Live: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee 11:00AM ET – 3/7/23
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Biden warns of GOP plans to curb access to health care
U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver a blistering criticism of Republican policies at a speech in Virginia Beach on Tuesday afternoon where he will warn of GOP plans to cut access to federal health-care programs.Speaking at the Kempsville Recreation Center, Biden will point to GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut funding […]
2023 US recession now expected to start later than predicted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the nation’s business economists expect a U.S. recession to begin later this year than they had previously forecast, after a series of reports have pointed to a surprisingly resilient economy despite steadily higher interest rates.Fifty-eight percent of 48 economists who responded to a survey by the National Association for […]
It has ‘lost a little bit of control of inflation’
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Thursday that containing inflation remains a work in progress for the Federal Reserve, while noting the U.S. economy continues to show signs of strength.”I have all the respect for [Fed Chair Jerome] Powell, but the fact is we lost a little bit of control of inflation,” Dimon said in […]
Opinion: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren’s bold tax hike to shore up Social Security
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to shore up Social Security by raising the top rate of income tax by a third, and the top rate of capital-gains tax by more than a half. The Democratic senators have made the proposals in a new bill that would balance Social Security’s books, and expand benefits. It […]
South Korea FX steps to boost global status, business for firms
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A South Korea won note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration By Choonsik Yoo and Yena Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s plans to loosen restrictions in its currency market will raise the won’s global status and, as a result, boost business opportunities for local financial […]
Chegg, Baidu, Bed Bath & Beyond, Hertz and more
A screen displays the Hertz logo during the Hertz Corporation IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York, November 9, 2021.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCheck out the companies making headlines before the bell:Chegg — Shares dropped 22.7% following its earnings report Monday . The company gave first-quarter and full-year revenue guidance that […]
‘ChatGPT is today’s hand calculator,’ this CEO says
Will you be able to build the next blockbuster videogame at home using ChatGPT? Not so fast, says Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. TTWO, -3.40% Chief Executive Strauss Zelnick. But that doesn’t mean the technology lacks promise. Read: Take-Two stock slips as company plans cost cuts, outlook falls below Street view Zelnick said on his company’s […]
Koch brothers–founded group is pushing Republicans to turn the page on Donald Trump
The late David Koch, who died in 2019, is shown during a speech by then–Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Economic Club of New York seven years earlier. Bloomberg WASHINGTON — A group funded by billionaire Charles Koch will work to support a Republican presidential nominee other than Donald Trump, concluding in a strategy memo that “we need […]
OANDA to Exit Malta in March, to Run European Business from Poland
OANDA, a longtime player in the multi-asset retail trading industry, has announced its plans to finally shut down its operations in Malta on March 17, 2023, and run its European business “under one regulated entity” from Poland. The broker announced on Monday that it will transfer its business to its Polish subsidiary, OANDA TMS Brokers, […]