XIAOSHAN AIRPORT, HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA: An outbound tourist group is waiting for check-in in front of the counter of China Customs. Chinese nationals have become the largest number of foreign tourists visiting other countries in 2015 as the number of outbound visitors crossed 120 million, registering an 11 million increase from last year. Zhang
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A damaged pipeline is seen at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Khurais, Saudi Arabia, September 20, 2019. Hamad Mohammed | Reuters Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer, is expected to file its IPO prospectus by the end of the month, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The prospectus will reportedly
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia June 7, 2019. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it “strongly urges” the U.S. to stay clear from the country’s domestic issue, after the White House blacklisted a slew of Chinese companies
At the very top of Twitter‘s corporate values website, there’s a statement: “We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.” What’s left unsaid in the company’s value statement is: “What if you don’t want to impact the world?” The National Basketball Association and one of its franchises,
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of American Airlines dipped 1.65% during extended trading after authorities in Miami forcibly removed a man on a flight to Newark, New Jersey earlier Monday. The man reportedly
A group of protesters calling for climate change vandalized the iconic Wall Street charging bull on Monday, pouring red paint while climbing atop it. The protesters responsible belong to an organization called Extinction Rebellion, which organized a demonstration starting at 10 a.m. ET on Monday in 60 cities worldwide, according to its website. The protests
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren believes the U.S. economy is on track for GDP growth of just 1.7% for the second half of 2019. Asked by CNBC’s Steve Liesman on Friday how much he thinks the economy will grow by year’s end, the Fed official
Katie Haun, Andreessen Horowitz general partner. Source: Andreessen Horowitz Seven years ago, bitcoin was a foreign language to federal prosecutor Katie Haun. That changed when her boss at the U.S. attorney’s office asked her to look into shutting it down. What’s now the most widely used cryptocurrency was a niche payment method being used in
A worker assembles truck engine cooling module components at the MAHLE Behr Charleston Inc. auto part facility in Charleston, South Carolina. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images There have never been more Black and Hispanic Americans in the workforce, Friday’s Labor Department job report showed. The jobless rate for Hispanics hit a record low
PNC Financial’s Amanda Agati expects the fourth quarter to take investors on a wild ride. But that doesn’t mean investors will be clutching their stomachs the whole time. According to the firm’s chief investment strategist, stocks should still deliver gains for investors over the next three months despite the recent batch of sluggish economic reports.
[embedded content] [This stream is scheduled to begin Friday at 2 p.m. ET] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to speak Friday at a “Fed Listens” event organized by the central bank in Washington. The event is part of a monetary policy communication review by the Fed. Powell’s remarks will come after the release
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, DC on July 31, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell described the U.S. economy on Friday as being solid, noting the central bank must do what it can
Stocks will try to regain their mojo next week as China and the U.S. hold long-awaited trade negotiations in Washington. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.9% this week while the S&P 500 slid about 0.3%. Overall, the two averages posted their first three-week losing streak since August. Wall Street’s poor performance for the week
The Robinhood app on IOS and Android Source: Robinhood A move by major brokerages this week to scrap trading fees could be a direct hit to Robinhood, the start-up that kicked off the trend six years ago. Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E-Trade all announced this week that they would no longer charge for individual
Customers push shopping carts while exiting a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in Richmond, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Costco dipped 1% during extended trade after the company reported sales that missed analyst expectations for the fourth quarter. The wholesaler reported
Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 122 points The Dow gained 122.42 points, or 0.47% to close at 2,6201.04. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to 2,910.63. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.12% to 7,872.26. Thursday’s gains chipped away at the market’s massive two-day sell-off to start off the fourth quarter. Faith in the Fed boosts stocks Stocks
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Google. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Delta. Dan Nathan was a seller of The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund. Steve Grasso was a seller of ULTA. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Tim Seymour is long AMZN, AAPL, ACBFF,
Tesla cars are seen at a shopping mall showroom in Los Angeles. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla shares dipped as much as 5% during extended trade after the electric-car maker reported lower-than-expected vehicle deliveries for its third quarter. The company delivered 97,000 vehicles,
The Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates again this year, but the move won’t have much of an impact on the U.S. economy, closely followed economist Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC on Wednesday. “I suspect they will cut because the risk of not doing so is high, but we shouldn’t expect that to materially change
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Qudian. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Disney. Karen Finerman was a seller of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF. Dan Nathan was a seller of VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Pete is long calls