Elon Musk attends the premiere of ”Lola” held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 3, 2024. Aude Guerrucci | Reuters Tesla plans to ask shareholders to reinstate CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package from 2018 after a Delaware court voided the record-setting stock grant earlier this year and described … Read more
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Getty Images Andreessen Horowitz said Tuesday that it raised $7.2 billion across five different funds, a sign of optimism in the tech startup world, which has seen a dearth of significant exits over the past two years. “This marks an important milestone for us,” Ben Horowitz, who co-founded the firm … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal. Speaking to a policy forum focused on U.S.-Canada economic relations, Powell said that while inflation continues to make its way lower, the current state of policy should remain intact. “More recent data … Read more
[The stream is slated to start at 1:15 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday to the Wilson Center’s Washington Forum on the Canadian Economy, in what will likely be his last policy speech before the next central … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives for a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Companies often see their stock price jump after announcing job cuts, as Wall Street rallies around the prospects for improved efficiency and profits. But … Read more
An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations as sales in its medical devices business surged. Meanwhile, the company’s total revenue for the … Read more
Rising inflation in March didn’t deter consumers, who continued shopping at a more rapid pace than anticipated, the Commerce Department reported Monday. Retail sales increased 0.7% for the month, considerably faster than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 0.3% rise though below the upwardly revised 0.9% in February, according to Census Bureau data that … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2022. Evan Vucci | AP Here is who benefits from this round of forgiveness In this round of forgiveness, more than 206,000 borrowers will collectively get $3.6 billion in debt erased … Read more
JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned Friday that multiple challenges, primarily inflation and war, threaten … Read more
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters European Union drug regulators found no evidence that highly popular weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and self-injury, the regulator … Read more
