SEC Plan Forces Firms To Reveal Swap Positions
By Ben Bain U.S. regulators are seeking to restrict hedge funds and family offices from using complex derivatives to secretly build huge stakes in public […]
Tax Bills for Rich Americans in Doubt With Biden’s Plan Adrift
By Laura Davison A tax year that just months ago was set to end with a frantic scramble by wealthy Americans to complete moves averting […]
Here Are Cities With High Black Homeownership Rates, Defying National Trends
In some regions of the U.S. with large non-white populations, Black homeownership is higher, but that isn’t always the case. For example, New York City […]
Homebuyer ‘Love Letters’ Could Result in Bias, Real Estate Firm Wants to Block New Oregon Law Banning Them
In a competitive housing market, homebuyers will stop at nothing to persuade an owner to accept their bid. While some potential buyers will offer additional […]
Jackson State QB Shedeur Sanders Signs NIL Deal With Tom Brady And Brady Brand
Tampa Bay Buccaneers legendary QB Tom Brady has conquered every feat on the gridiron, as evidenced by the seven Super Bowl victories and numerous NFL passing records […]
Meme Stock Traders Thrilled by DOJ’s Criminal Probe of Hedge Funds
By Claire Ballentine and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou The horde of rambunctious individual investors across Reddit, Stocktwits and Twitter are thrilled with a sense of vindication. They’ve […]
Pfizer, GameStop and Roku: Investments in the Spotlight
By Donald Moore and Heesu Lee Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that a third shot of its Covid vaccine may be needed to help boost resistance against the […]
Stocks Drop in Heavy Trading, Bond Curve Flattens: Markets Wrap
By Rita Nazareth Volatility gripped financial markets, with investors bracing for a rebalancing of the S&P 500 and the expiration of equity derivatives. Stock moves […]
Finurah Funding Friday: Check Out Business Grants From Amazon, Comcast and Others
Building sustainable businesses, especially during a pandemic, is never easy. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, 41 percent of Black businesses shuttered their […]
‘Own Your Brand’: Hip-Hop Icon MC Lyte Reclaims the Rights to Her Stage Name 30 Years After She Lost Them to Record Label
MC Lyte, born Lana Moorer, officially owns the rights to her stage name, and it only took her more than 30 years of patience to do […]
‘Will Not Adequately Address Compounded Generations of Racism’: West Hollywood City Council Approves Measure to Study History of Redlining, Possible Reparations
In 1939 the California city now known as West Hollywood was a predominately working-class area populated by Jewish and Black residents. The Home Owners Loan […]
‘I’m Here to Give Them Something Fresh, Eclectic and Different’: How Margie Toney’s Style Eyes Optical Offers High-End and Chic Eyewear to Her Brooklyn Community
When entrepreneur Margie Toney first opened her eyewear boutique in Brooklyn, New York, three years ago, it was with the goal of bringing high-quality eyewear […]
White House’s Rouse Confident Fed Will ‘Make the Right Call’
By Christopher Condon Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse said the Federal Reserve has the White House’s confidence, a day after the central bank […]
Mutual Fund Giant Franklin Templeton Joins Shift to Low-Cost ETFs
By Katie Greifeld Franklin Templeton is transforming two of its mutual funds into exchange-traded vehicles as the conversion trend gathers speed. The $1.55 trillion asset […]
‘Misty Copelands’ Are Rare in World of Ballet, and Black Entrepreneur Looks to Change That
When Robin Pitts, founder of the dance studio Dance Makers, started dancing at 7 years old she didn’t see many people on TV who looked […]
Stocks Jump on Bets Economy ‘Can Handle’ Fed Hikes: Markets Wrap
By Rita Nazareth Stocks rallied on speculation that the Federal Reserve will effectively combat surging prices without choking off economic growth. The S&P 500 closed […]
Should You ‘Buy the Dip’ With Bitcoin and Stocks Drop?
By Claire Ballentine and Charlie Wells When Bitcoin plunged in September, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele tweeted a version of the three words that have become a […]
Gold Holds Worst Loss This Month as Fed Meeting Outcome Awaited
By Ranjeetha Pakiam and Eddie Spence Gold held its worst daily loss since late November as investors considered the latest U.S. inflation data and counted […]