The TikTok app icon sits displayed on a smartphone in front the national flags of China and the U.S. in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images An updated export rule from China could jeopardize the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, according to reports published
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has told the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that it will no longer give in-person briefings about election security and foreign election interference. The committees will still have access to written finished intelligence reports, but will not be able to question officials in-person about the
Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets stands in the on deck circle in front of cardboard fans during a preseason game at Citi Field on July 18, 2020. Al Bello | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Steven Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the New York Mets,
Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the annual Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2020. Kuhlmann | Munich Security Conference Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday told employees that the company’s failure to remove the page and event for a militia group before two people were killed at a protest in Kenosha,
U.S. government debt prices slipped lower early Friday, as markets responded to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement of a major policy shift when it comes to inflation. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.7638%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond ticked higher to 1.5369. Bond yields move inversely to prices. It comes after Powell said
ANA CEO Bob Liodice speaks onstage at the ANA Masters of Marketing conference. ANA Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming it would “have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce during a time when the economy is already under significant strain.”
U.S. government debt prices were hovering around the flatline Thursday, as traders await a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. At around 2 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell slightly to 0.6851%, whereas the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond slipped to 1.4051%. Yields move inversely to prices. Jerome Powell is due to address
Three RU-486 Mifeprex abortion pills are held in a hand December 1, 2000 in Granite City, Illinois. The Hope Center for Women is the first area abortion clinic to distribute the new pills that terminates a pregnancy. The RU-486 pill was approved in September and can be taken by women up to the seventh week
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Wednesday morning as market participants awaited a speech from Jerome Powell. At around 3:00 a.m ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.7177%, whereas the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond jumped to 1.4238%. Yields move inversely to prices. The main focus is a speech due Thursday by Federal
A Spirit Airlines jet comes in for a landing at McCarran International Airport on May 25, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Spirit Airlines pilots’ union on Tuesday said it reached an agreement to avoid involuntary furloughs of around 600 pilots when federal aid that has helped protect airline jobs runs out
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Tuesday morning as traders awaited for a key speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later this week. At around 1:50 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.6607%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond jumped to 1.3623%. Yields move inversely to prices. Investors were monitoring
The New York attorney general’s office on Monday said that it is investigating President Donald Trump and his company over how they valued multiple Trump’s assets on annual financial statements that were used to obtain loans, as well as to get economic and tax benefits. The disclosure of the civil probe by Letitia James’ office
U.S. government debt prices were higher Monday morning as investors focused on the latest coronavirus and political developments. At around 1:50 a.m., the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 0.6282%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dropped to 1.3300%. Yields move inversely to prices. Monday’s calendar does not include any major economic data releases. Nonetheless,
An employee of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) monitors tropical storm Laura in Santo Domingo, on August 22, 2020. Erika Santelices | AFP | Getty Images Marco strengthened into a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday on its way toward the Louisiana coast, according to data from an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft.
Democratic U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Dan Kildee rally in support of the United States Postal Service (USPS) outside of a post office in Southfield, Michigan, U.S. August 18, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters The House passed a bill Saturday to inject emergency funding into the U.S. Postal Service and reverse changes that have hampered
Shannon Axelsson takes a break from sitting on the beach to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Revere, Massachusetts, August 11, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters New coronavirus cases in the U.S. grew by nearly 48,700 on Friday, marking seven consecutive days the daily count fell below 50,000 as the nation gradually descends
A former U.S. Army Green Beret conspired with Russia’s foreign intelligence arm, the GRU, providing them with national defense information from 1996 to 2011, federal prosecutors said Friday in an indictment. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, of Gainesville, Virginia, faces a single count of conspiracy to gather or deliver defense information to aid a foreign government.
Alex Karp, co-founder of Palantir Technologies Getty Images Data analytics software company Palantir Technologies lost $580 million in 2019, according to reports from The New York Times and TechCrunch, which had access to financial documents sent to investors earlier this week. The New York Times said its 2019 loss was on a par with 2018, even