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The logo of trading app Robinhood is displayed on a smartphone. Olivier Douliery | AFP via Getty Images A U.S. consumer watchdog saw a surge in complaints regarding Robinhood last week, with some clients claiming they were unable to liquidate holdings and move to other brokerage firms. The Federal Trade Commission received more than 100

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stocks head into the week ahead with a tailwind, as investors focus on a hefty fiscal stimulus package and the solid earnings season against a backdrop of rising interest rates. There are several dozen S&P 500 companies reporting earnings, including Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Cisco and

People walk past a GameStop store in Midtown Manhattan on January 27, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Volkswagen often comes to mind when investors try to find a short squeeze comparable to GameStop‘s jaw-dropping spike last week. In October 2008, the German carmaker saw its Frankfurt-listed shares more than

Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images The past two weeks have seen an astonishing number of allegations about the motives of the main actors in the GameStop drama.  The players include the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit, the Robinhood trading app, long-short hedge funds, politicians, and regulators, to name a few.  However, to equate this

A Starlink user terminal installed on the roof of a building in Canada. SpaceX Boxes containing Starlink kits, with user terminals and Wi-Fi routers. Starlink Starlink is SpaceX’s ambitious project to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, known in the space industry as a constellation, designed to deliver high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on the

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said top regulators should be looking at the GameStop trading saga and how it is impacting markets. However, she said the situation isn’t impacting how she approaches monetary policy and doesn’t see the Fed making any adjustments in reaction to the Wall Street uproar. “I don’t think it’s something

SpaceX vice president of build and flight reliability Hans Koenigsmann (left), former NASA director of human spaceflight William “Bill” Gerstenmaier (right). Source: NASA SpaceX vice president of build and flight reliability Hans Koenigsmann is retiring, CNBC has learned, and has begun transitioning his role to William “Bill” Gerstenmaier, the former NASA official that joined the

A person works out at Planet Fitness as they re-open at 25 percent capacity in Boston’s Dorchester on Feb. 1, 2021. Jessica Rinaldi | Boston Globe | Getty Images As Washington squabbles over stimulus, the bond market is already counting on lots of fiscal spending and an economic bounce back. In an extreme case, inflation

Stash co-founders, Brandon Krieg and Ed Robinson. Source: Stash Stock-trading app Stash plans to announce a $125 million venture investment to help fuel customer growth. But it’s not looking to attract the type of trader who might bet on GameStop. The New York-based company will announce a Series G funding round Wednesday, led by Eldridge

[This livestream is scheduled to begin momentarily. Please refresh the page if you do not see the player above.] SpaceX is preparing to launch the latest prototype of its next-generation Starship rocket on Tuesday, in the second high-altitude flight test of the system. Starship prototype Serial Number 9, or SN9, will fly as high as