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A strike along dozens of East Coast ports could cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars a day, leaving things like cars, furniture, alcohol and pharmaceuticals stuck on ships, while potentially raising shipping costs for businesses and consumers.

Drugstore chain CVS Health Corp. in recent weeks has been reviewing its options as a company — among them a potential breakup — the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Apple Inc.’s stock surged Monday after J.P. Morgan made an upbeat call on iPhone availability, with improvement led by the iPhone 16 base models.

Cerebras Systems Inc., a maker of chips and other tech infrastructure for artificial intelligence, filed for an initial public offering on Monday, as more startups look to make a name for themselves in a space occupied by tech juggernauts like Nvidia Corp.

Markets wrapped up a strong third quarter for stocks and bonds, as investors appeared more convinced that the Federal Reserve may pull off a soft landing. Still, gold surged.

Wall Street is about to flip its calendar to the most volatile month of a presidential election year, but the record-setting rally seen in the third quarter has investors pondering whether the big gains have staying power.

U.S. government debt finished September with a fifth straight month of gains, putting in its best performance in up to 14 years, even after an extended selloff on Monday when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell implied officials are in no hurry to cut interest rates.

Big business is upping the pressure on President Joe Biden to intervene in a dockworkers strike set to begin Tuesday that could shut down ports handling more than half of all U.S. trade and potentially lead to an increase in the cost of consumer goods.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the 50-basis-point cut in the central bank’s policy rate earlier this month was a sign of confidence in the economy and the labor market.

‘His son, who is a high earner, will need to wait for his inheritance until after I pass away’

‘His brother is a minor, but my son also had a baby daughter who was not named on the policy’

“My brother got a better interest rate because he acted fast, and here I am twiddling my thumbs, overwhelmed with banks.”

More college athletes are making over $1 million from NIL, and most of them play the same position in the same sport.

The 1980s corporate raider claimed poverty for decades — but is now charged with hiding millions in a cannabis company purportedly run by his son, lifestyle influencer Dan Bilzerian.

September is shaping up to be a solid month of gains for U.S. stocks, with the market bucking the seasonal trend after the Federal Reserve announced a big interest-rate cut. 

Rocket Lab USA Inc. shares ended Friday’s session up 12.5%, boosted by KeyBanc Capital Markets’ price-target hike for the space-launch company.

Bond yields ended Friday lower as traders digested PCE inflation data for August that came in cooler than Wall Street anticipated.

Trump Media co-founder Andrew Litinsky now owns only 100 shares through United Atlantic Ventures — an investment vehicle for one of the company’s founders.

Oil futures finished higher on Friday to modestly pare back their weekly loss from expectations OPEC+ will boost production before year-end.

Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. slipped after hours, after the membership warehouse retailer reported sales trends that came up shy of Wall Street’s estimates.