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The logo of Swiss banking giant UBS engraved on the wall is seen on its headquarters on May 8, 2019 in Zurich. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The world’s largest wealth manager, UBS, reported a net income of $2.1 billion for the third quarter on Tuesday, up 99% from the same

The Federal Reserve’s intention to leave interest rates alone may get sidetracked. According to Wall Street forecaster James Bianco, the backdrop is conducive for an inflation comeback that would force the Fed’s hand to tighten and upset the stock market. He sees two major factors sparking inflation: A smaller economy than last year due to

Raphael Bostic, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Cameron Costa | CNBC The Federal Reserve has a substantial role to play in addressing the racial economic disparities brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Raphael Bostic, president of the central bank’s Atlanta district, said Monday. Amid a recovery that Bostic called uneven

ETFs are traded on exchanges, so they can be bought and sold like stocks through a brokerage. Tetra Images | Getty Images Although exchange-traded funds are growing in popularity, they are not yet making meaningful incursions into the territory of actively-managed funds, according to Refinitive’s Head of Lipper EMEA Research, Detlef Glow. Money market funds

The Ant Group Co. logo and the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. logo are displayed behind a reception desk at the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Ant Group has won approval from the Chinese securities regulator for the Hong Kong leg

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. Samuel Corum | Getty Images Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told CNBC Thursday that she has “no doubt” the U.S. will implement a new economic stimulus package that will help reduce the current uncertainties for the global economy.     The IMF boss said that the

Gary Guthart, CEO, Intuitive Surgical Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Del Taco Restaurants — Shares of Del Taco Restaurants surged nearly 9% after the Mexican restaurant chain reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings. The company posted an earnings per share of 16 cents in the third quarter, beating analysts’

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Pfizer, BioNTech – Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said the vaccine candidate under development by the two drug makers could be ready for an Emergency Use Authorization application by late November. Separately, Pfizer and BioNTech are scaling up manufacturing capability for their experimental coronavirus vaccine,

People wait in their cars as they line up to collect unemployment forms in Hialeah, Florida. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Millions of workers have lost their jobs — and their employer-sponsored health insurance — due to the coronavirus pandemic. But other options are available to those who lose health coverage. These include Medicaid, an

United Airlines’ Boeing 747-400 aircraft performed its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. NurPhoto Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Boeing — Shares popped more than 3% after Patrick Ky, the head of Europe’s aviation regulator, said the company’s beleaguered 737 Max jet is safe to fly again. He added the

Descendants of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller are calling on the major banks to put an end to fossil fuel financing. Daniel Growald, Peter Gill Case and Valerie Rockefeller — fifth-generation members of the famed family — have launched BankFWD, which is a network of powerful individuals and institutions aimed at persuading banks to

People walk past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018.  Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — As China recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s central bank is more open to increasing loans to an already debt-heavy system than it is to cutting back.

A man walks a dog in the shade away from the midday sun past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building in Manhattan, during hot weather in New York City, New York, U.S., August 11, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Thursday as investors await the latest retail

Randal Quarles Hailey Lee | CNBC Short-term funding markets seized up during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, demonstrating that more reform is needed, the Federal Reserve’s chief banking overseer said Thursday. Commercial paper and prime money funds, which provide companies short-term funding and serve as key elements in the financial system, froze in

SINGAPORE — Shares of Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of K-pop superstars BTS, soared as they made their market debut in South Korea on Thursday. Big Hit Entertainment’s stock opened at opened at 270,000 Korean won (approx. $236) per share on Thursday, according to Refinitiv Eikon. That was double the stock’s issue price of

Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan sees evidence inflation is making a comeback. “It’s made a very clear cyclical upturn,” the Economic Cycle Research Institute co-founder told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. He shows the trend in a special chart of his U.S. future inflation gauge, a proprietary leading indicator, and core CPI. According to Achuthan, the

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past a Wells Fargo & Co. bank branch in New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday on Wednesday: Wells Fargo — Wells Fargo shares dropped 5% after the banking giant reported a weaker-than-expected

Chinese President Xi Jinping Aris Messinis | Pool | Reuters BEIJING — Amid uncertainty about Hong Kong’s future and China’s international relations, President Xi Jinping maintained Wednesday that the country remains intent on doing business with the rest of the world, in its own way. In a speech that lasted nearly one hour, Xi made

Crossmark Global Investments’ Victoria Fernandez is concerned consumers may be on the verge of retreating. According to the firm’s chief market strategist, many of them have been relying heavily on savings as lawmakers tangle over another round of virus aid. She believes time is running out. “If you look at revolving credit as a percentage

The Disney+ (Plus) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Disney — Shares of the media giant advanced more than 4% after the company announced a major reorganization that will make streaming a “primary focus.” To accelerate its direct-to-consumer