People walk past a board with the logo of Bitcoin in a street in Yerevan, Armenia September 9, 2019. Anton Vaganov | Reuters This has been a tough week for bitcoin. The world’s first and largest cryptocurrency plunged more than 20% over seven days, hitting a low of $7,757 Friday — its lowest level since
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Randal Quarles, vice chairman of supervision at the Federal Reserve, at the NABE Economic Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Feb. 26, 2018. Joshua Roberts Washington, D.C. — The U.S. economy is chugging along nicely even as worries over the country’s trade policy are hurting business investment, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.
Peloton introduces a treadmill to their product line. Emily Gaffney | CNBC Peloton is worth $19 a share at most, according to Wall Street’s valuation guru. The fitness start-up tumbled about 11% in its public debut on Thursday to as low as $25.76 a share, below its IPO pricing of $29 per share, which was
Ethan Brown, founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, prepares to ring the opening bell to celebrate his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, May 2, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Beyond Meat stock jumped on Thursday and that’s putting pressure on the hundreds of millions of dollars that investors have bet
People look at a Tesla car at a showroom in Beijing. Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images Tracking sales in China can often be opaque but one analyst believes data on automotive insurance registrations reveals that Tesla has strong demand in the key market. “Tesla’s deliveries to real, actual people are still rising at
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks at the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2019 legislative conference in Washington, April 9, 2019. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Jamie Dimon said its unlikely that the U.S. and China will agree on a trade deal before the 2020 election. “I don’t expect it to happen before the elections,
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As U.S. stocks climb and fall in response to President Donald Trump‘s words (and tweets), some traders are voicing skepticism over the
Adam Neumann, CEO of WeWork. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters In just the last 24 hours, the CEOs of WeWork, eBay and Juul have all stepped down from their posts, the continuation of a record-setting pace of exits this year by the heads of U.S. businesses. U.S. based companies announced 159 CEO changes in August, 28%
U.S. President Donald Trump walks toward journalists as he departs the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania May 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images One of Wall Street’s top brokerages on Tuesday announced that its base case for President Donald Trump is impeachment. Cowen Washington policy strategist Chris Krueger
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stocks were set for a muted open on Wednesday even after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will launch a formal impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 14 points after the 6 p.m. open, implying a gain of 44 points at