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Companies are living in a world of uncertainty and that will be reflected in numbers and on conference calls.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Federal Reserve plans to publish a paper later this year outlining its views on the start-up financial innovations sweeping the banking sector, said Fed Gov. Lael Brainard on Friday. Banks have been testing applications of blockchain, the technology underlying bitcoin, for trading derivatives, as a way to replace existing systems that require each party to a trade plus a central clearinghouse to record the trade. Blockchain-based networks can allow banks and regulators... Читать дальше...

An exchange-traded fund that tracks the British pound is at record lows, continuing a year-to-date selloff that has come amid uncertainty over a possible “hard” Brexit.

U.S. blames Russia for election-year hacking incidents

The U.S. is "confident" that the Russian government is behind recent hacking incidents including into the Democratic National Committee, according to a statement from two agencies. "These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process," said a statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. "Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities," the statement said.

U.S. stocks closed lower Friday, turning in the first losing week out of the past four, after the economy added fewer than expected jobs in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 28.01 points, or 0.2%, to close at 18,240.49, weighed down by declines in United Technologies Corp. and Home Depot Inc. . The S&P 500 Index declined 7.03 points, or 0.3%, to finish at 2,153.74, led by declines in the materials and industrials sectors. The Nasdaq Composite index slipped 14.45 points, or 0.3%... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks suffer first weekly decline after three straight weeks of gains

Consumer credit surges 8.5% in August

Risks to the survival of the euro are five times higher in the wake of the decision by British voters to leave the European Union, said JP Morgan Co CE0 Jamie Dimon on Friday.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s stock slid 0.7% in afternoon trade Friday, putting it on course for a fifth-straight loss to a five-month low. More importantly for chart watchers, the stock is headed for the first close below its 200-day moving average, which many technicians use as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends, since May 18. At that time, the stock closed below its 200-day MA for just one day, before surging back above it after the Wal-Mart reported better-than-expected quarterly results on May 19. Читать дальше...

Oil futures settled back under $50 a barrel on Friday, but still gained roughly 3.3% for the week with the market wary of potential oil supply and demand disruptions linked to Hurricane Matthew and uncertainty surrounding informal output discussions among major oil producers in the coming days. November West Texas Intermediate crude fell 63 cents, or 1.3%, to settle at $49.81 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices, which settled at a four-month high of $50.44 Thursday, tallied a third straight week of gains. Читать дальше...

Gold futures fell on Friday, suffering from a sixth straight session loss to tally a weekly decline of roughly 5% as traders assessed recent U.S. economic data to gauge the likelihood of a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase before the end of the year. Monthly nonfarm payrolls data released Friday came in weaker than expected, but still showed a solid gain in employment. December gold fell $1.10, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,251.90 an ounce for the session. Prices settled at their lowest level since June 7, according to FactSet data. Читать дальше...

A new paper concludes that most humans will, at most, live to 115, with very small odds of living to 125 or older. (Just don’t tell Peter Thiel.)

Currency traders are increasingly allowing politics to play a role in their investment decisions.

Faced with a choice between purchasing an object or an experience, most people will choose the material item in the belief that it will last longer. They’re likely wrong.

Oil futures lose grip on $50 a barrel, but still look set to score a third weekly gain in a row.

The economy created 156,000 new jobs in September, another solid gain in employment that’s likely to prod the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the next few months.

Oracle has extended the deadline for its NetSuite deal after receiving only a quarter of the tendered shares necessary to approve of the deal.

Oracle has extended the deadline for its NetSuite deal after receiving only a quarter of the tendered shares necessary to approve of the deal.

Oracle has extended the deadline for its NetSuite deal after receiving only a quarter of the tendered shares necessary to approve of the deal.

Oracle has extended the deadline for its NetSuite deal after receiving only a quarter of the tendered shares necessary to approve of the deal.

Oil futures continued to decline Friday after data from Baker Hughes revealed that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil climbed by 3 to 428 rigs this week. They have now posted increases in each of the last six weeks. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes oil and natural-gas rigs, climbed by 2 to 524, Baker Hughes said. Nov. crude was at $49.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down 68 cents, or 1.7%, from Thursday's settlement. It was trading around $49.68 before the rig data. Читать дальше...

The second-largest health insurer won’t cover Sarepta’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug.

Bookmakers in England will gladly accept your wager, writes Brett Arends.

Bookmakers in England will gladly accept your wager, writes Brett Arends.