US equity-index futures dropped after Microsoft Corp. and Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. delivered a mixed picture of big tech earnings. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 sank 0.6% and those on the S&P 500 were down 0.4%. Alphabet fell more than 7% in premarket trading after its cloud unit reported a...
The war between Israel and Hamas is adding more tension in a world already riled with unrest, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund. “What we see is more jitters in what has already been an anxious world,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said at the Future Investment...
Top US banking regulators have updated decades-old rules that are meant to tackle redlining and boost lending to lower-income areas. Under Tuesday’s plan, the landmark 1977 Community Reinvestment Act will for the first time cover online and mobile banking services. That means the grades that regulators give firms for lending...
Beijing has pumped a record amount of short-term cash into its financial system to shore up lending in recent days, only to elicit a refrain familiar to China watchers this year — not enough, more required. Signals in the money market show traders expect borrowing costs to remain elevated for the...
Hui Ka Yan has already lost his freedom. Now, China Evergrande Group’s founder is no longer a billionaire. Hui’s net worth has fallen to $979 million, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with shares of his debt-laden real estate firm trading at just HK$0.24 (3 cents) each. Shares of China Evergrande...
In this photo illustration, bottles of Heineken beer are displayed on July 31, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesHeineken beer sales fell in the third quarter as the Dutch brewer completed the long-awaited exit of its Russia operations and consumers were put off by higher prices.Volumes...
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, at a press conference at the IMF Headquarters on April 14, 2023.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe head of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday dubbed the worsening Israel-Hamas conflict as another cloud on the horizon of...
Deutsche Bank shares popped on Wednesday, after the lender slightly beat expectations with its thirteenth straight profitable quarter and said it would increase and accelerate shareholder pay-outs.Third-quarter net profit was 1.031 billion euros ($1.06 billion), above an analyst consensus of quarterly net profit attributable to shareholders of 997 million...
Created by the founder of Thunes, global digital currency payments institution Triple-A wants to close the gap between traditional finance and blockchain-based payments with its white-label solutions for businesses. It enables clients to pay in or accept crypto and get fiat money in their bank accounts the next day. Triple-A...
The contracts are signed, the champagne glasses have been clinked, and the deal to sell your RIA is done. Still, an owner of a registered investment advisor may have lingering doubts about selling his or her firm. But there are ways to avoid pitfalls, mishaps and selling to the...