By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Sinéad Carew (Reuters) -A glitch at the New York Stock Exchange triggered massive swings in the shares of Berkshire Hathaway and Barrick Gold, and trading halts in dozens of other companies on Monday, before the bourse fixed the problem. NYSE, owned by Intercontinental Exchange, by late morning said on its…
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds dumped equities last week, in a painful week for their portfolios as the U.S. main indexes fell and hit their long bets, Morgan Stanley said in a note. The bank described last week as “ultimately one of the more challenging we have seen in recent…
By Medha Singh (Reuters) – Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable company, as the kingmaker behind the AI revolution takes on the iPhone maker that has ruled Wall Street for decades. The reliance of virtually all artificial intelligence applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Nvidia’s high-end chips has helped the…
By Medha Singh (Reuters) -Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group fell about 5% in choppy trading on Friday, after a jury found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star. The stock opened higher and was among the top trends on Reddit’s…
By Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is considering endorsing Donald Trump as the former U.S. president seeks to return to the White House, a source familiar with the matter said. Ackman plans to announce which candidate he will endorse on the social media network X, the source said, confirming an earlier…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rate of U.S. failed trades stood at 1.90% on Wednesday, a big test day for the recently implemented faster settlement cycle, roughly stable from Friday’s number, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) showed this morning. Market participants were expecting it to increase to 4.1% after T+1 implementation, from 2.9%, according…
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose by more than $1 a barrel on Tuesday on the expectation that OPEC+ will maintain crude supply curbs at its June 2 meeting, while a weaker U.S. dollar made the commodity more attractive to holders of other currencies. The July contract for global benchmark Brent crude…
(Reuters) – Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Saturday it has urged Tesla shareholders to reject a $56 billion pay package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, which if passed would be the largest pay package for a CEO in corporate America. The report cited reasons like the “excessive size” of the pay deal,…
(Reuters) – Target will be lowering prices on at least 5,000 frequently shopped products across its assortment ranging from milk to diapers, the big-box retailer said on Monday, as it looks to attract budget-stretched customers. Still-high food prices and borrowing costs have made cash-crunched customers more conscious of their spending on pricey items and look…
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – France won a record 15 billion euros ($16.17 billion) in foreign investment pledges on Monday, allowing President Emmanuel Macron to bask in the limelight with global CEOs and forget about strained public finances and weak polls for a while. The bumper crop of pledges, in sectors…
