A barge maneuvers its way down the normally wide Mississippi River where it has been reduced to a narrow trickle Oct. 20, 2022, at Tiptonville, Tenn. Jeff Roberson | AP Officials in Louisiana are in a race against time as salt water from the Gulf of Mexico threatens drinking water supplies in New Orleans and its surrounding areas because of […]
Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital Stepanakert, its Armenian name, or Khankendi, as Azerbaijan calls it. Walter Bibikow | Digitalvision | Getty Images The 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will leave for Armenia as they do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan and fear ethnic cleansing, the leadership of the breakaway region told Reuters on Sunday. The Armenians of Karabakh, a territory internationally […]
Stocks head for losing weeks With just Friday left in the trading week, the three major indexes are on track for losses. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have dropped 2.7% and 3.5%, respectively, this week. Both are on pace to see their worst weekly performances since March. It was also mark the third straight week of losses for both […]
Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, speaks during an interview on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, February 27, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood said she did not participate in Arm’s blockbuster initial public offering last week because she finds the British chip designer was overvalued […]
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 30, 2023. Source: NYSE U.S. stock were near flat up Monday morning as investors look toward the Federal Reserve’s next policy decision. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 15 points, which equates to less than 0.1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also traded around […]
In this pool photo distributed by Sputnik agency, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (centre L) and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (centre R) visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. Mikhail Metzel | Afp | Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships on Saturday, accompanied by […]
With Arm slated to start trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday, investors are considering the potential upsides — and downsides — of investing in the company. The British chip designer itself flagged several risks in its IPO prospectus, ranging from its China business to geopolitics, but one potential threat has gained traction as its listing nears. It’s called RISC-V, pronounced […]
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Stock futures fell Tuesday morning as investors come off a positive day. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 76 points, or 0.22%. S&P 500 futures fell 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures […]
Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake. Fadel Senna | Afp | Getty Images Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food and water on Sunday as the search for the missing continued in hard-to-reach villages and the death […]
Now is the time for investors to invest in First Solar , according to Deutsche Bank. Analyst Corinne Blanchard upgraded the solar panel maker to buy from hold. She also raised her price target to $235 from $220, implying shares stand to gain 30.2% in the next 12 months. “In the context of uncertainty and a cloudy background for the […]
