Is October below or not? As he often does, Josh Brown documents the main debate among the stock cognoscenti. “You can divide everyone on Wall Street right now into one of two camps. Do we cut the October rate or…
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that expands the availability of abortion pills to more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies. The Biden administration partially implemented the change last year, announcing it would not…
It is now October 2023 and the Conservatives are entering the Manchester conference center for their leadership speech. In the middle of the triumphal music, the prime minister approached the podium, admired his long hair, gave a sly smile and…
There are some weaknesses ahead for Microsoft, UBS said. Analyst Karl Keirstead downgraded the tech giant to neutral from buy, saying the latest round of checks into the business decreased the bank’s confidence in the stock. “We are downgrading our…
As the stock market rout is not in sight, equity indicators built by Bank of America offer hope. The so-called bank-side indicator, which incorporates the asset allocation view of Wall Street strategists, fell 33 basis points in December and is…
Top EU policymakers have pledged to overhaul ethical standards in the wake of the European parliament’s bribery scandal, tackling a culture of “impunity” that some former MPs have warned will be difficult to eradicate. Věra Jourová, vice-president of the European…
Regulatory oversight forced Hangzhou-based Ant Group to postpone plans for a massive IPO in 2020. Vcg China Visual Group | Getty Images BEIJING – Ant Group’s consumer finance unit has secured approval to more than double its registered capital, marking…
Elon Musk is trying to reduce expenses at Twitter to close to zero as his personal wealth shrinks — and that certainly includes cutting rent payments on the company’s offices. Twitter owes $136,260 in back rent on its 30th-floor offices…
Proposals by Israel’s new far-right government for far-reaching changes in the administration of the occupied West Bank prompted warnings from opposition figures and Palestinian groups even before Benjamin Netanyahu officially returned as prime minister last week. But the intervention of…
Last year was one of the worst for the stock market in more than a decade. The three main US indexes – S & P 500 , Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite – all scored the worst year…