FILE PHOTO: Lisa DeNell Cook, nominee to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, testifies during a Senate Banking nominations hearing on June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa [...]
Sales of Tesla‘s flashy Cybertruck are a fraction of the more than 1 million reservations the company had a month before deliveries began rolling out in November 2023. So far, U.S. sales total just over 52,000 units, according to Cox Automotive. “It’s a really remarkable vehicle,” said Sean Tucker, executive [...]
HELOCs, or home equity lines of credit, give homeowners a way to leverage the growing value of their house for anything from renovations to college tuition — and enjoy 10 years of interest-only payments. Plus, unlike with a home equity loan, they only have to repay what they use, rather [...]
Coils, coiled copper wires, lie on pallets in the wire plant (coiler) at Aurubis AG. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has slammed an appeals court decision to temporarily block a land transfer needed by mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP to develop what [...]
Customers enter a Walmart store on April 09, 2025 in San Leandro, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the public should avoid eating certain frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to concerns that the seafood may have been [...]
An improved macroeconomic outlook could boost Upstart Holdings shares, JPMorgan said on Wednesday. The firm upgraded the online lender to overweight from neutral but cut its price target on the name to $88 from $93. That updated target still implies nearly 43% upside from Tuesday’s close. “We lean positive on [...]
Microplastics are increasingly being found in our bodies and food supply. They are defined as pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters — about the size of a pencil eraser. But they can also be much smaller, like the size of a virus particle or a strand of DNA. Petrochemicals, [...]
Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company’s homegrown operating system. As part of a project known internally as Kittyhawk, Amazon plans to release a higher-end tablet as soon as next year, offering the [...]
The Club’s 10 things to watch Wednesday, Aug. 20 — Today’s newsletter was written by Investing Club editor Kevin Stankiewicz. 1. Wall Street was set to open slightly lower today after the S & P 500 closed lower yesterday for the third session in a row. Investors were parsing the [...]
Here are Wednesday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: JPMorgan upgrades Upstart Holdings to overweight from neutral JPMorgan said it’s getting more constructive on shares of the fintech lender. “We are upgrading Upstart to OW (from N). We lean positive on the more seasoned fintech lenders, given a favorable macro backdrop [...]