NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are drifting Wednesday as Wall Street waits to hear from the Federal Reserve about where interest rates may be heading. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in early trading, coming off its first losing month in the last six. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 104 points, or 0.3%, […]
BlackRock, a major Wall Street firm, is investing millions of dollars in an estimated 30 Chinese military-linked companies currently sanctioned by the U.S. government, according to a think tank report prepared for Congress. Additionally, BlackRock, which manages retirement assets for millions of Americans, has invested in companies working on China’s large-scale nuclear weapons buildup, stated […]
LONDON — Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to […]
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are falling Tuesday after the latest hotter-than-forecast reading on the economy raised more worries about inflation and interest rates staying high. The S&P 500 was 0.7% lower in afternoon trading and on track to close out its first losing month in the last six. It’s lost momentum since setting records […]
NEW YORK — The best week for U.S. stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday. The S&P 500 rallied 1% to finish its first winning week in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 2%. Alphabet […]
NEW YORK — Alphabet and Microsoft are leading the U.S. stock market on Friday toward the finish of its first winning week in the last four. The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 76 points, or 0.2%, as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq […]
NEW YORK — Worries about a potentially toxic cocktail combining stubbornly high inflation with a flagging economy dragged U.S. stocks lower on Thursday. A sharp drop for Facebook’s parent company, one of Wall Street’s most influential stocks, also hurt the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% and sliced some of the gains off what had […]
The government’s top watchdog ruled that President Biden has not broken the law by slow-walking construction of the border wall, but did say he has left hundreds of millions of dollars still unspent. The Government Accountability Office said that while Mr. Biden has said he doesn’t want to build more wall, his actions have belied […]
NEW YORK — One of the worst weeks for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 is dragging Wall Street on Friday to the finish line of its latest losing week. The S&P 500 was down 1% in late trading and on track for its third straight losing week. That would be its […]
NEW YORK — One of the worst weeks for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 is dragging Wall Street on Friday to the finish line of its latest losing week. The S&P 500 was down 1% in late trading and on track for its third straight losing week. That would be its […]
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