Day: February 17, 2025
Stock futures rise to kick off a shortened trading week: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 30, 2025. NYSE U.S. stock futures rose Monday night to kick off a holiday-shortened trading week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 106 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively. Wall Street is coming off a winning week […]
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As Europe ramps up defense spending talks, analysts name the stocks set to benefit
Global officials gathered in Munich, Germany, over the weekend for the Munich Security Conference, with talk focused on defense spending and the war in Ukraine. European officials appeared to signal a willingness to ramp up spending following pressure to do so from U.S. President Donald Trump. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said defense […]
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Vinyl records have a pressing problem — toxic chemicals and a high carbon footprint
Vinyl records may be music’s most enduring format. The 12-inch vinyl LP is a format that is nearly 80 years old, but its popularity has been steadily rising over the past two decades. In 2024, 30 million vinyl records were sold in the United States and United Kingdom alone, and the global vinyl market is […]
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Southwest Airlines to cut 15% of corporate jobs in ‘unprecedented’ move to cut costs
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane taxis along the tarmac at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia on December 13, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said Monday that it is cutting about 15% of corporate jobs, or about 1,750 people, a move its CEO called […]
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Delta plane crashes on landing at Toronto airport, injuring at least 15
First responders work at the Delta Air Lines plane crash site at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada February 17, 2025. Arlyn Mcadorey | Reuters At least 15 people were injured after a Delta Air Lines regional jet crashed upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport Monday afternoon, officials said. All 80 people […]
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Fed Governor Bowman says more progress on inflation is needed before further rate cuts
Key Points Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said on Monday she wants to see data reflect more progress on inflation before cutting interest rates further. While she expects inflation to continue to decelerate this year, she said disinflation “may take longer than we would hope.” The Fed maintained its target rate at a range of […]
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Innovaccer launches AI agents for doctors and hospitals to address burnout
Innovaccer CEO Abhinav Shashank. Courtesy: Innovaccer As doctors and nurses face historic rates of burnout, Innovacer says artificial intelligence is here to help. The health-care data company on Monday announced a suite of AI agents that are designed to automate repetitive, “low-value” tasks for clinicians. “We just don’t have enough capacity in the health system to […]
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Ivory Coast rains revive cocoa farmers’ hopes for healthy mid-crop
Cocoa pods are pictured at a farm in Sinfra, Ivory Coast April 29, 2023. Luc Gnago | Reuters Strong rains across Ivory Coast’s central regions are expected to strengthen cocoa trees and improve growing conditions for the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top producer of the main ingredient in chocolate, […]
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CDC ‘disease detectors’ among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
The Trump administration on Saturday terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including fellows responsible for key public health roles, according to two sources at the agency who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern over retaliation. Among them were about two dozen workers who made up the Laboratory […]
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From tariffs to DOGE, what companies are saying about the impact of MAGA policies
CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Via […]
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