Wall Street flat amid Sino-U.S. tensions, economic uncertainty
U.S. stock indexes moved in a flat-to-low range on Friday as investors gauged Sino-U.S. tensions amid continued uncertainty over the pace of economic recovery from the...
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Hedge funds increased exposure to growth favorites in first quarter: Goldman
Hedge funds concentrated their portfolios even further into growth stocks including Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp in the first quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic...
Big changes could be coming for student loan borrowers
More relief could be on its way to those struggling with student loan debt. Here are the proposals on the table.
Americans take a dim view of raiding their Social Security to cover pandemic expenses, poll finds
Americans want more financial aid from the government. Proposals have ranged from giving individuals as much as $2,000 per month in income to letting them borrow...
GM delays resumption of second shift at 3 North American truck plants -source
General Motors Co is delaying the resumption of second shifts at truck assembly plants in Michigan, Indiana and Mexico because of a lack of parts from...
United Airlines CEO Kirby's annual base salary lower than predecessor
United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it would pay Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby an annual base salary of $1 million, lower than what prior...
Dozens of Chinese companies added to U.S. blacklist in latest Beijing rebuke
The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur...
Self-employed workers face an uphill battle on PPP loan forgiveness
Accountants continue to be puzzled when it comes to forgiving loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. Even more uncertainty lies ahead for independent contractors and the...
Hong Kong tensions unnerve world stock markets, oil tumbles
Global equity markets edged lower on Friday as Beijing moved to impose a new security law on Hong Kong after last year's pro-democracy unrest, further straining...
Oil drops 4% on China-U.S. tensions, energy demand doubts
Oil prices tumbled about 4% on Friday on rising U.S.-China tensions and doubts about how quickly fuel demand would recover from the coronavirus crisis.
Wall Street dips as U.S.-China tensions add to economic woes
U.S. stock indexes dropped on Friday as Sino-U.S. tensions weighed on markets struggling to gauge the pace of economic recovery from the coronavirus.
U.S. grants tentative OK for 15 air carriers to suspend service to 75 airports
The U.S. Transportation Department said late on Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of...
No U.S. state avoided job losses in April: Labor Department
Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic...
Oil drops over 4% on China-U.S. tensions, demand doubts
Oil fell over 4% on Friday to below $35 a barrel on rising U.S.-China tensions and doubts about the pace of demand recovery from the coronavirus...
Large employers push back on U.S. healthcare mergers during coronavirus crisis
A group representing some of the largest U.S. employers has asked Congress for a year-long ban on mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and doctors groups that...