Judge blocks release of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records despite public pressureIn a setback for transparency efforts, a Florida judge has blocked the release of grand jury documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case,...
25 Jul, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Brooos please nooo: In Trump vs Musk, Ye (Kanye West) and Bill Ackman try to play the peacemakerElon Musk and Donald Trump’s once-strong alliance has unravelled in public, sparking market jitters and political tension. Their split, tri...
06 Jun, 2025, 11.25 AM IST
Traders ramp up bets on December fed cut after mixed jobs dataThe jobs data triggered a surge in trading of short-term interest-rate futures. Volume in the January federal funds contract reached approx...
07 Dec, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
Wall Street’s new era is off to rocky start as Fed sows doubtsJerome Powell's significant interest-rate cut initially boosted stocks and bonds, but gains faded as economic realities set in. Despite the...
19 Sep, 2024, 09.13 AM IST
Bond traders follow Fed with no let-up in inflation fightThe bond market's relentless rout has hit Treasury investors with a loss of around 13% this year and pushed two-year yields to about 4.3%, ...
10 Oct, 2022, 06.40 AM IST
Taper-talk roadmap revives volatility in bond marketThe Fed is currently buying around $120 billion in debt each month -- $80 billion of Treasuries and $40 billion of mortgage-backed securiti...
06 Jun, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
US hiring rebound slows in November amid surge in coronavirus casesNonfarm payrolls increased by 245,000 from the prior month, as the unemployment rate dipped 0.2 percentage point to 6.7%, according to a la...
04 Dec, 2020, 11.21 PM IST
Market’s obsession with US yield curve could backfire: BlackRockThe composite line for different fixed income returns in 2018 is much flatter than it was in 2012
30 Aug, 2018, 09.49 AM IST
Bond market's hot trade is betting a 2017 Fed hike still in playThe market-implied odds of another rate increase by year-end plunged below 25 per cent.
13 Sep, 2017, 11.42 AM IST
Hewlett-Packard split latest chapter in Meg Whitman’s career of reinventionsMeg Whitman shelved plans to spin off Hewlett-Packard’s personal-computer business when she became chief executive officer three years ago.
07 Oct, 2014, 02.39 AM IST
Why Ratan Tata won’t actually retireRatan Tata will keep an eagle eye on the goings-on at Bombay House and will be the chairman of two key trusts that have a majority stake in...
03 Sep, 2012, 08.37 AM IST
- Morgan Stanley issues mea culpa on treasury forecast
Morgan Stanley acknowledged that its forecast that Treasury yields would rise this year was misguided.
21 Aug, 2010, 03.40 AM IST
- Leveraged loans return 52% as ‘cheap money’ spurs 2009 recovery
Leveraged loans posted record returns this year while buyouts such as Blackstone Group LP’s purchase of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s amusement...
01 Jan, 2010, 05.49 AM IST
- Merrill CDO sale not as good as it looks: Analyst
Merrill Lynch's agreement to sell $30.6 billion of toxic securities gives away the bank's potential profits on the securities and leaves it...
30 Jul, 2008, 08.44 PM IST
- Banks, securities firms mask $35-b markdowns
Banks and securities firms, reeling under record losses resulting from the collapse of the mortgage securities market, are failing to ackno...
20 May, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- US recession may just be mild: Analysts
As the grim notion of recession appears to be taking hold in the United States, debate among economists is shifting from whether a downturn...
11 Feb, 2008, 02.42 AM IST
- Bernanke's plans may dilute Greenspan intuition
Inside the US Federal Reserve headquarters, a small team is testing a forecasting program that does the work of hundreds of economists.
23 Nov, 2006, 02.00 AM IST