Новости за 10.10.2018

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen praised the island as a beacon of democracy and urged China to avoid conflict, in a speech Beijing criticized.

A Chinese intelligence operative arrested in Belgium has been brought to the U.S. to face charges that he conspired to steal trade secrets from GE Aviation (TICKER:GE) and other companies, U.S. authorities said Wednesday.

Many consumers could benefit from some simple changes in their behavior and finances.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been on a roller coaster.

‘I was going to open a retirement account — should I wait?’

U.S. stocks slump to close lower Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 800 points and the S&P 500 had its worst day since February as technology stocks went into a freefall.

Tilray Inc. said late Wednesday that is has sold $450 million in convertible debt to "qualified institutional buyers" in the U.S. and Canada. Tilray stock is down 1% after hours. The company said it plans to use the money to repay its mortgage on its facility in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and use the cash for working capital, and future acquisitions, among other things. Tilray said it netted roughly $435 million after the purchasers' discount and expenses related to the transaction. Cowen, BofA... Читать дальше...

‘Appealing to fear is a red flag.’

Investors have to come to grips with the fact that the stock market sell-off won't derail the Federal Reserve's intentions to push interest rates up further, said Mohamed El-Erian, in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday. "The market has to realize this is a different Fed," El-Erian said. "The Fed put, as people like to call it, is way out-of-the-money now," he added. El-Erian, chief economic advisor for Allianz, said growth prospects remain good for the U.S. economy for the next two years given strong business investment... Читать дальше...

This man wants to buy his wife an expensive watch.

It turns out holders of significant number of bitcoins aren’t the source of excess volatility, they actually reduce it, according to data from research firm Chainalysis.

Technology ETF suffers biggest one-day drop in 7 years

The biggest risk to the U.S. economy isn’t overheating but overshooting, says economist Peter Morici, the winner of the Forecaster of the Month contest.

This woman feels shortchanged by her sister’s estate decisions, and says her health was fragile.

If all the 16- to 24-year-olds who don’t work or attend school joined the workforce, their combined economic power would be worth billions.

Prominent bitcoin detractor Nouriel Roubini has poured cold water on digital currencies for an umpteenth time.

Retired Americans who collect Social Security can look forward in 2019 to the biggest increase in benefits in seven years. Retirement benefits are likely to rise about 2.8% next year.

The British pound gains against its major rivals on Wednesday as currency traders focus on progress in talks between the U.K. and the European Union, as the country attempts to exit from the trading bloc with a trade arrangement in tow.

Square CFO Sarah Friar to leave company; stock down 5% in late trading

Square Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar is leaving the payments firm to become chief executive at social-networking site Nextdoor, which hit Square shares in late trading Wednesday. Friar is one of the most important executives at Square, which is led by Jack Dorsey, who is also chief executive at Twitter Inc. "Sarah leaves us having established a culture of entrepreneurship and discipline across the entire company," Dorsey said in Wednesday's announcement. "She has been an amazing leader... Читать дальше...

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 830 points, underlining an unraveling of the main U.S. stock markets on Wednesday as rates climbed. The Dow finished off 832 points, or 3.2%, at 25,598 and notched its ugliest day since Feb. 8, as Wall Street investors reacted to a rising-rate environment that has seen the 10-year Treasury note yield 3.22%--its highest level since 2011. The S&P 500 index closed down 3.2% at 2,785, also its worst session in 8 months. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite... Читать дальше...

Shares of Crispr Therapeutics AG rose more than 8% in the extended session Wednesday after the company and Vortex Pharmaceuticals Inc. said the Food and Drug Administration has lifted a clinical hold and has accepted a new-drug application for their gene-editing treatment for sickle-cell disease. Shares of Vortex rose 0.6% after ending the regular trading day down 5%. Crispr shares closed 0.6% lower.

The effects of declining competition are everywhere — if you know where to look.