April 28, 2024
Funds

West Virginia starts distributing funds from the settlement of opioid lawsuits

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

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Investors

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

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Funds

These mutual fund and ETF investing tips put your portfolio in a giving spirit

Published: Dec. 23, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS ‘The switch was flipped’: ETF flows pick up as stocks, bonds head for 2023 gains U.S. stocks and bonds are up in 2023, in a big rebound from a brutal 2022.  Read More Star stockpickers

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Investors

Opinion: Chip giant Micron is becoming another AI play for investors

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

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Banking

Colorado court upholds Google keyword search warrant which led to arson arrests

DENVER — Colorado’s highest court on Monday upheld the search of Google users’ keyword history to identify suspects in a 2020 fatal arson fire, an approach that critics have called a digital dragnet that threatens to undermine people’s privacy and their constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. However the Colorado Supreme Court cautioned it

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