NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) – Asian stocks were due to follow an optimistic Wall Street session on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at very low levels, while the US dollar fell to a low of two years. The Fed on Wednesday repeated a promise to use …
Read More »GE shares sink as CEO Culp can’t hit bottom in aviation business
Shares in General Electric Co. sank into volatile operations on Wednesday after the diversified industrial conglomerate said it suffered “general” weakness in the second quarter and indicated that its aviation business could take years to recover from the effects of the pandemic. COVID-19. The GE stock, -4.35% It took a …
Read More »PayPal CEO: “I don’t think there will be a reversal” of e-commerce after COVID-19
Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc rose 1.5% in out-of-hours trading on Wednesday after the digital payments company showed strong growth in its business stemming from increased use of digital payments during the COVID-19 crisis. Read: PayPal Exceeds Earnings Expectations as COVID-19 Drives Ecommerce Growth Strong “The world has moved into …
Read More »US stocks rise as investors analyze earnings, await Fed decision
Shares were moderately higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the conclusion of a Federal Reserve policy meeting, watched conversations about a coronavirus aid package in Congress, and continued to advance through an avalanche of corporate earnings reports first order. Market participants also braced themselves for possible fireworks on Capitol Hill, …
Read More »European stocks rise as investors wait for Fed meeting
LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rose on Wednesday, but a resurgence of COVID-19 cases kept investors cautious as they awaited news of the latest US Federal Reserve policy meeting. FILE PHOTO: People pass the offices of the London Stock Exchange Group in the city of London, Great Britain, on December …
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