Published: Dec. 29, 2023 at 7:23 p.m. ET CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest drug-overdose death rate. The Kanawha County Commission said Thursday it received a $2.9 million check and plans to
The number of shorted shares has grown 23% since the end of 2020, but that doesn’t mean traders are getting more bearish about the market. Thanks to an array of initial public offerings and stock splits, the total number of stock shares has ballooned since the end of 2020—which means the relative short interest has
Published: Dec. 27, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET By Adriano Marchese Stocks in Toronto were solidly higher in the first trading day in the shortened week following Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Canada. Nearly all sectors were driving the increase in the session, led primarily by health tech, process industries and materials. Consumer durables
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were mixed Wednesday as traders took stock of the recent rally, and appeared to be waiting for more catalysts ahead of expected regulatory approval of exchange-traded funds that hold Bitcoin. Bitcoin has traded up 0.4% over the last 24 hours to $42,726. The largest cryptocurrency has largely traded in a range
Published: Dec. 26, 2023 at 6:11 p.m. ET By Ben Glickman Life Time Group Holdings and Robert Houghton, the company’s finance chief, have agreed that he would resign. The Chanhassen, Minn.-based company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that Senior Vice President and Controller Erik Weaver would take on the additional position of interim finance
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Published: Dec. 21, 2023 at 5:23 p.m. ET Shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT rallied 1.17% to $104.45 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.03% to 4,746.75 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.87% to 37,404.35.
Published: Dec. 20, 2023 at 7:29 p.m. ET Micron Technology Inc.’s return to revenue growth last quarter as it recovers from the memory-chip downturn was in part due to the boom in AI-related chips, putting more of a spotlight on the chip maker as another potential AI investment. On Wednesday, Micron’s fiscal first-quarter results topped
Opinion: ‘All systems go’ for investors as stocks power 2023’s gains into 2024
The stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, has continued to move higher over the past week — ignoring the one big down day (70 points) and putting that in the rearview mirror. SPX has made new 2023 highs, and the all-time highs just above 4800 are within shouting distance. It seems