Month: February 2020

The investor discusses his Tesla short as well as his position in General Motors with Bloomberg Continue reading… …read more […]

Insiders load up on Intel, AT&T;, Corteva and Valley National Bancorp Continue reading… …read more […]

Feb.09 — For some of the Democratic presidential hopefuls the first primary is a second chance. They can make up for a lackluster performance in the Iowa caucuses by shining in New Hampshire. Bloomberg’s Charles Pellett reports. …read more […]

What, if anything, did the Democrats accomplish? Image: Sean Rayford/Getty Images …read more […]

The debating candidates tee up Pete and Bernie. Image: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg …read more […]

The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Jillian Melchior and Dan Henninger. Image: Sergei Ilintsky/Getty Images …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Asia were likely heading for a cautious start Monday after the best week since mid-December, with investors continuing to monitor the rising coronavirus death toll. Currencies were largely steady in early trading.The S&P 500 Index fell along with Treasury yields on Friday, when futures on equities in Hong Kong and Japan declined. Australian contracts were flat. Investors are taking stock of a large rally that last week propelled global stocks back to all-time highs. Meantime, the coronavirus has now killed more people than SARS and a cruise ship in Japan with 70 victims has the most …read more […]

The Americas: In the upcoming presidential election, Florida will once again be an important state to win. If Donald Trump appeals to Puerto Rican voters, he could help his chances of securing a key victory. Image: Thais Ilorca/Shutterstock …read more […]

BERLIN/MADRID (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has pulled out of this month’s Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry’s biggest gatherings which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona. “Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new coronavirus, Amazon will withdraw from exhibiting and participating in Mobile World Congress 2020,” the company said in a statement on Sunday. Amazon had planned a significant presence through its cloud computing arm AWS, which was due to host a full-day conference track on the first day of the event. …read more […]

OPEC saw its crude oil production dip by nearly 500,000 bpd in January from December, overcomplying with the collective cut, but this production reduction might not be enough to reverse oil prices …read more […]

Q1 2020 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd Earnings Call …read more […]

This past Friday, February 7, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the January jobs numbers – and the results were gangbusters. With 225,000 new jobs reported, it was the greatest increase in almost five years. Other data confirmed the numbers: there was a significant increase in workforce reentrants, the labor force participation rate increased to 63.4%, its highest level in almost seven years, and wages increased at an annualized rate of 3.1%, well ahead of inflation.While the jobs report was solid, there were also a few warning signals. Manufacturing jobs declined, and saw a drop in overtime hours reported. The …read more […]