And now some news from the Department of Awkward Timing: With the Jimmy Kimmel controversy swirling, word has emerged that Disney is raising the price of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ next month. Subscribers started being notified Tuesday that as of October 21, a subscription to Disney+ will go up two dollars a month, to $11.99. Various bundles, with and without ads, are rising for combinations of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. The hikes are the fourth in four years by Disney, which is far from the only company raisin ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there “is no risk-free path” as the central bank tries to keep inflation low and stable while promoting healthy labor markets. ...

Gold has helped people preserve their wealth for thousands of years. Today, its appeal is simple: unlike fiat currencies, the yellow metal can’t be printed at will by central banks.The good news? Savvy investors have long turned to certain assets to help protect their wealth from inflation’s bite — regardless of how well the Fed does its job.Inflation erodes the purchasing power of money, a reality already eating into Americans’ savings. Over the past five years, the U.S. consumer price index has jumped 25% ...

CONCLUDED Stock Market News From Sept. 23, 2025: Nasdaq Falls 1% Last Updated: Updated 4 hours ago Stocks Turn Lower as Powell Speaks By Connor Smith Stocks turned lower on Tuesday as Wall Street heard from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 116 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.9%. All three finished at record closing highs on Monday, so any move higher would be a fresh milestone. Powell discussed the economic outlook ...

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood said the AI space is already being ruled by a group of “big four” players.The 69-year-old investor said OpenAI, Anthropic, Elon Musk’s xAI, and Google’s Gemini are competing for dominance—and the competition is fierce. She noted, ultimately, the four current competitors could be narrowed down to two. “The number of companies competing, truly competing, in the Large Language Model space has shrunk,” she told Bloomberg.The recent “acquihires” conducted by OpenAI and Meta, which is n ...

货币政策挑战 - 美联储主席鲍威尔重申政策制定者在利率路径选择上面临艰难平衡 [1] - 政策制定同时面临通胀和就业双重风险挑战 [1] - 当前经济前景异常复杂且具有挑战性 [1]

ToplineFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday said a weakening labor market in the U.S. has outweighed concerns about growing inflation, prompting the central bank to lower interest rates last week for the first time in months amid pressure from President Donald Trump. A recent decision by the central bank leaves the U.S. “well-positioned” to respond to economic developments, Powell said.Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Key FactsPowell, during an address Tuesday in Providence ...

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Gold is soaring. So are stocks. That's not normal. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Getty ImagesGold and the stock market don’t usually share the spotlight. When they do, it might mean the usual signals of fear and confidence are colliding. Or it might mean something deeper is brewing.Gold has risen 44% this year. The S&P 500 Index is up 14%. On Monday, both closed at new highs. The two asset classes hitting all-time highs on the same day has now happened 6 times in 2025. It happened 10 times in 2 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday the central bank is in a "challenging situation" with an ongoing risk of faster-than-expected inflation at the same time that weak job growth has raised concern about the health of the labor market. In prepared comments to Rhode Island's Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Powell offered little indication of when he thinks the Fed might next cut interest rates, noting that there was danger to both cutting too fast and risking ...