Month: September 2025
Etsy pops 15% as OpenAI announces ChatGPT Instant Checkout for the shopping site
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards OpenAI’s Instant Checkout Courtesy of OpenAI OpenAI on Monday announced Instant Checkout, a new feature that allows users to buy products through its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. Instant Checkout initially supports single-item purchases directly from U.S. Etsy sellers, and it’s available to U.S. ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Free users. OpenAI […]
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Watch: Trump details plan to end Israel war with Hamas in Gaza
The White House on Monday released a 20-point plan by President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. The release came minutes before Trump began speaking at the White House about the proposal, which has not been agreed to by Hamas. Trump was joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]
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Democrats refuse to cave on health care before meeting with Trump on government shutdown
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Congressional Democrats held the line on their health-care demands just hours before meeting Monday with President Donald Trump and Republican leadership to discuss avoiding […]
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Odds of a government shutdown rise to 70% in prediction markets
Key Points Prediction markets are pricing in about a 70% chance that the federal government will shut down on Wednesday. Users on Kalshi and Polymarket increased their bets after the Labor Department said it won’t release Friday’s key jobs report, watched closely on Wall Street, in the event of a shutdown. Source
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Startup founder Charlie Javice to be sentenced for defrauding JPMorgan Chase
US businesswoman Charlie Javice (L), founder of Frank, arrives for her sentencing hearing at federal court in Manhattan on Sept. 29, 2025, in New York City. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Charlie Javice, founder of a startup acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million, is facing sentencing Monday for defrauding the bank by overstating […]
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Labor Dept. won’t release Friday’s key jobs report, other data if government shuts down
The US Capitol is seen in the background as signage for US Department of Labor is seen in Washington, DC on August 4, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images The Labor Department is preparing for what would amount to a news and data blackout should the U.S. government suspend operations. In a contingency […]
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A possible risk to markets from a shutdown getting chatter on trading floors
Markets have largely shrugged off previous government shutdowns, but this time could prove different if it shows U.S. government ineptitude has fallen to a new low. That could cause rating agencies to reexamine the high, but fragile condition of U.S. credit worthiness. On Monday the Labor Department said it’s preparing a contingency plan for what […]
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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its latest AI model that’s ‘more of a colleague’
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Monday announced its latest artificial intelligence model: Claude Sonnet 4.5. The model is better at coding, using computers and meeting practical business needs, and it excels in specialized fields like […]
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AI bull marks the revenge of the Dotcom ‘boxmakers’ like Cisco, Dell. How to trade the stocks from here
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — I remember being a retail stockbroker in 1999, pitching shares of Mellon Bank to my retail brokerage customers. After the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act under President Bill Clinton, a wave […]
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Trump bashes Zohran Mamdani after Eric Adams drops out of New York mayor’s race
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media during a campaign stop with Speaker of the New York State Assembly Carl Heastie in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., September 17, 2025. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday bashed New York City mayoral race front-runner Zohran Mamdani […]
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