’s plan to cancel billions of dollars of federal student debt, saying it would force...
Tesla Q3 Delivery Results Are Coming. What to Watch For.
Tesla third-quarter delivery results are coming, and while calling the Q3 delivery figure will be tough, calling the stock price reaction will be even harder. Given all the crosscurrents in the econom...
Toyota Softens Toward Critics of Its EV Push
Sept. 25, 2022 5:33 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Toyota Motor wants to meet with critics who say it is behind rivals in the race for greener cars, nearly a year after the auto maker pledged to ...
Ford Seeks New Trial After $1.7 Billion Jury Verdict in Truck Rollover Lawsuit
Listen to article (1 minute) Ford Motor is asking a Georgia court for a new trial, after a jury reached a $1.7 billion verdict against the auto maker last month involving a truck rollover accident tha...
Solar Panels Don’t Power Your Home and Other Insights From an Energy CEO
Text size Generac stock is down 51% year to date. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Powering a home is getting more complicated as outages rise and options—such as solar panels, generators, and batteries—pro...
Crypto Investors Got Burned by Celsius. Then They Battled Back.
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network LLC attracted scores of people over the last five years who wanted to make money betting on bitcoin. After a crypto crash pushed the company into bankruptcy this ...
Oracle’s Ellison’s Compensation Topped $130 Million Last Fiscal Year
Sept. 23, 2022 8:24 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Oracle top executives are again among the highest-paid at big U.S. companies, thanks to a decision last year to give them more time to earn stoc...
Crypto Bill That Would Have Transformed Industry Vetoed by California’s Newsom
Text size California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday vetoed a bill that would have brought strong regulatio...
Will This Be Another ‘Lost Decade’ for the Stock Market?
Text size Investors are staring at a ‘lost decade.” NYSE After four decades of incredible performance, the stock market could be at the beginning of a lost decade. Yes, the S&P 500 has...
The Stock Market Is Reeling. How It Could Stop Falling Next Week.
Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing the market over the next few days and set i...
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Could Be Among Top Payers of New Minimum Tax
Listen to article (2 minutes) WASHINGTON—A handful of large companies, such as Berkshire Hathaway and Amazon.com could bear most of the burden from a 15% corporate minimum tax President Biden signed i...
Hong Kong Shares Hit 11-Year Low. Alibaba and Tencent Lead Decline.
Text size Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell more than 3% on the week to reach its lowest level since October 2011. Bloomberg Hong Kong stocks ended a bleak week down more than 1% Friday, pushing ...
Alibaba Pours $1 Billion Into Cloud Computing. The Move Is Critical for Its Growth.
Text size Alibaba stock has tumbled since early 2021 amid waves of regulatory pressures. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba will invest $1 billion into its cloud computing division, doubling down...
The Stock Market Is Reeling. What to Watch This Week.
Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing the market over the next few days and set i...
September Was Bad for Investors. October Could Be Worse.
Text size Market chaos has hit stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, and futures. It’s hard to see it ending soon. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It’s a bumpy, volatile, no good, very bad market o...
Tumbling Markets Imperil Tech, the Dollar, and Private Equity
Text size Japan has had to intervene to support the sliding yen for the first time since 1998, even as it tries to keep its interest rates low. Akio Kon/Bloomberg The world has been hooked on cheap mo...