Getty Images / Andrew Harnik Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. President Donald Trump is making it clear that his push for a leaner, more efficient government won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Speaking from the Oval Office in February, Trump took aim at federal employees he claims are collecting government paychecks while working second and even third jobs on the side. Must Read “Nobody shows up to work because they're all, quote, work ...

Key Takeaways ASTS struggles with rising inflation, capital costs and high operating expenses.Plans call for deploying 4560 satellites by 2026, driving heavy spending needs.ASTS shares have surged 124.7% in a year, with 2025 earnings estimates trending higher.AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS) has been adversely impacted by unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, including rising inflation, higher interest rates, capital market volatility, tariff imposition and geopolitical conflicts. These have led to continued fl ...

Volta Finance Limited (VTA / VTAS)August 2025 monthly reportNOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION, OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES Guernsey, September 24th 2025 AXA IM has published the Volta Finance Limited (the “Company” or “Volta Finance” or “Volta”) monthly report for August 2025. The full report is attached to this release and will be available on Volta’s website shortly (www.voltafinance.com). Performance and Portfolio Activity Dear Investors, In August, Volta Finance achieved a ...

Nvidia is investing in OpenAI. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKey TakeawaysPowell’s Cautious Remarks Shift Focus Toward Upcoming Inflation DataNvidia’s Massive AI Investments Drive Market Cap And Sector MomentumLithium Americas Surges On Potential Government Stake And EV DemandMajor market indices fell on Tuesday with the S&P 500 dropping 0.55% and Nasdaq Composite falling 0.95%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000 fell by 0.19% and 0.24%, respectively. After celebrating la ...

A "we're hiring" sign is displayed outside a Target store, after U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in July, in Encinitas, California, U.S. August 1, 2025.Seasonal hiring in the retail industry is poised to fall to its lowest level since the 2009 recession, an early warning sign that the holiday shopping season could be softer than expected, job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said in a Wednesday report. Challenger is projecting retailers may add under 500,000 positions in the fina ...

U.S. stock markets opened Wednesday, September 24, 2025, with a positive tone, showing resilience after a choppy Tuesday session where major indexes pulled back from recent record highs. Investors are navigating a landscape shaped by Federal Reserve commentary, upcoming inflation data, and significant corporate developments, particularly within the technology sector.Market Indexes Show Positive OpenIn the early minutes of trading, U.S. stocks were ticking higher, recovering some of the losses experienced on ...

CONCLUDED Stock Market News From Sept. 24, 2025: S&P 500 Falls a Second Day Last Updated: 9 hours ago Dollar Extends Gains as Markets Heed Cautious Tone From Powell on Rates By Martin Baccardax The dollar moved higher in early Wednesday trading following what markets are reading as a moderately hawkish message on interest rate from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Speaking at an event in Providence, RI, on Tuesday, Powell talked about the "challenging†situation of accelerating inflation and weakening ...

The allegations against Cook involve her reportedly claiming a "primary residence" on different mortgage documents for a home in Ann Arbor and a condo in Atlanta. The mortgage documents were taken out at two different credit unions within weeks of each other in 2021. Trump called her actions “deceitful and potentially criminal conduct.”And the headline bombshells continue in the who-did-what-when mortgage dustups. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, before the Fed rate decision was announced, Bloomberg reported a situa ...

Kevin Hanks live at the CBOE prebell playbook. We're pretty busy getting ready for more uh comments and we had Fed speak yesterday from Jay Powell. Some of your thoughts.Well, you know, the market was looking a a bit fatigued to start with. Uh but then Jerome Powell came up to the podium in Rhode Island and basically here's the three words that everyone's talking about this morning from his speech. He said stocks are fairly highly valued.And so that's the term that's the phrase that uh I think made the mark ...

Fed Chair Jay Pow calling the central bank's policy stance mildly restrictive in his words and saying that he considers uh the body well positioned uh to respond to economic developments. Joining us now Peter Krauss, Aperture Investors uh chairman and CEO. What did he say about the the stock valuations.I hate when they when Fed people or Treasury secretaries talk about things Janet Yellen it was the biotech industry I think and then it doubled uh from there. Did he did he say anything um out of character fo ...