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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a news conference after restoring diplomatic ties with Kiribati on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S. September 27, 2019. Mark Kauzlarich | Reuters BEIJING — The U.S. should reduce its “interference” in China’s domestic affairs and development in order to improve relations
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Thursday: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI) — Shares of the retailer slid more than 11% following commentary around a slowdown in the company’s fourth-quarter trends. “Quarter-to-date, our comparable-store sales increases are tracking in the low single-digits,” CEO John Swygert said in a statement. Goldman Sachs downgraded the
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President Donald Trump has a bill on his desk that could kick several Chinese companies off of U.S. stock exchanges and inflame an already strained relationship between Washington and Beijing. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act would force companies to give up their listings on Wall Street if they refuse to open their books to
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Wall Street may be underpricing a risk associated with the next Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates. According to Richard Bernstein Advisors’ Michael Contopoulos, it may come down to President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary: former Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Contopoulos speculates the Fed could see her appointment as a dovish influence and it
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Thursday as investors awaited a key November jobs report to gauge the pace of labor market recovery in the face of a worsening pandemic. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 20 points.
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Thursday: Express (EXPR) — Shares of Express tanked 25% after the retailer reported a wider-than-expected earnings loss. Express said it lost $1.39 per share in the third quarter, versus an estimated loss of 51 cents per Refinitiv. Its revenue also missed expectations. Tesla (TSLA) — Shares
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There may be more juice left in the fourth quarter. Ally Invest’s Lindsey Bell said she believes the backdrop supports December gains. “We’re positive that it will be a good end to 2020,” the firm’s chief investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. Bell sees optimism surrounding another coronavirus aid package providing a near-term
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Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann Source: European fintech giant Revolut has hired former Citigroup executive Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann to its U.S. board as it seeks to expand in the world’s biggest economy. Macieira-Kaufmann spent 12 years at Citigroup, most recently as head of Citigroup’s International Personal Bank in the U.S., which is the firm’s offshore wealth management arm. Revolut,
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It may be a good time to lock in market gains for the year. Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub believes the latest all-time highs will run into trouble this month. “If you’re somebody who just came into a boatload of money … perhaps [wait] until after inauguration,” the firm’s chief U.S. equity strategist told CNBC’s “Trading
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Ether, the digital token of the Ethereum blockchain, is the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world by market value. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto via Getty Images While you’ve been watching the price of bitcoin soar to an all-time high, another cryptocurrency has been quietly staging a comeback of its own. Ether, the world’s second-largest virtual currency
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The U.S. may be on the cusp of a double-dip recession. Economist Stephen Roach believes surging coronavirus cases are disrupting Wall Street’s hopes for a V-shaped recovery. “With the infection rate soaring right now, a still vulnerable U.S. economy is likely to experience further lockdowns,” the Yale University senior fellow told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on
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Cameron (L) and Tyler (R) Winklevoss. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Early bitcoin investors and founders of crypto-exchange Gemini, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, see bitcoin gaining more than 25 times its current value as more investors adopt the cryptocurrency as an inflation hedge. “We think it will be the best performing asset of the current decade,”
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