PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. judge in Arizona sided Wednesday with migrants who have long-complained about inhumane and unsanitary conditions in some U.S. Border Patrol facilities in the state. The ruling came weeks after the conclusion of a seven-day trial in which attorneys for migrants who sued in 2015 argued that the agency holds immigrants […]
Some Fidelity Investments customers were in for a nightmare scenario on Wednesday: when they logged into their online portals, they saw they had no balance — or, in some cases, no account at all. The Boston-based financial services company is fielding complaints on Twitter from users who say they can’t see their retirement accounts, or […]
What happens when everything rises all at once? That’s what some investors are scratching their heads about as they look out at the current landscape on Wall Street. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.42%, the S&P 500 SPX, +0.52% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.90% indexes were all drifting toward record territory—seemingly […]
Groupon Inc. shares slid 43% Wednesday and Blue Apron Inc. was down 22%, after far weaker-than-expected earnings from both companies revived concerns about the sustainability of their business models. Groupon’s GRPN, -42.62% decline marked the biggest one-day selloff since its 2011 IPO and came in heavy volume of 119 million shares that made it the […]
Here’s a market conundrum: A surging dollar doesn’t appear to be putting the brakes on an equity rally that’s pushed major U.S. indexes to all-time highs despite some periodic volatility tied to worries about China’s COVID-19 epidemic. A rapidly strengthening U.S. dollar can be a source of discomfort for stock-market investors for a few reasons. […]
Getty Images Mike Bloomberg, left, and Donald Trump during a memorial service at the National 9/11 Memorial on Sept. 11, 2016 in New York. President Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg traded barbs over Twitter on Wednesday, as the former New York mayor was getting ready for his first faceoff with his Democratic presidential rivals. With […]
1 / 3 Face masks have bceome a common sight on Moscow’s streets. Now Russian authorities are banning Chinese tourists over coronavirus fears Face masks have bceome a common sight on Moscow’s streets. Now Russian authorities are banning Chinese tourists over coronavirus fears (AFP Photo/Dimitar DILKOFF) Moscow (AFP) – Moscow is to impose a blanket […]
Tel Aviv — It’s a tense stakeout, waiting for Jimmy Julius Karow to appear. He is a wanted man and is considered dangerous. Accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Oregon in 2000, he fled to Israel before authorities in the U.S. could apprehend him or figure out where he went. Karow has been running […]
Renaissance Technologies, added more than 3 million shares of Tesla to its holdings in the fourth quarter of last year, as the electric-vehicle maker’s shares catapulted higher, according to public filings. The hedge fund founded by James Simons, considered the premiere quantitative-driven investor, owned 3.9 million shares of Tesla at the end of Dec. 31, […]
Getty Images Bull or bear: who will win in 2020? As fourth-quarter earnings season winds down, analysts are looking ahead to corporate results in 2020. In a note out Monday, Goldman Sachs strategists summarized their views: earnings are likely to clear a low bar this year, they think, but “risks are tilted to the downside,” […]