Delta Air Lines won’t expand flying in the second half of the year because of disappointing bookings amid President Donald Trump‘s shifting trade policies, which CEO Ed Bastian called “the wrong approach.” The carrier said it is too early to update its 2025 financial guidance, a month after it confirmed the targets at an investor…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the American Bankers Association’s Washington Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on April 9, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that President Donald Trump‘s aim is for Main Street businesses and consumers to thrive even as…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Pharmaceutical stocks – Shares of U.S. companies in the pharmaceutical industry fell after President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that he’s going to announce ” very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals .” Pfizer and Merck shares each dropped more than 4%, while Eli Lilly shed…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tech stocks — Shares of megacap technology names fell after initially gaining amid investor optimism that the U.S. would reach deals with other countries to lower tariffs. Apple , which lost around 20% over the past three trading days given its China exposure, finished about 5%…
A pedestrian passes the seal of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) displayed outside the organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Tuesday said that a February hack of its email systems…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Levi Strauss — The jeans maker surged 11% after the company reiterated its full-year outlook. However, Levi noted that it excludes any impact from the White House’s tariffs. The company also posted first-quarter adjusted earnings of 38 cents per share, which was 52% higher versus the…
An image provided by Pindrop Security shows a fake job candidate the company dubbed “Ivan X,” a scammer using deepfake AI technology to mask his face, according to Pindrop CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan. Courtesy: Pindrop Security When voice authentication startup Pindrop Security posted a recent job opening, one candidate stood out from hundreds of others. The…
Steve Eisman of “The Big Short” fame has a message for investors: Don’t be a hero because there’s more market downside ahead. Eisman, who’s known for successfully betting against the housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, warns Wall Street isn’t done discounting worst-case scenarios tied to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “The issue is…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Health-care stocks — Shares of Humana , CVS Health and UnitedHealth jumped after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration will raise payment rates for Medicare insurers next year to 5.06%, higher than the 2.23% increase the Biden administration had proposed. Humana gained more…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that tariffs announced by President Donald Trump last week will likely boost prices on both domestic and imported goods, weighing down a U.S. economy that had already been slowing. Dimon, 69, addressed the tariff policy Trump announced on April 2 in his annual shareholder letter, which has become…
