Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan’s Mount Fuji will now have to reserve ahead and pay a fee as the picturesque peak struggles with tourism and littering. The Yamanashi prefecture said in a statement via the Foreign Press Centre of Japan it has introduced new rules for the […]
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Juan Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Prices in Argentina are climbing, despite positive signs of a deceleration, with the embattled South American country’s annual inflation rate set to edge closer to 300% when the government reveals the latest data on Tuesday. Shopkeepers and consumers said that although monthly inflation readings […]
Shares of the struggling vaccine developer Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) bounded 98.7% higher on Friday, May 10. The market was responding to terrific news from Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY), a global pharmaceutical giant that wants to market Novavax’s COVID-19 and influenza vaccines. The recent Novavax stock rally continued after the weekend and investors are right to wonder […]
Ghostride the Whip SpaceX is planning to make history by enabling the first entirely commercial spacewalk. During this summer’s Polaris Dawn mission, a crew of four space tourists is planning to don SpaceX’s brand-new extravehicular activity (EVA) suit to venture outside of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, giving them once-in-a-lifetime views of the Earth below. […]
AP Photo/Jason DeCrow US stocks surged on Monday amid solid first-quarter earnings reports and renewed hopes of interest rate cuts. Rate cut wagers grew following Friday’s lighter-than-expected April jobs report. The futures market is now pricing in at least two interest rate cuts by the end of the year. US stocks surged on Monday, extending […]
PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) is a financial-technology (fintech) pioneer that’s still extremely relevant. As of the first quarter of 2024, the company had 427 million active accounts. And its system processed over $400 billion in payments during Q1 alone. That’s a big platform that’s still getting plenty of use. As of this writing, PayPal stock is […]
US stocks strode higher Thursday in a calm after the Fed day storm, as investors set aside rate worries for now to focus on Apple (AAPL) earnings and the coming monthly jobs report. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose roughly 0.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained 0.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led […]
US stock futures strode higher Thursday in a calm after the Fed day storm, as investors set aside rate worries for now to focus on Apple (AAPL) earnings and the coming monthly jobs report. S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures rose roughly 0.7%, while those on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) were 0.4% higher. Contracts on […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures advanced on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and allayed fears around potential rate hikes, with focus moving to a spate of earnings updates through the day. While Fed chair Jerome Powell indicated that stubbornly high inflation would see a long-expected U.S. rate cut […]
These 3 High-Yield Stocks Have Been Growing Their Dividends Non-Stop, And Analysts Expect Their Share Prices To Climb Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Income-seeking investors are always on the lookout for reliable high-yield stocks with a history of consistent dividend growth. Three companies […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures advanced on Friday as megacap growth shares rebounded on the back of robust quarterly results from Alphabet and Microsoft, while investors awaited a key inflation print that could help shape U.S. monetary policy. Alphabet jumped 11.5% in premarket trading after the Google-parent announced its first-ever dividend, a $70 billion […]
(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest bond market came under pressure, with Wall Street gearing up for another jumbo-sized sale of Treasuries that will help determine whether a turning point is in sight after this year’s selloff. Most Read from Bloomberg Treasuries fell ahead of a $70 billion auction of five-year notes. While demand for a […]