Finance
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 January. Text removed from the January 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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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Williams-Sonoma, Micron, Macy’s, SL Green & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Williams-Sonoma — The home goods and furniture seller rose 6% on better-than-expected earnings. Williams-Sonoma earned $3.04 per share, beating an LSEG estimate of $2.90 per share. The company also raised its quarterly dividend by 15%. nVent Electric – The maker of electronics cabinets and cooling systems […]
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JPMorgan Chase taps Dwyane Wade, Tom Brady for new athlete wealth management push
Key Points JPMorgan Chase announced the Athlete Council, an initiative led by Dwyane Wade and featuring Tom Brady, Sue Bird, Alex Morgan and others, aimed at helping athletes manage money from college through retirement. About one in six NFL players declares bankruptcy within 12 years of retiring, JPMorgan said, underscoring the financial perils facing athletes. […]
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Bain Capital taps buyer interest for Bridge Data Centres, offering up to 70% stake, sources say
Bain Capital has started reaching out to potential buyers for its stake in Bridge Data Centers, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the private equity firm eyes exits amid rising demand for AI infrastructure. Citigroup and JPMorgan are running the sale process and have sent out preliminary marketing materials to investors to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Micron Technology, Macy’s and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — Nvidia rose nearly 1% after Reuters reported , citing sources, that the chipmaker got approval from the Chinese government to sell its H200 chips in China. The company is also reportedly preparing to make available in China a version of its Groq AI chip. […]
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Orlando Bravo pushes back on private markets criticism: ‘Everybody’s extremely comfortable’
Key Points “We have been living in the details of the space for a very, very long time, not on a high level, not investing in stocks, [but] investing in companies, customer contracts, knowing the details. So, yes, as a sector specialist in private equity, our companies are very, very different,” Bravo said. His comments […]
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The Fed issues its latest interest rate decision Wednesday. Here’s what to expect
Key Points Markets are pricing in a near-zero chance that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates at this meeting — or any other in the near future. Updates to economic and rate projections also aren’t expected to show anything dramatic when the decision is released Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. On top of […]
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Mastercard says it’s acquiring stablecoin startup BVNK in $1.8 billion bet on future of payments
Key Points Mastercard said it agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK for up to $1.8 billion — including $300 million in performance-contingent payments — in its biggest crypto deal ever. The deal gives the payments giant the ability to connect traditional rails with blockchain-based systems supporting stablecoins and tokenized deposits. BVNK, founded in 2021 […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Delta Air Lines, Eli Lilly & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia — The chipmaker traded slightly higher after CEO Jensen Huang said he expects orders for its Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips to reach $1 trillion through 2027. Delta Air Lines — Shares traded more than 4% higher after the company raised its first-quarter revenue growth […]
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Apollo’s John Zito questions private equity’s software valuations: ‘All the marks are wrong’
Key Points Apollo executive John Zito said private equity firms are broadly misstating the value of their software holdings, telling UBS clients last month that “all the marks are wrong.” Zito warned that lenders to smaller software companies could recover as little as 20 to 40 cents on the dollar, implying deep losses. Apollo sought […]
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