: Stocks head mostly lower in final hour of trading, with S&P 500 little changed
All three major stock indexes were little changed to slightly lower in the final hour of trading on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite moving away...
: Illumina: Icahn’s nominees ‘unqualified’
Illumina Inc. ILMN said Monday that activist investor Carl Icahn’s board nominees are “unqualified,” urging shareholders to reject all three of Icahn’s nominees and instead...
Lawmakers praise First Republic sale, but efforts to pass new bank rules are fizzling
Interest on Capitol Hill in tightening bank regulations appears to have waned amid the failure of another institution, First Republic.
: FDIC recommends raising deposit insurance limit for business accounts after SVB, First Republic failures
The FDIC is recommending that lawmakers raise the cap on bank deposit insurance for business payroll accounts to help prevent future bank runs.
The Ratings Game: Monster Beverage stock on track for a record high today. Here’s what analysts like.
Shares of energy-drink maker Monster Beverage Inc. were on pace to close at a record high on Monday
Key Words: ‘It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things’: Google’s former ‘Godfather of AI’ warns of misuse after quitting tech giant
AI researcher paraphrases atom bomb developer Oppenheimer in one way, but sounds like he is also paraphrasing him in another, more dire way
Washington Watch: What child-care proposal has a chance in a divided Congress? Here’s one that ‘could move’
While a divided Congress won't deliver big changes to U.S. child care, modest policy tweaks have a chance, say experts on Monday during a panel...
: Gold futures mark lowest settlement in over a week
Gold futures declined on Monday to finish at their lowest prices in more than week. Analysts said that with Europe celebrating the May Day holiday,...
Facebook was the main donor to a group that fought antitrust reforms in 2020 and 2021
Facebook donated $34 million to pro-tech industry group American Edge Project as the nonprofit took on antitrust legislation.