Finance
How Italy’s banking M&A wave started crashing
View of the branches of the Italian bank Monte deo Paschi in Rome.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBy late spring,...
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Lisa Cook hints ‘clerical error’ to blame for any mortgage application discrepancy
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawsuit against Donald Trump challenges his ability to remove her from office, but only briefly...
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Wealthy Americans are traveling to Europe to dodge tariffs on luxury goods
Visitors and salesmen stand at the booth of Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweler Piaget, during the "Watches and Wonders Geneva"...
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Fed’s John Williams stresses independence as Trump moves to fire Lisa Cook
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams on Wednesday stressed the importance of central bank independence as President Donald Trump...
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Trump’s Cook firing will likely end up in the Supreme Court’s hands
The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt...
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How BlackRock and Goldman Sachs are bringing Wall Street’s hottest asset class to 401(k)s
Wall Street's largest firms are championing a new cause. They are bringing alternative assets — once reserved for the ultra-wealthy...
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Household robots are about to get a big price cut — if China’s top ‘robovac’ player has its way
In 2025, Roborock launched a vacuum cleaner with a robotic arm for moving socks and other obstructions out of the...
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Markets are sure the Fed will cut in September, but the path from there is much murkier
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 22, 2025, in New York City. Spencer...
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Wage growth is doing something odd in 2025 — the last time it happened was around the Great Recession
A "Now Hiring" sign hangs in the window of a hair salon in the Greater Boston town of Medford, Massachusetts,...
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Watch Fed Chair Powell’s full policy speech at Jackson Hole
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered his annual address Friday morning at the central bank's annual symposium in Jackson Hole,...
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