Wall Street Subdued Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision
Economy
Wall Street Subdued Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision

Early trading on Wall Street is muted ahead of the Federal Reserve's final decision of the year on interest rates. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were flat Wednesday, shifting between tiny gains and losses.... Read More

Wall Street Wobbles a Day After Tumbling Into Bear Market
Economy
Wall Street Wobbles a Day After Tumbling Into Bear Market

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is wobbling between gains and losses Tuesday in its first trading after tumbling into a bear market on worries about a fragile economy and rising rates. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading after... Read More

US Stocks, Crude Prices, Resume Upward Trajectory
Wall Street
US Stocks, Crude Prices, Resume Upward Trajectory

U.S. markets rose modestly ahead of the opening bell Wednesday and the price for a barrel of oil resumed an upward trajectory after the European Union this week blocked most oil imports from Russia. Futures for the S&P 500 gained... Read More

Wall Street Slumps, Erasing a Big Rally From a Day Earlier
Wall Street
Wall Street Slumps, Erasing a Big Rally From a Day Earlier

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slumping on Wall Street, erasing a rally from a day earlier, as markets assess the looming fallout from the Federal Reserve’s stepped-up fight against inflation. On Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by half... Read More

Elon Musk Wins Suit Over Tesla Purchase of Rooftop Solar Company
Courts
Elon Musk Wins Suit Over Tesla Purchase of Rooftop Solar Company
2022-04-28 15:02:41
by Dan McCue

WILMINGTON, Del. — In a week in which his planned purchase of Twitter is dominating headlines, Elon Musk scored a victory of another sort on Wednesday, prevailing in a shareholder lawsuit over electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla’s purchase of SolarCity, a... Read More

Wall Street Heads for Gains after World Shares Sink
Wall Street
Wall Street Heads for Gains after World Shares Sink

Wall Street pointed toward gains in premarket trading Tuesday after world share prices sunk lower, with Hong Kong down almost 6% and Shanghai losing 5%. Oil prices slid about 8% as virus lockdowns and rising numbers of COVID cases in... Read More

World Shares Mixed, Oil Down $5.50 Per Barrel
Wall Street
World Shares Mixed, Oil Down $5.50 Per Barrel

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Europe after a mixed session in Asia on Monday, where Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index sank 5% after the neighboring city of Shenzhen was ordered into a shutdown to combat China’s worst COVID-19 outbreak... Read More

Stocks Slip on Wall Street as Oil and Inflation Worries Rise
Wall Street
Stocks Slip on Wall Street as Oil and Inflation Worries Rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped on Wall Street Thursday as global markets remain choppy amid uncertainty about where inflation, interest rates and the global economy are heading. The S&P 500 slumped 1.2% in morning trading, on pace for its... Read More

Wall Street Eyes Rebound, European Stocks Surge on Diplomacy
Wall Street
Wall Street Eyes Rebound, European Stocks Surge on Diplomacy

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street futures rebounded Wednesday and European shares rose sharply as investors eyed diplomatic efforts to end Russia's attack on Ukraine, while Asian markets sank after Chinese inflation accelerated. Futures for Wall Street’s S&P 500 index... Read More

Stocks Fall on Wall Street as US Oil Price Briefly Hits $130
Wall Street
Stocks Fall on Wall Street as US Oil Price Briefly Hits $130

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in morning trading on Wall Street, as more gains for oil prices threaten to worsen the world's already high inflation. The S&P 500 sank 1.5% after a barrel of U.S. oil leaped as... Read More

Stocks Mixed, Oil Tops $110 a Barrel as Ukraine War Rages
Wall Street
Stocks Mixed, Oil Tops $110 a Barrel as Ukraine War Rages

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices surged above $110 per barrel Wednesday as Russian forces stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, while premarket trading on Wall Street pointed toward a higher open. Investors appeared to take in stride Federal Reserve... Read More

Stocks Slip, Yields Soar on Hottest Inflation in 40 Years
Wall Street
Stocks Slip, Yields Soar on Hottest Inflation in 40 Years

NEW YORK (AP) — With inflation going only higher, stocks are slipping on Wall Street Thursday as expectations build that the Federal Reserve will have to get more aggressive about removing the tremendous support it’s given the economy. The hottest... Read More

Stocks Rise, Still on Pace for Worst Month Since March 2020
Wall Street
Stocks Rise, Still on Pace for Worst Month Since March 2020

Stocks are rising Monday, trimming some of their worst monthly loss since the early days of the pandemic, as Wall Street closes a tumultuous January wracked by worries that imminent interest-rate hikes will make everything in markets more challenging. The... Read More

World Shares, US Futures Slip on Worries Over Omicron Risks
Economy
World Shares, US Futures Slip on Worries Over Omicron Risks

NEW YORK (AP) — Global shares mostly slipped Tuesday as investors cautiously weighed how much damage the new omicron coronavirus variant may unleash on the global economy. Germany's DAX lost 1.1% to 15,106.35 in afternoon trading. France’s CAC 40 slipped... Read More

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