This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in June. Text removed from the June statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both […]
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday held short-term interest rates steady but indicated that inflation is getting closer to target, which could open the door for future interest rate cuts. Central bankers made no obvious indications, though, that a reduction is imminent, choosing to maintain language that indicates ongoing concerns about economic conditions, albeit […]
AI-generated responses are becoming more common, whether travelers know or not. Westend61 | Getty Images An automated financial advisor called PortfolioPilot has quickly gained $20 billion in assets in a possible preview of how disruptive artificial intelligence could be for the wealth management industry. The service has added more than 22,000 users since its launch […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Pinterest — Shares tumbled 12% after the social media company’s forward guidance came in below estimates. The company issued third-quarter revenue guidance in a range between $885 million and $900 million, below the $908.6 million consensus estimate analysts polled by FactSet were forecasting. Second-quarter earnings and […]
A woman browses the meat aisle at a supermarket in Montebello, California, on May 15, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images A recall of Boar’s Head products has expanded to include a whopping 7 million additional pounds of deli and poultry items in a deadly multistate outbreak of listeria infections. As of […]
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. DuPont — Shares popped 5% on the back of better-than-expected results in the second quarter. The chemical maker earned 97 cents per share, excluding certain items, on revenue of $3.17 billion. Analysts expected a profit of 85 cents per share on revenue of $3.05 billion, according […]
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Microsoft — Shares dropped 6% after the tech giant reported disappointing results out of its cloud business. That overshadowed beats on both lines for the fiscal fourth quarter. Advanced Micro Devices — The chipmaker jumped 5% as second-quarter results surpassed estimates. AMD posted adjusted earnings of […]
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. Chris Kleponis | AFP | Getty Images This week’s Federal Reserve meeting is not much about the present but potentially […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. JetBlue – The airline soared almost 20% after reporting second-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations . The New York City-based carrier posted adjusted earnings of 8 cents per share, excluding one-time items, compared to analysts’ estimated loss of 11 cents per share, according to LSEG. Revenue […]
Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway’s selling streak in its big Bank of America stake has extended to nine straight days, suggesting that Warren Buffett is not just trimming the longtime holding. The Omaha-based […]
