New York Financial News

U.S. stocks are drifting around their records after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy going, but not so strong that it raises immediate worries about inflation

Deciding whether Juan Soto tops Shohei Ohtani for baseball’s largest contract could be in the eye of the beholder because of all the deferred money in Ohtani’s deal

Police officials believe the gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer may have fled the city on a bus

More than one million pairs of oven gloves are being recalled due to a burn hazard, after dozens of injury reports

Canadian Western Bank shares sank after the firm delayed its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release Friday morning and left investors guessing why.

The officials told New York Times that the satellite, currently in a high-radiation graveyard orbit, may be carrying a dummy warhead and testing components for a device that could destroy numerous satellites. Cosmos 2553 was launched 19 days before President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The satellite orbits Earth every two hours in an area rarely used due to high radiation. Russia's ministry of defense said that the spacecraft was «equipped with newly developed onboard instruments and systems for testing them under conditions of exposure to radiation and heavy charged particles.»

As the investigation into a masked gunman who stalked and killed the head of one of the largest U.S. health insurers moved into its third day Friday, possible leads emerged about his travel before the shooting and a message scrawled on ammunition found at the crime scene.

New York Times’ Connections puzzle has become a favorite among word game enthusiasts for its engaging and thought-provoking challenges. On Friday, December 6, puzzle #544 invites players to decipher hidden links between words, testing their logic, vocabulary, and creativity. This popular word puzzle, designed by Wyna Liu, offers an excellent way to stay sharp while enjoying a daily mental workout. Let’s dive into the hints, categories, and answers for today’s puzzle—spoilers ahead, so proceed cautiously if you prefer to solve it on your own!

Prince Harry has no plans to return to the UK. At a recent conference, the Duke of Sussex revealed that he was perfectly content living in America. In a conversation with Andrew Sorkin at The New York Times Dealbook Summit on Wednesday, Harry stated he has no wish to relocate to his motherland. He said that his life in the US was what his late mother, Princess Diana, would have wanted. Harry shared that his family has found a level of freedom and privacy in California that would have been impossible in the UK due to security concerns. His security arrangements were reduced after stepping down as a working royal, prompting him to take legal action over changes to his police protection when visiting Britain.

Police are intensifying their search for a masked gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy New York City street Wednesday morning.

In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $24.4 million to surround CEO Mark Zuckerberg with security

cryptocurrency entrepreneur and founder of the blockchain platform Tron, Justin Sun— with a net worth of at least $1.4 billion— has spent $6.2 million on Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork «Comedian»—a banana duct-taped to a wall— amid a historic boom for digital assets. The high-profile purchase underscores how crypto wealth is reshaping investment trends and cultural value. The conceptual work created by the Italian artist was sold at an auction in New York on November 20, with Justin Sun comparing that conceptual art to NFT (non-fungible token) art and decentralised blockchain technology, The Guardian had reported.

Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is the 10th-richest person in the United States, worth $127 billion. In theory, when he dies, his estate should pay 40% of his net worth to the government in taxes. But Huang, 61, is not only an engineering genius and Silicon Valley icon whose company, the world's second-most valuable, makes the chips that power much artificial intelligence. He is also the beneficiary of a series of tax dodges that will enable him to pass on much of his fortune tax free, according to securities and tax filings reviewed by The New York Times. The savings for his family are on a pace to be roughly $8 billion. It likely ranks among the largest tax dodges in the United States.

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia

About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published Wednesday

Smartmatic is not required to give Fox News a trove of information about U.S. federal charges against the voting machine company’s co-founder over alleged bribery in the Philippines

New York Military Academy has resurfaced on social media. The claim, originating from an alleged newspaper clipping, suggests that such a score would point to mental impairment. However, this viral information is based on a debunked piece of false reporting, which was first fact-checked by Snopes in 2019. Despite no public disclosure of Trump's actual IQ score, the former president has often ridiculed his political opponents, calling them «low-IQ» individuals.

Chair Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve’s ability to set interest rates free of political interference is necessary for it to make decisions to serve “all Americans” rather than a political party or political outcome

The S&P 500 is on track to close 2024 with a gain of nearly 27%, after setting 50 record highs this year

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly left a cryptic message engraved on the bullet used to murder him, according to a report by the New York Post. The masked gunman, who fatally ambushed Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, disappeared into Central Park and remains at large. The 50-year-old executive was killed early Wednesday morning while walking to the company’s annual investor conference at a Midtown Hilton hotel, located near prominent landmarks like Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art. Sources cited by the New York Post claimed that the words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” were engraved on live rounds and shell casings left behind. Police recovered three live 9-millimeter rounds and three discharged casings from the crime scene.