Match adds two directors in deal with activist investor

Match adds two directors in deal with activist investor

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tinder and Hinge operator Match Group added two new directors and signed an agreement with Elliott Management, months after the activist investor was reported to have taken a stake in the company, Match announced on Monday. Instacart Chief Marketing Officer Laura Jones and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff will join … Read more

Big week for tech IPOs like Reddit boosts Morgan Stanley after lull

Big week for tech IPOs like Reddit boosts Morgan Stanley after lull

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Reddit, Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) to celebrate its initial public offering. To honor the occasion, Snoo, rings the Opening Bell®. NYSE Wall Street’s tech IPO bankers may finally have a reason to break out the champagne after an extended drought was broken up this week with the market debuts of … Read more

Anthropic lining up a new slate of investors, ruled out Saudi Arabia

Anthropic lining up a new slate of investors, ruled out Saudi Arabia

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Deep-pocketed, sovereign wealth funds are among the investors clamoring to get a stake in Anthropic, the red-hot artificial intelligence startup that’s taking on OpenAI. One country that’s being left out: Saudi Arabia. As bankers line up a group of potential new Anthropic backers, the company has ruled out … Read more

Princess of Wales Kate Middleton reveals she is in the early stages of cancer treatment

Princess of Wales Kate Middleton reveals she is in the early stages of cancer treatment

Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales and Britain’s Prince George of Wales (L) leave after attending the Royal Family’s traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate in eastern England, on December 25, 2023. Adrian Dennis | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — The Princess of Wales on Friday revealed she … Read more

DOJ’s Kanter has a message to shareholders

DOJ’s Kanter has a message to shareholders

The Justice Department’s top antitrust official said Friday that Apple shareholders should encourage the company to “compete on the merits,” one day after the government sued the iPhone maker over allegedly anticompetitive practices. “Competition on the merits is good for everybody,” Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general for antitrust, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Good for … Read more

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks on DOJ’s antitrust suit against Apple

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks on DOJ’s antitrust suit against Apple

Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. Department of Justice officials briefed reporters on Thursday about their decision to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. The Justice Department and 16 attorneys general filed the highly anticipated suit on Thursday, alleging that Apple’s iPhone ecosystem is a monopoly and that its anti-competitive practices extend to the … Read more

Biden to forgive $5.8 billion in student debt for nearly 78,000 borrowers

Biden to forgive .8 billion in student debt for nearly 78,000 borrowers

U.S. President Joe Biden announces a preliminary agreement with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award, during a visit to the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., March 20, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration announced Thursday it would forgive $5.8 billion in student debt for 77,700 borrowers through the … Read more

Central bank holds rates steady, maintains three cuts coming

Central bank holds rates steady, maintains three cuts coming

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady as expected and signaled it still plans multiple cuts before the end of the year. Following its two-day policy meeting, the central bank’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee said it will keep its benchmark overnight borrowing rate in a range between 5.25%-5.5%, where it has held … Read more

What to expect from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting Wednesday

What to expect from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting Wednesday

Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 06, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Federal Reserve has a lot to do at its meeting this week, but ultimately may not end up doing a … Read more

Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet

Wegovy heart health approval won’t mean broad insurance coverage yet

Victoria Klesty | Reuters In the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss. The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to skyrocket in popularity over the last year — is now approved in the U.S. for heart health, too. But that may not translate to wider insurance coverage of … Read more