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Robinhood, AppLovin, Emcor to join S&P 500 in rebalancing
[NEW YORK] Robinhood Markets has been added to the S&P 500, marking a new phase for the retail trading platform that helped define the pandemic-era boom in individual investing....
US immigration agents arrests hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly South Koreans
[ATLANTA/WASHINGTON/SEOUL] Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in Georgia were detained in a raid by US authorities on Thursday (Sep 4), stopping work...
US SEC launches task force on securities fraud by foreign companies
[WASHINGTON] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is setting up a new unit to focus on securities fraud by foreign companies, one of the first signals of the...
Oil prices settle down more than 2% after weak US jobs report
[HOUSTON] Oil prices fell on Friday (Sep 5) as a weak US jobs report dimmed the outlook for energy demand, while swelling supplies may grow further after Opec and...
Lululemon’s woes mount on weak demand, Trump trade policies
[Vancouver] Lululemon Athletica’s rough year continued as the once fast-growing apparel chain slashed its outlook on weakening demand and the Trump administration’s tougher trade policies.The retailer’s shares tumbled 20...
Tesla offers unprecedented US$1 trillion pay package to Musk
[WASHINGTON] Tesla proposed a new compensation agreement for chief executive officer Elon Musk potentially worth around US$1 trillion, a massive package without precedent in corporate America.The long-awaited proposal, designed...
Tech executives, but not Elon Musk, to attend Trump’s Rose Garden dinner
President Trump is scheduled to dine with tech executives from Apple, Meta, Google and OpenAI on Thursday night at a White House event in the newly renovated Rose Garden.The...
BlackRock to run US$80 billion for Citi as bank refocuses wealth unit
The move highlights a growing trend among big banks to partner with specialist asset managersPublished Thu, Sep 4, 2025 · 10:35 PM[NEW YORK] Citigroup said on Thursday (Sep 4)...
US: Wall St indexes open mixed after jobs data
Published Thu, Sep 4, 2025 · 09:43 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street opened mixed on Thursday (Sep 4) after a weaker-than-expected private payrolls report, while Salesforce shares dropped as the...
Contributor: Why is California losing good jobs to other states? It’s not rocket science
For a century, it worked, and brilliantly. The “California model” rested on massive investments in higher education, development of industrial zones in places such as the South Bay and...
