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Dow Falls More Than 400 Poi...

10.03.2023

More than 10% of stocks in the S&P 500 hit new 52-week lows. Plus: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service after the ongoing actor strike ends. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

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10.03.2023 Dow Falls More Than 400 Points as Bond Yields Rise More than 10% of stocks in the S&P 500 hit new 52-week lows. Plus: Netflix plans to raise the price of its ad-free service after the ongoing actor strike ends. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
10.03.2023 Netflix Plans Price Hikes After Actors Strike Plus: Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to felony gun charges in federal court. And a lawsuit before the Supreme Court could upend rules for mortgages, credit cards and other loans. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
10.03.2023 Matt Gaetz Launches Bid to Oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker Plus: Meta plans fees for Facebook and Instagram users in Europe. And office owners continue to struggle with near record-high vacancy rates. Kate Bullivant hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.02.2023 Energy Stocks Fall as Manufacturing Contraction Continues Plus: Tesla shares edge higher despite a decline in global sales. Discover stock rises after company says it will address FDIC compliance order. Kellanova, WK Kellogg stocks finish their first trading day lower. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ...
10.02.2023 Tesla Sales Slow Ahead of Cybertruck Launch Plus: Nobel committee awards two researchers for pioneering mRNA technology that led to effective Covid-19 vaccines. Struggling aerospace supplier Spirit AeroSystems says CEO has left the company. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10.02.2023 GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Plans to Oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Plus: California’s governor appoints Laphonza Butler to the Senate seat formerly held by the late Dianne Feinstein. And new data from China offers some glimmers of economic hope despite persistent challenges to growth. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ...
09.29.2023 Dow, S&P, Nasdaq Post Sharp Losses for September Plus: GM and Ford shares fall as the UAW expands its strike against the automakers. Tesla shares rose 1.6% ahead of deliveries numbers due out on Monday. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.29.2023 Longtime U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies Plus: The SEC charges Newell Brands and its former CEO Michael Polk. And the United Auto Workers union expanded its strike. Alex Ossola reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.29.2023 House Votes Offer Mixed Picture Ahead of Potential Shutdown Plus: Senators call on Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. And Tesla is accused in a lawsuit of racial harassment at a California plant. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.28.2023 U.S. Stocks Rise as Bond Yields Take a Breather Plus: Peloton shares rise 4.4% a day after announcing a co-branding deal with Lululemon. The average 30-year mortgage rate hits a 23-year high. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.28.2023 U.S.-China Talks Pave Way for Biden-Xi Summit Plus: Kari Lake plans to enter race for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate seat. And Chinese property giant Evergrande says its chairman is suspected of unnamed crimes. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.28.2023 GOP Presidential Hopefuls Debate as Trump Again Skips Event Plus: Trading of Chinese property giant Evergrande’s shares was suspended after reports that the company’s chairman was under police surveillance. And U.S. hiring trends are pointing to a more subdued holiday season. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad ...
09.27.2023 Oil Prices Reach Their Highest Level of the Year Plus: Exxon Mobil shares climb to a record high. Micron shares fall 4% after the bell after the company posted a wider-than-expected loss. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.27.2023 American Soldier Travis King Released From North Korea Plus: Las Vegas Strip workers vote to authorize possible strike. And NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns after longest space flight by an American. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.27.2023 Senators Unveil Bipartisan Funding Deal to Avert Government Shutdown Plus: A New York Judge rules that Donald Trump committed fraud in valuing assets. And, we’re exclusively reporting that Open AI is exploring a share sale that could value the company at up to $90 billion. Kate Bullivant hosts. Learn ...
09.26.2023 Target Closing Stores in Several States Due to Theft Plus: U.S. stocks fall sharply on bond-yield concerns. Amazon shares fall 4% after the FTC sues the retailer, alleging it is an illegal online-marketplace monopoly. Amazon calls suit “wrong on the facts and the law.” J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more ...
09.26.2023 Amazon Accused of Online-Retail Monopoly in Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Plus: J.P. Morgan Chase paying $75 million to settle lawsuit over Epstein ties. Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani over release of laptop data. And U.S. home prices continue to rise as sales stay low. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about ...
09.26.2023 President Biden Plans to Walk UAW Picket Line in Michigan Plus: Ford halts construction of a U.S. electric-vehicle battery plant that has drawn criticism over work with a Chinese company. And Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin taps a longtime Amazon executive to be its next CEO. Keith Collins hosts. ...
09.25.2023 U.S. Stocks Snap Four-Session Losing Streak Plus: Amazon shares rise on news the company will invest up to $4 billion in AI company Anthropic. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond settles at its highest point since 2007. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad ...
09.25.2023 Amazon to Invest Up to $4 Billion in AI Company Anthropic Plus: Biden administration announces 70 picks for rail bridges and tracks to receive $1.4 billion in federal grants. And Lego is scrapping plans to make its toy bricks from recycled plastic bottles. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Learn more about your ad ...
09.25.2023 Hollywood Writers, Studios Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike Plus: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy intends to mount a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown. And Facebook owner Meta plans to roll out personality AI chatbots aimed at attracting younger users. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad ...
09.22.2023 S&P 500 Posts Worst Weekly Performance Since March Plus: Ford shares rise 1.9% after it is spared today’s UAW walkout. Shares of biotech company Seagen rise 3.5% after posting positive results from a phase 3 study of a cancer-drug combination. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad ...
09.22.2023 United Auto Workers Expand Strike But Spare Ford Plus: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is indicted on bribery charges. And Amazon Prime will start running ads. Alex Ossola reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.22.2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Sends Republicans Home After Losing Vote Plus: Microsoft’s Activision deal clears a major hurdle as U.K. antitrust authorities accept changes to the transaction. And Japan’s central bank holds off on raising interest rates as inflation remains higher than its target. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about ...
09.21.2023 U.S. Stocks Decline as Bond Yields Rise Plus: News Corp and Fox shares rise after chair Rupert Murdoch announces he is stepping down. Homebuilder stocks decline. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.21.2023 U.S. Home Sales at Slowest Pace Since January Plus: Cisco Systems strikes a multi-billion dollar deal to buy analytics and security-software company Splunk. And Fox and News Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch is stepping down. Charlotte Gartenberg reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.21.2023 Israel Considers Accepting Saudi Uranium Enrichment A group of GOP lawmakers vows to oppose another aid package for Ukraine. And Japan’s Toshiba completes a deal to go private. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.20.2023 Fed Holds Rates Steady, Hints at Rate Hike Before January The three big U.S. stock indexes lost ground. Also, shares of marketing-automation platform Klaviyo rose 9.2% in their trading debut. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.20.2023 Ukrainian Commercial Vessels Resume Using Black Sea Port Plus: Ford avoids a second potential strike as it reaches a tentative agreement with Canadian union Unifor. And Budweiser’s parent will no longer cut the tails off their Clydesdale horses. Charlotte Gartenberg reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
09.20.2023 Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Rethinks $2 Billion Healthcare Push Plus: Goldman Sachs in talks to sell Greensky in major consumer retreat, and UK inflation falls unexpectedly in August. Mohsin Ali hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.19.2023 Amazon to Hire 250,000 Workers This Fall Also: Instacart shares rise 12.3% on their first day of trading. Copper shares are down 1.8% this month. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.19.2023 Disney to Invest $60 Billion in Parks and Cruises Plus: Congressional panels ask for details of Chinese nationals at sensitive U.S. facilities. FTX sues founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents for alleged misappropriated funds. And Russian court declines to consider WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention appeal. Ariana Aspuru reports. Learn more ...
09.19.2023 Instacart IPO Pricing Values Company at Nearly $10 Billion The Marines locate the wreckage of a F-35 jet fighter that went missing near Charleston, S.C. And U.S. business confidence in China slumps to its lowest level in decades. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.18.2023 Moderna, Pfizer Shares Fall on Projected Weaker Covid-19 Shot Demand Plus: Shares of the big three U.S. automakers decline as the UAW limited strike continues. U.S. crude rises to more than $91 a barrel. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.18.2023 Former U.S. Prisoners Released by Iran Plus: Saudi Arabia in talks with Tesla about setting up a manufacturing facility there. Clorox operating at a reduced rate after cyberattack. Hunter Biden sues IRS for alleged breach of privacy. Pierre Bienaimé reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
09.18.2023 Republican Groups Draft Short-Term Proposal to Keep Government Open The Marines Corps says a jet fighter has gone missing after a “mishap” near Charleston, S.C. And shares of defaulted Chinese developer Evergrande dipped sharply after Shenzhen police said they took action against several employees of its wealth-management unit. Keith ...
09.15.2023 U.S. Stocks Decline, Led by Tech Stocks Adobe shares fall 4.2%, while shares of Arm Holdings fall 4.5% in their second day of trading. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.15.2023 Russia Raises Interest Rates to Curb Inflation Plus: Irish authorities fine TikTok $367.2 million over misuse of children’s data. India scales up efforts to contain deadly Nipah virus. And Hurricane Lee is expected to make landfall in Canada. Alex Ossola reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
09.15.2023 UAW Launches Historic Strike at Ford, GM and Stellantis China’s economy shows modest signs of a fragile recovery. And grocery-delivery company Instacart is preparing to raise its IPO target price following Arm’s successful trading debut. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.14.2023 Dow Rises More Than 300 Points Plus, Arm Holdings shares rise 25% in their first day of trading. Cruise companies are among the day’s winners. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.14.2023 U.S. Plans New Sanctions on Tech Sales to Russia Plus: European Central Bank raises key interest rate to record high. And OPEC production cuts push crude oil prices to 10-month highs. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.14.2023 Chip Designer Arm to Begin Trading After Pricing IPO at $51 a Share Plus: The head of the UAW says the union and Detroit automakers remain far apart in contract talks as the deadline looms. Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other tech heavyweights debate the potential benefits and problems of AI in a ...
09.13.2023 Arm Expected to Price IPO at $52 a Share Plus, airline stocks decline after American and Spirit slashed their profit projections. Caesars Entertainment paid roughly $15 million dollars in ransom to hackers in a cyberattack late this summer, according to people familiar with the matter. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn ...
09.13.2023 U.S. Inflation Up in August as Gas Prices Rise Plus: Citigroup’s CEO shakes up the bank’s upper management levels as she seeks to simplify the company. American Airlines slashes its quarterly profit outlook, citing new union contract and gas prices. And EY announces $1.4 billion investment in AI. Charlotte ...
09.13.2023 TSMC Plans a Big Investment in Arm’s IPO Plus: United Auto Workers threaten strikes at certain auto plants if parties don’t reach an agreement before Thursday’s deadline. And Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. And Kate Bullivant hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
09.12.2023 Oracle Pulls S&P 500 Lower After Weak Sales Projections Plus: Apple shares fall 1.7% after the company unveils its iPhone 15 lineup. Global oil prices are expected to remain high through the fourth quarter. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.12.2023 Thousands Feared Dead After Storm in Libya Plus: Google’s antitrust lawsuit begins in Washington. Decongestant in popular cold medicines found ineffective. WSJ publisher requests help from U.N. group for release of reporter Evan Gershkovich. Ariana Aspuru reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.12.2023 Apple to Reveal New iPhone at ‘Wonderlust’ Company Event The United Auto Workers union bends on wage demands in contract talks. And Israel’s Supreme Court hears a case related to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul. And Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.11.2023 Tesla Shares Gain 10%, Boost U.S. Stocks Morgan Stanley boosted its Tesla share-price target by 60% to $400. Plus, Eli Lilly shares reach a new record high. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
09.11.2023 Disney and Charter Reach Agreement, Ending Cable Blackout Plus: J.M. Smucker is buying Hostess Brands for around $4.6 billion. Apple reaches a three-year deal for Qualcomm to supply 5G communications chips. Morocco’s government faces criticism for being slow to accept international help after Friday’s deadly earthquake. Pierre Bienaimé ...

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