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Shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc. rallied in the extended session Friday after S&P Dow Jones said it would include the cybersecurity platform company’s stock in the S&P 500 index. Palo Alto Networks PANW, +0.21% shares surged as much as 5% in after-hours trading, following the announcement that Palo Alto Networks will replace Dish Network […]

SentinelOne Inc.’s stock suffered its worst day since its initial public offering as the cybersecurity company struggles to find new business amid a tough business spending environment, prompting one analyst to downgrade the stock. Not only did SentinelOne shares S, -35.14% on Friday experience their worst one-day percentage drop ever, but also they nearly closed […]

When Betsy Billard started in the financial planning industry in the early 1990s, helping LGBTQ+ couples meant a lot of extra paperwork – cross-ownership of insurance policies, convoluted trust structures, detailed healthcare proxies and other inventive ways to mimic the legal structure of marriage. Marriage equality in 2015 with the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell […]

A new survey finds that 61% of us are more afraid of running out of money in our old age than we are of dying itself. Life insurance giant Allianz, which conducted the survey, found the result “remarkable,” but actually it sort of makes sense. Death is inevitable, running out of cash isn’t. And when […]

The numbers: The U.S. added a muscular 339,000 new jobs in May, underscoring the resilience of the economy in the face of rising borrowing costs. Employment gains in April and March were also considerably higher than previously reported, the government reported Friday, in another sign the labor market remains unusually strong. Wall Street had forecast […]

U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open for Wall Street on Friday after a debt-ceiling bill cleared a final hurdle, and as investors turned their attention to jobs data that could help cement a pause in Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes. How are stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.48% rose 14.25 points, or […]

The U.S. Senate voted 63-36 in favor of a crucial debt-ceiling bill on Thursday night, sending the measure to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The Fiscal Responsibility Act, which the Republican-run House of Representatives approved on Wednesday night in a 314-117 vote, raises the ceiling for federal borrowing and avoids a market-shaking […]

Bilibili’s shares fell in early Asian trading Friday, as investors weighed tepid near-term growth prospects even as the company’s bottom line improved in its latest quarterly results. Bilibili’s Hong Kong-traded shares 9626, -2.74% were 3.3% lower at HK$ 120.00, bucking a rally in tech stocks in the Asian financial hub. The Hang Seng Tech Index […]

Headline inflation may have come down over the past year, but consumers’ expectations about future inflation have not. In fact, five-year expected inflation has been inching up rather than down in recent months, according to the University of Michigan consumer survey. The median expectation is that inflation will run at a 3.1% annualized pace over […]

As U.S. debt ceiling worries appear to ease, traders are now shifting their focus back to the Federal Reserve to gauge the dollar’s next move.  Fueled by the Fed’s rapid interest rate hikes in 2022, the greenback’s value hit its highest level in more than two decades back in September, but retreated sharply afterward. But […]

Your diploma has been framed, the cap and gown are in storage, and you’ve been to more going-away parties than you can count. Now, where to focus that job hunt and narrow down where to live after graduation? If your destination wish list includes lots of culture, a smaller-town feel and football Saturdays (you’re never […]

Michael Novogratz, chief executive at crypto investment manager Galaxy Digital, said while bitcoin and ether ETHUSD, -0.02% have recently been rangebound with low trading volume, they are still “the two best assets to invest in over two years, three years, six months” on a risk-adjusted basis.  Bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.68%’s volatility has recently come down, while […]

Hulu has a loaded lineup in June, including a new season of last summer’s surprise hit “The Bear” and a sequel to 1997’s smash hit movie “The Full Monty.” The intense and mesmerizing restaurant dramedy “The Bear” (June 22) returns for its second season, as Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and the kitchen […]

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  Eight states have adopted pay transparency laws, including California and New York, with several more considering legislation. Much of the buzz around these laws has been regarding large corporations and their employees, but how do small businesses fit into the picture? Here’s what you need to know. Who […]

A private gauge of China’s factory activity bounced back to expansionary territory in May, the first improvement in the health of the manufacturing sector since February. The China Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 50.9 in May from 49.5 in April, according to data released Thursday by Caixin Media Co. and S&P Global.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s May policy meeting show that officials were divided over the path forward. At their meeting, the Fed hiked its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of one percentage point to a range of 5%-5.25%. The central bank also altered its forward guidance to indicate it could pause at their next […]

Shares of Bumble Inc. slumped Wednesday after the announcement that President Tariq Shaukat will step down from his position in September. Shaukat will remain in an advisory role for the transition after he resigns Sept. 1, Bumble said in a regulatory filing, noting his departure is voluntary. The company said it will start a search […]

The crisis that has roiled regional banks spread to another software company on Wednesday. Shares of cloud-software company nCino Inc. NCNO, -0.29%, which focuses on the financial sector, plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after executives reduced their annual revenue forecast and guided for quarterly sales lower than Wall Street expected. The move […]

Dear Quentin, My brother-in-law is being honored by an organization that provides medical assistance to children of families who can’t afford their treatments. I was included on the email invitation, and the ticket price is $ 375 per person. I feel that it is unfair to ask an individual to incur such an expense.  I […]

Fraught negotiations in Washington have yielded a deal on raising the U.S.’s borrowing capacity without sending the stock market into a tailspin, as some on Wall Street had feared they might. But more risks may lie ahead. Investors who spent the better part of the past month fixated on the welter of debt-ceiling related headlines […]