Year: 2025
How activist Elliott could use its data center know-how to amplify returns at Equinix
Inside one of Equinix’s internal operations at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, on May 9, 2024. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | The Washington Post | Getty Images Company: Equinix Inc (EQIX) Business: Equinix is a real estate investment trust and operator of 270 data centers in 75 metro areas around the globe, providing carrier-neutral collocation and […]
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Microsoft could be due for a big pullback as one of the most overbought names on Wall Street
Stocks that saw gains in recent days could be at risk of sliding, according to one popular technical indicator. Major U.S. indexes tumbled Friday on fears that the economy could be headed toward a slowdown, after July’s jobs data came out far weaker than expected and President Donald Trump rolled out modified tariff rates . […]
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Bank of America says these five stocks have room to run following earnings
Bank of America highlighted a slate of stocks that have plenty of upside following quarterly reports. The firm said shares of companies like Microsoft still have room to run after earnings . Other buy-rated names include Delta Air Lines, Domino’s Pizza, Procter & Gamble and Levi Strauss. Delta Air Lines Shares of Delta are down […]
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This is the ‘No. 1 reason’ to buy the early boarding upgrade, travel expert says
A record number of passengers flew in 2024. Izusek | E+ | Getty Images Southwest Airlines, once known for its first-come, first-served approach to boarding and seating, on Tuesday began selling its first tickets with assigned seats. That change — and with it, new boarding groups — goes into effect for flights in late January. […]
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UK’s highest court largely overturns ruling on auto finance payments
A picture shows the British coat of arms on the outside the Supreme Court in central London on August 1, 2025. Niklas Halle’n | Afp | Getty Images Britain’s highest court Friday largely overturned a lower court’s ruling that certain car finance agreements were unlawful, a decision likely to bring a sigh of relief among lenders […]
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Trump ‘soft, weak and afraid’ in firing labor statistics chief McEntarfer: Wyden
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee called President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday “the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his chaos is inflicting on our economy.” “Bottom line, Trump wants to cook […]
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Texas researcher faces deportation after being held for a week at San Francisco airport
Travelers outside San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by immigration authorities at the San Francisco International Airport, sleeping in a chair and living […]
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Why Black entrepreneurs flock to Martha’s Vineyard every August
Sign at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, Massachusetts Cindygoff | Istock | Getty Images Martha’s Vineyard has long been a summer vacation destination for Black families, but August in the Massachusetts beach community is becoming an important hub for Black entrepreneurs, investors and financial firms, too. “I would say the magic of it is really about introducing […]
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Crypto wobbles into August as Trump’s new tariffs trigger risk-off sentiment
A screen showing the price of various cryptocurrencies against the US dollar displayed at a Crypto Panda cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images The crypto market slid Friday after President Donald Trump unveiled his modified “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries. The price […]
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Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics to be fired after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets
Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday demanded the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. In a Truth Social post that also directed even more fire at Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump accused BLS […]
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