A medical worker is taking care of newborns at Dongfang Hospital in Lianyungang, China, on January 1, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s efforts to bolster birth rates have yet to address the core reasons for their rapid decline, according to analysts. Even though the country started easing its stringent one-child policy nearly…
President-Elect Donald J. Trump won the White House based partly on his promises to rein in immigration, with targeted policies that range from sending criminals to their home countries to more sweeping ones like mass deportations. During the campaign, Trump pledged to end the Temporary Protected Status that allows workers from select countries to come to…
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Aston, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 2024 and US President Donald Trump in Tucson, Arizona on October 19, 2020. Charly Triballeau | Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona, NBC News projects, putting its 11 electoral votes in his column…
The exchange-traded fund industry is trying to make pair-trade strategies more accessible to everyday investors. Tidal Financial Group’s Michael Venuto filed last month for eight two-stock ETFs: going long one stock and short the other. “They should come out probably in about two or three months,” Venuto, the firm’s chief investment officer and co-founder, said on CNBC’s…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to focus on arresting the “most egregious” Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those who committed felony assaults on law enforcement officers but have not yet been arrested — in the remaining 72 days before President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House, a law enforcement official told NBC News…
Several software companies could be due for a pullback after the stock market’s roaring rally this week, fueled by President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory as well as robust quarterly earnings reports. Major U.S. indexes are on track for major wins this month, with the S & P 500 up roughly 5% and the 30-stock Dow…
For some workers, the decision to stay home when sneezing and coughing will no longer mean forgoing a day’s pay. In Tuesday’s election, ballot measures passed in three red states — Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska — that would require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees, with certain exceptions. This follows a similar…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the morning trading on November 07, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images U.S. stock futures gained marginally after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit records in a postelection rally and investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s latest interest…
Jeffrey Gundlach speaks at the 24th Annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Thursday that interest rates could shoot higher if Republicans end up controlling the House, securing a governing trifecta that gives President-elect Donald Trump free rein to spend as he pleases. Gundlach, a…
Bank of England cuts rates by 25 basis points Commuters outside the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s interest rate decision is scheduled for release on Sept. 19. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Bank of England on Thursday…
