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Analysts note the growing risks around U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to maintain a fragile trade truce.
Treasury yields were last little changed Wednesday as investors weighed big wins from Democrats in the U.S. midterm elections.
Midterms historically precede a strong year for the S&P 500. What to know if Democrats win back Congress
Prediction markets still show the Republican incumbent favored to win a fourth term, but the odds have narrowed in recent weeks.
Blackstone President Jon Gray says AI infrastructure needs more equity as debt investors face concentration risks amid massive spending plans.
Two high-profile security incidents this week, including the largest crypto theft in history, have raised custody and safety concerns.
North Dakota's state-owned bank has broad Republican support and is drawing interest from public-banking advocates in other states.
The comments from Federal Reserve Presidents Alberto Musalem and Lorie Logan offer the first morsels of insight into what leaders at the Fed see happening next.
The outage comes just days before the platform is expected to experience heightened trading during the U.S. midterm elections.
Higher cocoa and sugar prices are fueling above-average cost inflation for candy
Coinbase posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, largely due to a recovery in the cryptocurrency market.
Aon CEO Greg Case said concentration risk at AI data centers could constrain insurance capacity and alter financing for new projects.
The prediction market platform one year ago was valued at $5 billion.
The DoubleLine founder spoke with CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Wednesday after the Fed held interest rates steady.
Two of the 12 Federal Open Market Committee voters dissented from the decision. Both wanted to raise rates by a quarter percentage point.
This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting in September.
Slowing margin-debt growth could signal growing risks for stocks.
Event contract exchanges see a two-in-three chance that Democrats take control of both the House and Senate.