Stocks made the biggest jump: Netflix, Coinbase, Alphabet, SVB Financial
Netflix — Shares of the streaming giant jumped more than 8% after Netflix added 7.66 million net subscribers in the fourth quarter, above the 4.57 million expected, according to StreetAccount. Founder Reed Hastings also announced that he is stepping away from his CEO...
FTX Reports $415 Million of Cryptocurrencies was hacked
FTX has identified about $5.5 billion worth of digital assets for recovery, a number that includes $415 million in “hacked crypto.” FTX’s new CEO John Ray said in a statement that it’s taken a “Herculean investigative effort from our team...
Beyond student loan forgiveness, here’s what the government can do to keep the rising household debt in check
On Aug. 24, President Biden announced the cancellation of $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most borrowers making less than $125,000 annually. But student loans account for less than 10% of household debt in America, which reached $16.15 trillion...
Watch Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak live at Jackson Hole
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a speech at the central bank’s annual economic symposium...
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Dollar Tree, Peloton, Salesforce and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Dollar Tree (DLTR) – The discount retailer’s stock slid 6.6% in the premarket after cutting its full-year earnings forecast, due to the impact of pricing-related investments at its Family Dollar stores. Dollar...
Nobel prize winner says the U.S. needs a 1950s-style productivity boom
The U.S. needs to return to the kind of economic and productivity growth it saw in mid-20th century to boost public spirits, according to a Nobel Prize-winning economist. “We badly need to get back to economic growth,” Edmund S. Phelps,...
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Twitter, Zoom, Palo Alto Networks, Macy’s and more
Source: Nasdaq Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Zoom Video — Zoom sank 16.5% after missing on revenue estimates for the previous quarter due to a strong dollar. The videoconferencing company also cut its forecast for...
Inflation peaking? 10 common consumer items where prices are falling
A customer shops for eggs in a Kroger grocery store on August 15, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images July’s consumer price index report finally showed a sign of potential relief – inflation ticked up less than...
Warren Buffett gets permission to buy up to half of Occidental Petroleum, boosting the shares
Warren Buffett at press conference during the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting, April 30, 2022. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Friday received regulatory approval to purchase up to 50% of oil giant Occidental Petroleum. Shares of Occidental jumped 10% on...
Jobless claims edge lower as Fed looks to cool labor market
Initial filings for unemployment benefits declined slightly last week though they were consistent with a drift higher in layoffs that began in the spring, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Jobless claims totaled 250,000 for the week ended Aug. 13, down...