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Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn was charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., commit wire fraud and violate the Clean Air Act for the so-called defeat devices installed on diesel vehicles. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Winterkorn was one of six defendants charged in an alleged scheme where they knew VW vehicles did not meet U.S. emissions standards and used software to cheat the U.S. testing process. In 2015, Volkswagen employees used... Читать дальше...

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U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday, although major indexes came off the day's lows following a breach of key support levels. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed flat at 23,930, although the 0.02% gain on the day was enough to avert a five-day losing streak. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% to 2,630. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.2% to 7,088. At their lows of the day, major indexes fell sharply, with both the Dow and the S&P 500 dropping below their 200-day moving averages, a closely... Читать дальше...

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Treasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

The American Advertising Federation rescinded Bill Cosby’s induction into its Hall of Fame, the Oscars gave him the boot and the television academy wants some distance, too.

The stock market isn’t impressed! Wall Street is enjoying one of the best quarterly results in recent memory but rather than rally, the main benchmarks have traded mostly lower.

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Activision Blizzard Inc. shares fell 5% after its earnings results were inadvertently released early, and the stock was halted as the first-quarter numbers were officially released during the regular session. Activision stock resumed trading at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time and shares rebounded. The company reported first-quarter net income of $500 million, or 65 cents a share, compared with $426 million, or 56 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings were 38 cents a share. Net bookings... Читать дальше...

A measure of home-price growth accelerated for the second straight month in March, rising faster than analysts expected and much faster than most believe is sustainable or healthy.

Not all peer pressure is a bad thing

Oil finishes higher Thursday, as traders worried that a potential U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement and the International Monetary Fund’s threat to expel Venezuela from the international coalition of nations will lead to tighter global crude supplies.

Parental support can help, depending on how that money is distributed.

George Conway, husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and expert subtweeter of the president, is back to trolling Team Trump — again. This time, he serves up a tweet explaining the dos and don’ts of campaign finance laws.

President Donald Trump "eventually learned" of a reimbursement to his lawyer Michael Cohen for Cohen's payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Thursday. On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani, who is also representing Trump, said Trump had repaid Cohen for the payment to Stormy Daniels. In a tweet Thursday, Trump said the agreement between Cohen and Daniels was made to stop "false and extortionist accusations" she made about an affair with him. Sanders... Читать дальше...

The push for widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies got a boost Wednesday, when U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs Group announced it would be opening a cryptocurrency trading desk.

Trying to correctly time the market is a near-impossibility for any investor, and the potential mistakes are just as severe whether you’re trying to sell high while you can, or buy low.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to expel entertainer Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski, the board said Thursday. "The board continues to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the Academy's values of respect for human dignity," it said in a statement. Cosby was convicted last week of three counts of aggravated indecent assault in a retrial of charges that resulted in a hung jury and mistrial last year. More than 60 women have come forward to accuse... Читать дальше...

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Watch White House press briefing for questions on Trump, Stormy Daniels, Cohen

Watch supply and (pent-up) demand for the direction of stocks, says Simon Maierhofer.