Year: 2025
Cisco’s stock closes at record for first time since dot-com peak in 2000
Chuck Robbins, chief executive officer of Cisco, participates in a Bloomberg interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Few companies were as hot in early 2000 as Cisco, whose networking equipment served as the backbone of the internet boom. On Wednesday, Cisco’s […]
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Here are the five big takeaways from Wednesday’s Fed rate decision
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved a much-anticipated quarter percentage point interest rate cut at a meeting that was packed with intrigue […]
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What DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach is betting on after the Fed decision
DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Wednesday he’s warming up to commodities, while doubling down on foreign investments amid dollar weakness. The widely followed investor said he recently shifted positive on broad commodities, pointing to a steady, largely overlooked rally in the asset class. “Commodities broadly have quietly started to rise,” Gundlach said. “For the […]
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Trump says Fed could have ‘at least doubled’ latest interest rate cut
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with business leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 10, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut benchmark interest rates by a quarter percentage point could have been “at least doubled.” Trump, […]
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The Fed is the most divided it’s been in more than six years
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran speaks with CNBC during the Invest i America Forum on Oct. 15, 2025. CNBC There were three dissenters from the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, making it the most divisive the central bank has been in more than a […]
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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in October. Text removed from the October statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both statements. […]
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Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead
Key Points A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday in a 10-3 vote, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. The FOMC’s “dot plot” indicated just one more reduction in 2026 and another in 2027, amid considerable disagreement from members about where rates should […]
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U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela: Report
A Venezuelan flag in La Guaira, Vargas State, Venezuela, on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News. Oil prices rose slightly on the reported seizure. U.S. crude oil was up 28 cents, or […]
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Fed still forecasts just one rate cut for next year
The Federal Reserve logo is visible on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building on December 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Reserve still sees just one rate cut in 2026, unchanged from its last forecast about three months ago. The central bank’s so-called dot plot, which […]
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Trump admin touts pulling nearly 10,000 truckers off road for failing English tests
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press conference to discuss the impact of the government shutdown on air safety workers and travel at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 24, 2025. Rachel Wisniewski | Reuters The Trump administration said Wednesday that it has pulled nearly 10,000 commercial truck drivers off U.S. […]
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