Economy
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 July. Text removed from the July 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: Lyft, Walmart, Nvidia, Baidu and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Lyft — The ride-share stock surged 13%. Riders will be able to use the Lyft app to hail robotaxis from Alphabet’s Waymo when service begins next year . Walmart — The retail giant added 2% following a price target lift from Bank of America . Analyst […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Alibaba, Workday, Netflix and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nvidia — The artificial intelligence chip darling dropped more than 1% after a report by the Financial Times , which cited three people with knowledge of the matter, said China’s internet regulator has banned the biggest tech companies in the country from buying Nvidia’s AI chips. […]
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Three things Britain wants from Trump’s state visit — aside from business deals
Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and First Lady Melania Trump as they disembark from Air Force One after arriving at London Stansted Airport in Stansted, UK, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s second state visit to the U.K. — and business […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Webtoon Entertainment, Steel Dynamics, Hims & Hers and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Webtoon Entertainment — Shares rallied 31% after the company reached a deal to create a digital comic platform for Disney. Webtoon also agreed to sell a 2% equity stake to the media giant. Emerson Electric — The engineering company fell 4.5%. Its management told a JPMorgan […]
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Workers are ‘hugging’ their jobs. There’s a right way and a wrong way to do it
Key Points “Job hugging” is the dynamic in which workers are clinging to their current roles. Hiring and job creation have slowed, meaning job seekers aren’t finding many new opportunities. Some are fearful about a change given labor market and economic uncertainty. Workers who “hug” their jobs should find ways to stand out, and should […]
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‘Gaza is burning’: Israel launches ground invasion of strip’s largest city
Palestinians watch as the Al-Ghafri tower collapses amid heavy smoke during an Israeli strike in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, on Sept. 15, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nearly two years into its retaliatory military offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel said it has launched a long-studied ground assault on Gaza City. […]
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The UK is about to embrace Trump. The truth is, it needs him right now
U.S. and U.K. banners are installed by engineers from The Flag Consultancy in the street outside Windsor Castle on September 12, 2025 in Windsor, England. U.S. President Donald Trump is making an official state visit to the UK from 17 to 19 September. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images The pomp and […]
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Trump tariffs are fueling inflation, congressional budget chief says
Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel said Monday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs appear to have pushed inflation up higher than CBO analysts had initially expected. His views differ from those of Wall Street analysts, many of whom have been bracing for tariff-driven price hikes, but have yet to see them in materialize. Speaking on CNBC’s […]
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Democrats dig in on health care as threat of government shutdown looms
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 9, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Congressional Democrats are zeroing in on health care as a key sticking point in negotiations with the threat […]
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