Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 13, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Consumers are in the spotlight in the week ahead, with the imminent release of retail sales for October and earnings from major chain stores. Retail sales is the big economic report
Municipal bonds were slightly weaker Friday inside 10 years, but trading was light and munis still outperformed U.S. Treasuries, which weakened further on the day from Wednesday’s large sell-off. Investors put nearly $2 billion into municipal bond mutual funds for the most recent week with high-yield reversing a downward course to hit $1.2 billion following
In early March 2020, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer was summoned to the White House to discuss the disease that was sweeping across the world. Mikael Dolsten did not talk about the vaccine that would later bring the company fame and enormous wealth: instead, in those early days, he described how the drugmaker was working on
As with much of London, the streets and structures of London neighborhood, Belgravia, are rich with a storied history—but while many can boast noteworthy pasts of royalty and nobility, none perhaps has quite as auspicious a future. Initially developed in the 19th-century by Marquess of Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Belgravia’s noble roots have remained a through-line—several
CHUNYIP WONG | iStock | Getty Images As the struggles for renters continue, at least eight states and more than 20 cities have policies in place to keep families protected from eviction. Even as the country pulls out of the pandemic, more than 15% of adult renters still report being behind, with as many as
Two sets of teachers’ unions and a judiciary association filed separate challenges to a Puerto Rico Oversight Board pension law interpretation the board has said is necessary to enact of the Plan of Adjustment. The teachers’ unions filed in the final hour before the 5 p.m. AST Friday deadline that Puerto Rico bankruptcy Judge Laura
MyEtherWallet, or MEW, launched its first NFT collection called ETH Blocks on Thursday, which tokenizes individual blocks on the Ethereum blockchain. Unique images associated with ETH Blocks are generated based on the block’s data. These NFTs are available exclusively to MEW users via the MyEtherWallet website. A number of blocks have already been claimed, according
The proof-of-work (PoW) consensus model is the mechanism that kicked off the revolution that launched Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009 and it was the model of choice behind many of the popular projects in the early fledgling years of the crypto ecosystem. As time progressed, other consensus models like proof-of-stake (PoS) rose in popularity, especially as
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, October 19, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The market, regardless of which index we use – S&P 500, Dow or Nasdaq – keeps climbing and making new highs. With that type of trajectory, we might assume that there are
In this article WRBY RIDE RIVN TSLA The Lordstown Motors Corp. Endurance electric pickup truck is displayed during an unveiling event in Lordstown, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Matthew Hatcher | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Johnson & Johnson — Shares of the health care
Gov. Phil Murphy’s surprisingly narrow re-election victory and Senate President Steve Sweeney’s stunning loss to an unknown resonated well beyond New Jersey. National pundits flagged the election-night drama, along with Republican Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial victory in Virginia over Terry McAuliffe and other developments, as warning signs for Democrats heading into national midterm elections. New Jersey
Jes Staley exchanged 1,200 emails with Jeffrey Epstein over a four-year period with content that included unexplained terms such as “snow white”, according to people familiar with the correspondence between the former Barclays chief executive and the convicted sex offender. Staley resigned from Barclays last week after seeing preliminary conclusions of an investigation by UK
Between preparing to host family and friends for Thanksgiving and making gift lists and checking them twice, the whirlwind of activities during the busy holiday season can feel more like a blast of arctic air than a hint of festive cheer. Kitchens are put through the ultimate stress test on Thanksgiving, with every appliance and
Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images For Stacey Foley, refinancing her mortgage was a no-brainer. After paying roughly 4.25% in interest on her existing home loan, refinancing at 3.25% with limited closing costs has saved her $200 monthly. “Two hundred dollars doesn’t sound like a lot of money, but over a year it
Every Miami resident with a digital wallet will be eligible to receive a Bitcoin dividend according to Mayor Francis Suarez. “We’re going to be the very first city in America to give Bitcoin yield as a dividend directly to its residents,” Suarez said in an interview on Nov. 11. Citycoins launched the MiamiCoin cryptocurrency in
A federal judge in Michigan signed off on a $626.25 million settlement that resolves litigation over the state’s role in the Flint water contamination crisis, closing one chapter of the debacle as legal cases proceed on other tracks against former state officials and bond underwriters. The state sold $603 million of taxable bonds in June
“I’m in it for the tech,” is a phrase commonly used in the cryptocurrency ecosystem by many who want to express a deeper motivation for being involved with blockchain technology beyond the significant gains that are known to happen in the volatile asset class. One project that has quietly climbed the charts without the need
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 4:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the player above.] Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station from Florida on Wednesday, as the company keeps up a steady pace of crewed missions. Known as Crew-3, the
In this article RIVN BYND SOFI AFRM MQ TSLA Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tesla (TSLA) — Shares of Tesla got a roughly 2% boost after CEO Elon Musk sold about $5 billion worth of shares this week, according to financial filings submitted Wednesday. He still holds more than 166 million
States would enjoy more private activity bond volume flexibility under an affordable housing provision in the Build Back Better bill. The legislation would reduce the so-called financing test for tax-exempt private activity bonds to 25% from 50%. Lowering the threshold would free up states’ private activity volume for more affordable housing, or any other projects