Month: October 2024
Health-care costs hit a post-pandemic high. These moves during open enrollment can help
About 165 million Americans get their health insurance through work, and yet most don’t spend much time considering what their employer is offering in the way of benefits and what it will cost. In fact, employees only spent about 45 minutes a year, on average, deciding which benefit options suit them best, a report from Aon found. Open […]
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Nvidia heads for record close as AI chipmaker’s market cap tops $3.4 trillion
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia shares headed for a record close on Monday as Wall Street gears up for earnings season and updates from all of the chipmaker’s top customers […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: SoFi, Caterpillar, SiriusXM, Boeing and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: SoFi Technologies — Shares of the online personal finance company jumped 9.8% after SoFi announced a $2 billion agreement with Fortress Investment Group to grow its loan platform business. Sirius XM Holdings — The audio entertainment stock popped more than 8% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway […]
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Pro-Palestine protestors cause disturbance outside the New York Stock Exchange
Key Points There was no disruption to trading and none of the protestors appeared to make it to the historic trading floor. NYSE security fences off a perimeter area outside of the exterior of the building on Broad Street in lower Manhattan. Chants such as “we want housing, not genocide” and “let Gaza live” could […]
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UK trade deals with India and Gulf nations are ‘the priority,’ business minister says
Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade Jonathan Reynolds leaves 10 Downing Street after attending the weekly Cabinet meeting in London, United Kingdom. Wiktor Szymanowicz | Future Publishing | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K.’s business minister said Monday that securing trade deals with India and Gulf nations […]
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Harris proposes 1 million forgivable loans to Black entrepreneurs, as Trump makes inroads
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at a fire station, in Redford Charter Township, Michigan U.S., October 4, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled an “Opportunity Agenda” proposal for Black men Monday, which includes plans to provide 1 million forgivable loans to […]
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Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on new CEO
A Boeing worker waves a picket sign Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as workers continue to strike outside the company’s factory in Renton, Wash. Lindsey Wasson | AP It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly voting down a tentative contract. Costs and tensions have only […]
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Stock futures are little changed with key corporate earnings on deck: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed Monday as investors waited to assess whether the next batch of key corporate earnings could power the market to more records. Futures on the Dow Jones […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Flutter Entertainment, Boeing, SiriusXM, Caterpillar and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Crypto stocks – Stocks linked to cryptocurrencies rose as Bitcoin soared above $64,000 to start the week. Extending gains from the previous session, MicroStrategy and Mara Holdings — formerly Marathon Digital — each gained more than 5%, while Coinbase advanced more than 3%. Flutter Entertainment – […]
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ServiceNow, Coreweave and others to invest $8.2 billion in UK data centers to fuel AI growth
Bill McDermott, Chairman, President & CEO ServiceNow, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Enterprise software giant ServiceNow and AI-focused startup CoreWeave announced plans to invest billions of dollars in the U.K., in a vote of confidence for Prime […]
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