European markets were in the green as the latest round of peace talks kick off in Turkey on Monday. Photo: Ty O’Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty European markets started the week in the green as oil prices fell after parts of Shanghai entered lockdown and Ukraine and Russia start their latest round of peace negotiations on Monday in Turkey. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) shot up 0.5% as investors watch out for a speech from Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey on Monday. UK chancellor Rishi… Source link
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COMMERCE, Ga. — Former President Donald Trump came to a former drag strip in Northeast Georgia on Saturday night for perhaps his most high-stakes rally since leaving the White House. He headlined a slate of Republican candidates, all of whom Trump endorsed and, not coincidentally, all of whom have backed his false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump’s most caustic comments were aimed at Republican candidates in Georgia who refused to back his many efforts to change the… Source link
Read More »McLaren sign sponsorship deal with Google ahead of 2022 Formula One season
The McLaren Formula One team announced a multi-year partnership with Google on Wednesday ahead of the new season starting in Bahrain this weekend. No financial details were provided, although the partnership is the latest to involve a major U.S. company and Formula One, with the sport growing in the Americas and a second U.S. race scheduled in Miami in May. There is also talk of a third to come in Las Vegas. 2 Related McLaren, who came fourth last year but finished one-two at Monza for their… Source link
Read More »Stock futures drift ahead of Fed decision
Stock futures opened little changed Tuesday evening as traders stood by for the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated economic outlook on Wednesday. Contracts on the S&P 500 drifted flat to slightly lower. Earlier, the index closed higher by more than 2%, gaining for the first time in four sessions as volatility gripped U.S. equities. The Nasdaq Composite also ended a three-session losing streak to end nearly 3% higher. Energy prices unwound more recent gains, and West… Source link
Read More »Stock futures jump ahead of Fed decision, oil extends declines
Stock futures jumped Wednesday morning as traders awaited the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated economic projections later in the day. More positive developments on the outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks also helped boost U.S. and global equities. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were each higher by more than 1% in pre-market trading. These moves built on gains from Tuesday, when the S&P 500 closed higher by more than 2% to shake off some of the volatility… Source link
Read More »Stocks mixed, oil prices fall as traders look ahead to Fed decision
The S&P 500 and Dow rose Monday to shake off some recent losses, with investors looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy decision later this week amid an ongoing war in Ukraine and soaring inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 0.7% just after market open as the index recovered some losses following five straight weekly losses. The Nasdaq erased earlier gains to trade lower. U.S. crude oil prices (CL=F) briefly dipped below $103 per barrel to a… Source link
Read More »Google dials up focus on portability ahead of rule changes – TechCrunch
Google has signalled it’s dialling up efforts around portability, announcing a plan yesterday to spend $3 million and “hundreds of hours” of its engineers time over the next five years to build on existing (sometimes very long-standing) initiatives in this area, such as the 2018 open source Data Transfer Project (DTP) to which Google is a contributor. The move comes at a time when lawmakers in multiple jurisdictions are paying increased attention to barriers that prevent service… Source link
Read More »Stock futures rise ahead of jobs report
Stock futures opened higher Thursday evening as investors awaited a key update on the labor market’s recovery and continued to monitor for global economic fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged higher. The index fell 0.5% during the regular trading day as technology and growth stocks came under renewed pressure, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped nearly 1.6%. Treasury yields steadied after sliding earlier this week, and the benchmark 10-year yield hovered above… Source link
Read More »Ahead of State of the Union, 61% of Americans say Biden hasn’t kept most of his promises
As President Biden prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that a combination of Republican rancor and Democratic disappointment has left his approval rating languishing near an all-time low after a tumultuous first year in office. The survey of 1,532 U.S. adults, which was conducted online from Feb. 24 to 27, found that just 41 percent of them now approve of how Biden is handling his job — a number that has hovered between… Source link
Read More »Stocks rise ahead of busy earnings, data week
Stock traded mixed Monday at the start of another busy week for corporate earnings and fresh economic data as investors continue to assess the Federal Reserve’s path forward for monetary policy. The S&P 500 rose was little changed after posting its best weekly gain of the year last week. The Dow also hugged the flat line, while the Nasdaq gained. After last week’s rollercoaster trading — with stocks sliding following Meta Platforms’ (FB) disappointing outlook, and then rebounding sharply… Source link
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