Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — The U.S. Treasury said Tuesday it was postponing a ban on trading shares of companies with alleged links to the Chinese military. The new restrictions take effect June 11, versus the prior date of May 27. The move by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration extends a grace period for
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U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday ahead of more retail earnings. Dow futures fell about 40 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.15% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.1%. On Tuesday, the major averages ended the day in the red after notching gains earlier in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
In this article BTC.CB= Dado Ruvic | Reuters Crypto bulls have long championed bitcoin as a modern-day replacement for gold, and by one measure, the new market is already close to surpassing bullion in that respect. The total value of the cryptocurrency market now stands above $2 trillion, putting it on nearly equal footing with
Some relief may be in sight for countries battling spikes in Covid. A major Wall Street firm expects vaccines will be a game changer for emerging markets and help them participate in a broad-based economic rebound by next year. “It’s all a matter of timing. Certainly, these are obstacles. But they are short-term in nature,”
Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq in New York on Sept. 3, 2020. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes ticked higher at the start of the overnight session Monday evening after Wall Street kicked off the week with modest losses. Dow futures added 50 points, while contracts
In this article TSLA Michael Burry attends the “The Big Short” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. Jim Spellman | WireImage | Getty Images Famed investor Michael Burry on Monday revealed a short position against Tesla worth more than half a billion, in a regulatory filing. Burry,
Traders on the floor of the NYSE. Source: NYSE Stock futures edged up in overnight trading on Sunday as the market looked to continue to rebound from last week’s sell-off triggered by inflation jitters. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were both 0.2% higher.
In this article ABNB COIN DIS Pedestrians wearing protective masks wait to enter a Disney store in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Thursday: Disney — Disney shares slipped more than 3% after the company’s
In this article DOGE.CM= Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dogecoin soared more than 40% early Friday after a tweet from supporter Elon Musk and as Coinbase said it would list the meme-inspired cryptocurrency. The price of dogecoin rose to an intraday high of around 55 cents at 2:30 a.m. ET, according
A man wearing a mask walks past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, February 3, 2020. Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — While investors around the world fret over inflation, China’s central bank has more