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Wall Street traders parsing a batch of economic reports in a session marked by a slowdown in transactions drove stocks to all-time highs. Short-dated bonds underperformed. The dollar fell.
In a narrow tech-led advance, the S&P 500 rose for a fourth straight day. Volume was below the average of the past three months ahead of the Christmas ...

Palmetto is a consumer home energy marketplace aimed at accelerating the transition to a clean energy future. Through a data-driven platform, Palmetto empowers homeowners to understand their energy use, discover personalized savings opportunities, and seamlessly purchase, finance, and manage home electrification and clean energy products and services.
Neil Chatterjee, Palmetto’s Chief Government Affairs Officer, brings mor...

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Larry Ellison is throwing his personal fortune behind Paramount Skydance Corp.’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., aiming to give his son’s company an advantage in a fiercely contested takeover battle with Netflix Inc.
Both suitors moved on Monday to strengthen the financial backing for their offers, though they stopped short of inc...

Brothers Bob and Russ Shay grew up with a relentless passion for skiing, and were frustrated with ill-fitting and mass-produced ski boots designed to fit everyone, without fitting anyone. Their love for the sport led them on a years-long search for any edge in training, technique, and equipment. Using tools in their family's garage, they ground, sawed, cut, padded, and pounded away at ski boots. Their vision was to combine comfort ...

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The US Justice Department released files from investigations into notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the culmination of a push that has had repercussions for prominent business leaders and politicians, including President Donald Trump.

The disclosure came after Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation in November compelling the department to make the files...

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Underlying US inflation rose in November at the slowest annual pace since early 2021, an unexpected improvement in a report muddled by the government shutdown.
The core consumer price index, which excludes the often-volatile food and energy categories, increased 2.6% in November from a year ago, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Thursday. The...

Democratic Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, facing a deficit of as much as $10 billion in the next fiscal year, has named Sherif Soliman as New York City’s next budget director. The veteran of three previous mayoral administrations will oversee the Big Apple's $120 billion budget.
The move comes less than a month after the Mamdani transition team announced that it would be bringing Kathy Wylde, the outgoing President and CEO o...

Family-owned-and-operated Feld Entertainment is a leading producer and presenter of live touring family entertainment experiences. The company's properties include Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Monster Jam, Disney On Ice, Monster Energy AMA Supercross, and the SuperMotocross World Championship. Across the brand portfolio, Feld Entertainment has entertained millions of families in more than 80 countries and on six continen...

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Volatility lashed Wall Street, pushing high-valuation technology shares and crypto lower while bonds pared losses after a senior Federal Reserve official signaled room for rate cuts.
A tech rout hit stocks amid growing skepticism about the artificial-intelligence trade. Nvidia Corp. sank 3.8%....

Bitcoin is headed for the fourth annual decline in its history, and the first one that didn’t coincide with a major scandal or industry meltdown. While the latest decline is a much milder correction than in the previous three down years, it’s happened against a vastly different backdrop. Since the last major crypto crash in 2022, institutional adoption has widened, regulation has matured, and the industry has found its ...

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Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners is exiting from the takeover battle for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
The private equity firm this month emerged as a participant in Paramount Skydance Corp.’s hostile bid for Warner Bros., which valued the media and entertainment company at $108.4 billion including debt. Paramount is seeking to scupper Netfl...

The cost of celebrating Christmas is climbing again. Now in its 42nd year, the PNC Christmas Price Index (PNC CPI) reveals that the cost of the gifts from the classic holiday carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has risen 4.5% compared to last year, outpacing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (BLS CPI) October year-over-year reading of 3.0%. The PNC CPI, launched in 1984, is a light-hearted take on the BLS CPI an...

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The last full trading week of 2025 started with stocks, bonds and the dollar wavering as Wall Street geared up for key economic data that will help shape the Federal Reserve rate outlook.

On the eve of the jobs report, the S&P 500 closed mildly lower. A renewed tech slide saw Broadcom Inc. posting its worst three-day plunge since 2020. Oracle Corp. extended i...

UiPath is a leader in agentic automation, empowering enterprises to harness the potential of AI agents to autonomously execute and optimize complex business processes. The company says its platform combines controlled agency, developer flexibility, and seamless integration to help organizations scale agentic automation safely and confidently, and that it supports enterprises as they transition into a future where automation deliver...

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Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec

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Wall Street traders took profits on the year’s biggest artificial intelligence winners, dragging global gauges back from the brink of record highs. Longer-dated bond yields climbed.
A disappointing sales outlook from Broadcom Inc. sent the chipmaker tumbling 11% and weighed on rivals, further fueling investor anxiety over AI wagers initially prompted ...

Aptera Motors Corp. was formed in 2019. The company's principal business is the development, production, and distribution of energy efficient solar-powered, battery-electric vehicles. Management anticipates that the Aptera vehicle will provide up to an estimated 40 miles per day and 11,000 miles per year of solar powered driving by collecting energy from the sun and storing it in its proprietary battery pack. Each vehicle is design...

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Hollywood has a rich history of personal vendettas, political discord and uncertain loyalties shaping the industry. It just usually doesn’t involve the US president.

Donald Trump’s declaration that he will involve himself in the proposed sale of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has thrust an already tumultuous battle between Netflix Inc. and ...