Pain, despair and poverty reach fever pitch for unemployed workers
Randy Chase, 57, does masonry work on construction crews. With unemployment benefits stalled since April and no savings left, he’s been living in his pickup truck outside of Denver since September, using an electric heater to keep warm. Randy Chase...
Elliott tries to turn around a decade-long laggard with new real estate investment
Signage stands on the building of a Public Storage facility in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, April 21, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elliott Associates sees a runway beneath Public Storage, and is pushing the...
Tesla jumps 6% in heavy volume ahead of S&P 500 entry, stock then falls a bit in after hours
People wearing face masks are seen inside a Tesla showroom at a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 30, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Shares of Tesla traded more than four...
Big investors new to cryptocurrencies appear to be behind bitcoin’s rally to a record
Stanley Druckenmiller (L) and Paul Tudor Jones CNBC A herd of new, big investors are scooping up bitcoin this year as the price more than doubles. Investors who bought at least 1,000 bitcoins — worth roughly $23 million at Friday’s...
Stock futures modestly lower after major averages close at record highs
U.S. stock index futures were modestly lower in overnight trading on Thursday, after the major averages closed at new highs. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 44 points. S&P 500 futures declined 0.09%, while Nasdaq 100...
Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise, hit highest level since early September
Jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week as states reimposed coronavirus restrictions as lawmakers struggle to push through new government aid, according to a Labor Department report Thursday. The number of first-time unemployment-benefits filers totaled 885,000 in the week ending Dec....
Bitcoin hits new all-time high above $23,000, extending its wild 2020 rally
Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a fresh record high above $23,000 on Thursday, extending a wild rally for the cryptocurrency that has seen it more than triple in value this year. The world’s most-valuable digital currency...
Fed commits to keep buying bonds until the economy gets back to full employment
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday made a key adjustment to its efforts to support the economy, while upgrading its outlook for growth. As expected, the Fed held benchmark interest rates near zero following the conclusion of its two-day meeting. Investors...
Fed raises its economic outlook slightly, sees 4.2% growth next year and 5% unemployment rate
People ride scooters past the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Erin Scott | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Reserve dialed up its economic expectations slightly for the end of...
Homebuilder confidence drops from record high as rising prices hit buyers
A house under construction is seen in Culver City, a neighborhood of Los Angeles on November 21, 2020. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images After three straight months of record highs, homebuilder confidence in the single-family housing market pulled...
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