The U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 15, 2023.Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration rang up a budget deficit topping $1.8 trillion in fiscal 2024, up more than 8% from the previous year and the third highest on record, the Treasury Department said Friday.Even...
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.
George Town, Cayman Islands, October 18th, 2024, ChainwireTalisman, the leading web3 wallet that bridges the Polkadot and Ethereum ecosystems, has launched its new cross-chain swaps feature, solidifying its role in driving more users and liquidity to Polkadot. This feature simplifies the process of swapping assets between major blockchain ecosystems,...
Zug, Switzerland, October 18th, 2024, ChainwirePolimec, a decentralized Web3 fundraising protocol on Polkadot, is excited to announce its integration with Banxa, a prominent fiat-to-crypto gateway. This integration allows users to invest in blockchain projects using credit cards, introducing a new user experience and making it easier for both experienced...
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Procter & Gamble — The stock fell 0.8% after reporting weaker-than-expected revenue. The household goods maker posted $21.74 billion in revenue while analysts polled by LSEG had estimated $21.91 billion. The company attributed the miss to lower demand in China....
Boxes of Bounce dryer sheets owned by the Procter & Gamble company are seen on a store shelf on October 20, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesProcter & Gamble on Friday reported weaker-than-expected revenue as lower demand in China again weighed on its sales.Shares of the company...
Gregg Greenberg spent 14 years as a journalist at TheStreet.com where he wrote the highly popular column "The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Glamour to ESPN the Magazine, and on humor sites such as Points in Case.
Options traders are preparing for turbulent yen trading. Fluctuations are likely to increase amid growing concerns the Japanese authorities will intervene to support the weakening currency. At the same time, the yen may come under upward pressure amid speculation of a potential tweak to the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy...
Fortress Investment Group LLC is pitching an investment opportunity within an increasingly popular yet controversial corner of finance — funding other companies’ legal battles. The private equity firm is raising its second fund to invest in legal assets, having already deployed $6 billion into the strategy, according to a person...
KitKat chocolate bars, manufactured by Nestle SA, arranged in London, U.K., on Monday, July 26, 2021. Nestle report their half-year results on July 29. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNestle posted lower-than-expected nine-month sales growth on Thursday as higher product prices made shoppers balk,...
Super-apps, which are apps designed to provide a range of services to users, have been rising in popularity in regions across the world including in China and South-East Asia. In Western markets, critics have often met them with criticism. For fintech companies, which could use super-apps to pave the way...
A man walks past TSMC's logo at the company's headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan.Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty ImagesTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported a third-quarter profit of 211 billion New Taiwan dollars ($6.69 billion) on Thursday as weak demand for consumer electronics persists. Even though it was the largest profit...
Nokia new logo displayed on mobile, with Nokia logo on screen.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNokia on Thursday said it would cut up to 14,000 jobs as part of a cost reduction plan following a plunge in third-quarter earnings.The Finnish telecommunications giant said that it will reduce its cost...
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesWhether it's streaming or traditional TV, sports keep audiences coming back to their screens — and Netflix is working on getting more into the game.Following some quarters of stagnation, Netflix is back to adding more subscribers, with the help of adding new business...
