1 month ago | By Boston Herald
By STAN CHOE
NEW YORK - Stocks are stalling on Wall Street Monday ahead of a week full of potentially market-moving events, from decisions on interest rates around the world to earnings reports from the biggest U.S. companies.
The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in early trading, giving back some of its gains from last week when it reached its highest level since early December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 18 points, or 0.1%, at 33,996, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% lower.
Markets have been veering recently on worries that the economy and corporate...
Read more ...
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT
Wall Street was poised to open with lower Monday as attention turns to this week's decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates and a week heavy with big tech earnings.
Futures for the Dow Jones industrials slipped 0.6% and the S&P 500 fell 0.8% before the opening bell.
New data released Friday showed that U.S. inflation continues to cool, raising hopes for a smaller, less painful increase than last year's series of aggressive “jumbo” hikes. The measure the Fed prefers, which doesn't count food and energy costs, was 4.4% higher in December than a year...
Read more ...
The former secretary of state celebrated the opening on Broadway and shared her thoughts on those drag show bans. Read more ...
Four people associated with the Oath Keepers were convicted on Monday of conspiracy and obstruction charges stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol in the latest trial... Read more ...
Rep. John Jenrette was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s Read more ...
Turns out the third time is not the charm for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz , who announced Monday that he was stepping down two weeks early from the helm of the coffee chain... Read more ...
The White House is making the case for more government support for child care programs in an economic report being released Monday Read more ...
A gloomy assessment of Ukraine's prospects for victory against Russia emerged from a recent private gathering of former top US soldiers, intelligence officials and scholars... Read more ...
Expect a lot more infighting. Read more ...
Imagine there's a small fire in your kitchen. Your fire alarm goes off, warning everyone nearby about the danger. Someone Read more ...
A series of developments in recent weeks has led to mounting criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Read more ...