Новости за 08.03.2023

Djokovic has never been vaccinated against COVID-19, and U.S. policy currently requires foreigners to be vaccinated before entering the country.

American women with children want bigger family rooms and better equipped kitchens, and place greater value towards wellness features, a new report says.

BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, is putting a 6% level for U.S. interest rates on the map --- a view that is only gaining more traction.

After three driver strikes and a lawsuit, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission on Wednesday approved a raise in rates for ride-hailing drivers.

Crude-oil prices settled lower on Wednesday, down a second session in a row. The Energy Information Administration reported the first weekly U.S. crude inventory decline in 11 weeks, but that failed to support prices in the wake of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s remarks this week on the outlook for interest rates in testimony to Congress. The oil market still had a “bit of a hangover from Powell’s remarks,” said Matt Smith, lead oil analyst, Americas, at Kpler. In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday... Читать дальше...

Crypto exchange Gemini Trust has denied that JPMorganJPM is ending its banking relationship with the company, which was reported by CoinDesk earlier Wednesday citing an anonymous source. “Gemini’s banking relationship remains intact with JPMorgan,” the crypto exchange wrote on Twitter. The crypto industry has been facing increased regulatory scrutiny, after the collapse of several major companies. Gemini’s Earn program, which was supposed to allow customers to earn interest by lending their crypto to institutional investors... Читать дальше...

General Dynamics Corp. GD said Wednesday its board hiked the company’s dividend by nearly 5%. The defense contractor said it will pay out a quarterly dividend of $1.32 a share on May 12 to shareholders of record as of April 14, up from its previous quarterly dividend of $1.26 a share. General Dynamics shares were last down about 2% in afternoon trading.

President Joe Biden plans to provide some details about a nuclear submarine deal as he meets with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday in San Diego, according to multiple published reports. The deal, known as AUKUS, led to tensions in 2021 between the U.S. and France, which lost a contract to sell subs to Australia. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined Wednesday to confirm reports about the upcoming event in California, but... Читать дальше...

Gold futures ended slightly lower on Wednesday on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s final day of testimony to Congress. In testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. Powell raised the possibility for a more aggressive pace of interest-rate hikes, leading to strength in the U.S. dollar. On Wednesday, the dollar eased back, as Powell told the House Financial Services panel that the central bank has not made any decision on the size of a potential interest-rate hike later this month. Читать дальше...

Wheat futures were on track Wednesday to post their lowest settlement since September 2021 and soybean futures edged higher as traders digested the latest monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report from U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA raised its 2022/2023 wheat production estimates for Kazakhstan, Australia, and India, with production in Kazakhstan forecast at 16.4 million metric tons. The government agency said that would be the largest harvest since the 2011/2012 marketing year. Читать дальше...

4 myths -- and realities -- about this critical program

Microsoft proposed licenses that would allow wide availability of Activision Blizzard games for at least a decade in bid to preserve $69 billion acquisition.

Norfolk Southern plans first-responder training facility in Ohio

Women face unique financial challenges, but there are ways to address them.

Is a key interest rate going to rise sharply this month and put the U.S. closer to recession? Maybe, if the economy posts another supersized increase in new jobs in February.

Biden to propose biggest federal-employee pay raise in 43 years: report

President Joe Biden is expected to propose a 5.2% raise for federal employees in his budget that will be released on Thursday, the Washington Post reported. It would be the largest pay increase for the 2.1 million executive branch employees since a 9.1% increase in 1980, the Post said, citing officials. The White House declined to comment for the Post’s story. Biden also looks set to call in his budget for increasing certain taxes and taking steps to bolster Medicare, along with other measures.

General Motors Co.’s GM rollout of two key electric vehicles, the Hummer EV and the Cadillac Lyriq, is slower than expected, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. GM has been making about a dozen Hummers a day as the vehicle’s waitlist has more than 80,000 people, the report said. The Cadillac Lyriq SUV is also on an “unusually slow” ramp-up, the newspaper said. GM expects to make 36,000 Lyriqs in the U.S. this year, 9% lower than the original target... Читать дальше...

The Pacer U.S. Cash Cows ETF has been a strong performer since the bull market for stocks ended.

Tesla Inc.'s stock on Wednesday extended its losses to a third session after Chief Executive Elon Musk's criticism of a laid-off Twitter employee went viral.

Bed Bath & Beyond has more liquidity — but analysts and investors are not convinced it's enough.

Norfolk Southern Corp. NSC said Wednesday it will create a new training facility in Ohio, that trains first responders in the area on how to safely respond to train derailments. The railroad operator said it has not yet decided on a location for the new facility, which will train first responders from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Separately, the company said it will expand its Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) program, which travels across Norfolk’s network to train about 5,000 first responders a year. Читать дальше...

A CSX Corp. CSX train derailed in West Virginia early Wednesday. The empty coal train struck a rockslide in Sandstone, W. Va, at 4:51 a.m., causing it to derail, CSX said, in a statement. “Preliminary information indicates that all four of the train’s locomotives and nine empty coal cars derailed,” the company added, noting that the lead locomotive had three crew members on board. “The locomotive caught fire, but all three crew members are safe and being evaluated and treated for non-life threatening injuries,” the company said. Читать дальше...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that no decision has been made on the size of a potential interest rate hike in March.

The author of 'A Random Walk Down Wall Street' says to dollar-cost-average into broad-based stock-index funds and forget trying to beat the market.