Brian Moynihan, chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America Corp, speaks in New York City, September 25, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan announced the most sweeping management overhaul of his 12-year tenure atop the giant financial institution. In a memo distributed to employees on Friday, Moynihan named
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On the floor, a trader comforts another during a moment of silence on September 17, 2001. David L Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images As we reflect on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and on the friends and family no longer with us, it’s important to remember that disaster was followed by one of
In this article WFC BHC-CA ENDP AFRM 7203.T-JP NLSN Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) – Affirm soared 22.4% in the premarket as the “buy now, pay later” company’s revenue easily topped estimates. Active merchant numbers more than quintupled and Affirm issued a positive outlook as well. Toyota Motor
The pandemic has put hundreds of thousands of businesses out of action, saw others fold and decimated great swathes of the economy. But, crypto thrived in this distributed environment. As the world clamped down and everyone was forced to decentralize, the crypto world shone. Perhaps crypto, born of a crisis, is most at home in
Although the bubbling thermal spas have long been an attraction, it is was the frequent visits of French Emperor Napoleon III that put Vichy, France, on the map in the second half of the 19th century. It was during this time – characterized by industrial expansion and the rise of Impressionism – that a Neo-Louis
In this article URW-NL People walk near the sight of Ground Zero and the Freedom Tower on the day that the United States officially ended its participation in the war in Afghanistan on August 30, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Jay Neveloff recalls sitting in his office on 55th Street
Joe Biden has held his second call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since becoming US president in an effort to break an impasse in the relationship between the countries after two rounds of top-level meetings produced little progress. The White House said the two leaders had a “broad, strategic discussion” and that Biden had “underscored
The presidents of the Federal Reserve banks of Boston and Dallas said Thursday they would sell their individual stock holdings by Sept. 30 and invest the proceeds in diversified index funds or hold them in cash. Eric Rosengren, head of the Boston Fed, and Robert Kaplan, president of the Dallas Fed, released near-identical statements Thursday
By his own admission, Lee Cooperman still does not understand Bitcoin, despite BTC being up more than 300% since early December 2017. Speaking to CNBC on Thursday, the billionaire investor alluded to people his age having a hard time understanding Bitcoin, adding: “I’d be very careful with Bitcoin; I don’t think it makes a great
Moody’s Investors Service upgrade of Maine energy housing and economic recovery bonds to Aa3 was well-deserved, according to its state treasurer. Moody’s on Tuesday boosted the so-called MEHER bonds, which the Maine State Housing Authority issues, to its fourth-highest rating, one notch, for its Series 2021 1 and 2 bonds, while maintaining a stable outlook.
Christine Lagarde said “the lady isn’t tapering”, reassuring bond investors even as the European Central Bank’s president announced it would buy fewer bonds in a sign of confidence in the eurozone’s economic recovery. After a two-day meeting of its governing council, the ECB said on Thursday it had decided to move to “a moderately lower
Varo Money’s mobile banking application. Varo Bank has more than tripled its valuation after gaining a national banking charter last year, CNBC has learned. The company is set to announce Thursday that it raised $510 million in a Series E round led by hedge fund Lone Pine Capital and including dozens of new and existing
In this article RH GME LULU CZR UAL SAM Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Lululemon (LULU) – Lululemon reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.65 per share, easily beating the consensus estimate of $1.19. The apparel maker’s revenue also topped estimates, helped by a surge in direct-to-consumer sales. Lululemon also raised its
A high-flying Solana (SOL) refused to land even in the face of a brutal sell-off in the cryptocurrency market on Tuesday. Two days later, the price of SOL rebounded to another new all-time high. The SOL/USD exchange rate averted a big pullback over the previous 48 hours and reached $217 for the first time in
Josephine Gotianun-Yap is plowing ahead with growing her family’s diversified company despite a drag from the pandemic. In August, Filinvest Development president and CEO Josephine Gotianun-Yap made the gutsy call to go ahead with its listing of a REIT, into which it was injecting 17 office towers from its subsidiary Filinvest Land. At $236 million, Filinvest
Aerial views of the $500 Million dollar mansion dubbed “The One” in Bel Air, California. Google Earth A Los Angeles megamansion once expected to list for $500 million has gone into receivership after the owner defaulted on more than $165 million in loans and debt, according to court filings. The 105,000-square-foot Bel Air estate, known
The Puerto Rico Planning Board is more optimistic for economic growth for the next 10 years than the Oversight Board is in its adopted fiscal plan. This Planning Board, the local government body that analyzes economic data and makes economic and demographic projections, expects an average 1.04% real Gross National Product growth from fiscal 2022
Indian stocks and the rupee have surged this month, we discuss why and what lies ahead. IShares MSCI India ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/INDA/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID WisdomTree India Earnings Fund: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/EPI/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID IShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SMIN/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Infosys Limited: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/INFY?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Container Store: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/TCS?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID ICICI Bank Limited: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/IBN?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on
Decentralized finance (defi) has set a trend during the latter half of 2020 and into this year, as statistics show $168 billion is locked in defi across various blockchains. The Bitcoin Cash network now has the Smartbch protocol and in recent times, a decentralized exchange (dex) platform has joined the defi fray. The newly launched
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Wednesday the department will probably exhaust its ability to avoid breaching the federal debt limit sometime in October and renewed her call on Congress to boost or suspend the ceiling. “Based on our best and most recent information, the most likely outcome is that cash and extraordinary measures will be