Oil prices rise from 13-month low as new virus cases slow
Oil prices edged up from 13-month lows on Tuesday as the number of new coronavirus cases slowed in China, easing some concern over the potential for...
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S&P 500, Nasdaq set course for new closing highs as coronavirus fears abate
Wall Street advanced on Tuesday with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on track to score their second consecutive record highs after officials said the deadly...
FTC demands data about small buys by Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft
The Federal Trade Commission has issued special orders to five big tech companies - Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Amazon.com Inc , Apple Inc , Facebook Inc...
PayPal funds academic research on illegal firearms transactions
PayPal Holdings Inc is teaming up with criminologists and experts at several universities to probe the payment systems used in the trafficking of illegal firearms in...
How to delay or ditch Medicare and pick it up later without paying penalties
If a job is (or will be) part of your post-65 life, be sure you know the rules for putting off or dropping Medicare due to...
Wells Fargo CEO Scharf shakes up management at scandal-hit bank
Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Charles Scharf announced his first major reshuffle on Tuesday, promoting several executives to new roles while also tapping a JPMorgan...
Banks, fintech startups clash over ‘the new oil’ — your data
Politico Victoria Guida Feb 7, 2020 Fintech companies argue that giving banks a tight grip over the flow of information will allow the big lenders to...
Stocks surge to record highs on hopes virus is peaking, gold ebbs
Key U.S. and European stock indexes surged to fresh records on Tuesday after China's senior medical adviser suggested the deadly coronavirus may be over in April,...
Wall Street higher on U.S. growth optimism; Nasdaq hits record
U.S. stocks rose and the Nasdaq hit a record high on Monday, as a recent set of strong domestic economic data and largely upbeat fourth-quarter earnings...
U.S. appeals court denies Apple bid for rehearing in VirnetX patent case
A U.S. appeals court on Monday denied a request by Apple Inc that it reconsider a decision upholding a finding Apple iPhones infringed VirnetX Holding Corp...
Exor expects $13 billion for careful acquisitions after PartnerRe sale
Investment group Exor will have around $13 billion in cash provided it closes a deal to sell its reinsurance unit PartnerRe and it would spend most...
Amazon wants Trump to testify on ‘order to screw Amazon’ in Pentagon deal
Amazon Web Services said on Monday it was seeking to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its lawsuit over whether the president...
Safe-havens rise on coronavirus concerns, stocks rebound
Gold rose and the dollar hit a four-month high against the euro on Monday as the death toll from coronavirus outbreak passed that of the SARS...
Jeremy Grantham warns eventually only the rich will procreate as chemicals leave the poor sterile
GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham said in a letter that chemical toxicity threatens to dramatically lower birth rates and become a major investment issue.
Climate activists invade BlackRock office in Paris
Dozens of climate activists invaded U.S. asset manager BlackRock's office in central Paris on Monday, calling for the fund to pull out of fossil fuel investments.