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The Fed doesn’t care about your stock portfolio — at least until inflation calms down
The Federal Reserve and the stock market may not be getting a divorce, but they’re at least on a trial separation that could last a while. Long a major support system for Wall Street, the Fed is going its own way these days, taking on an inflation fight its leading officials say is pivotal for […]
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These are the cheapest stocks in the S&P 500 that could be buying opportunities
The last two months have been chaotic for Wall Street as big technology giants like Alphabet and Netflix stretch further into bear market territory and the S & P 500 enters a bear market of its own. While the short-term selling could be far from over, the current market conditions may mark an opportune time […]
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Goodbye, American soft power: McDonald’s exiting Russia after 32 years is the end of an era
Soviet customers stand in line outside the just opened first McDonald’s in the Soviet Union on January 31, 1990 at Moscow’s Pushkin Square. Vitaly Armand | Afp | Getty Images It was 4 a.m. and a trickle of Russians had already begun lining up outside the building in the freezing winter cold, hours before opening […]
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb says rising monkeypox cases suggest it’s spread ‘pretty wide’
The rising number of monkeypox cases in the U.S. and Europe suggest the virus has already spread widely across communities, but it won’t likely cause a major epidemic like Covid, Pfizer board member and former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday. “Now that there’s been community spread, it may be hard to […]
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Who’s finding value in Apple at these levels? Maybe Warren Buffett
Apple shares have fallen to their lowest level in a year during the latest market turmoil. Are they cheap enough yet for Warren Buffett, the tech giant’s second biggest investor, to buy more? Shares of the iPhone maker have dropped more than 20% this year. At its lowest level this week, the megacap stock fell […]
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Elon Musk visits Brazil to discuss Amazon with Bolsonaro
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he arrives at a hotel to participate in a news conference about the Amazon rainforest and to meet with Elon Musk, according to ministers, in Porto Feliz, Sao Paulo state, Brazil May 20, 2022. Amanda Perobelli | Reuters Elon Musk traveled to Brazil on Friday to discuss projects to […]
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Renault reveals electric-hydrogen hybrid concept car, says it will have range of up to 497 miles
Details of Renault’s Scénic Vision concept car were presented to the public on May 19, 2022. The firm’s idea of developing a passenger vehicle that uses hydrogen technology is not unique. Benjamin Girette | Bloomberg | Getty Images Renault has released details of an electric-hydrogen hybrid concept car, with the French automaker describing hydrogen technology […]
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European Central Bank member says to expect first rate hikes this summer
Joachim Nagel, Germany’s central bank governor and ECB member, shares his latest thoughts on inflation and the possibility of rate hikes in the euro zone. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The ECB will soon hike rates for the first time in more than a decade, a member of the central bank’s governing council told […]
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Russia will shut off gas to Finland from Saturday, Finnish energy provider says
A drilling rig at a gas processing facility, operated by Gazprom. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russia may have just made its first retaliatory move against Finland after lawmakers in Helsinki officially applied to join the military alliance NATO. Gasum, Finland’s state-owned gas wholesaler, said in a statement Friday morning that natural gas imports from Russia […]
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China quietly increases purchases of low-priced Russian oil
China is quietly ramping up purchases of oil from Russia at bargain prices, according to shipping data and oil traders who spoke to Reuters, filling the vacuum left by Western buyers backing away from business with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in February. The move by the world’s biggest oil importer comes a month […]
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