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Oct 07
NYC subways are back up and running as police and fire department say earlier incident appears isolated

New York City’s subways are back up and running after they were suspended earlier Friday over an incident in which someone sprayed an unknown substance that made people sick, CBS News reported. The incident happened shortly after 10 a.m. and led to the suspension of trains in Midtown and Lower Manhattan. Police said the substance […]

Oct 07
Crypto cards to connect digital assets to the real world, says exec

Simone Binotto Torre explained that some parameters like geography can make it difficult for crypto cards to have broader adoption. Source: Cointelegraph

Oct 07
FedEx ground unit will lower its volume outlook for the holidays: report

Package-delivery giant FedEx Corp.’s FDX, -1.50% large ground-shipping business intends to cut its holiday-period volume outlook amid waning demand, according to a report from Reuters. The change to the forecast reflects “the latest information from customers about how they anticipate current conditions are likely to decrease their volumes this holiday season,” Paul Melander, a FedEx […]

Oct 07
Biden administration announces new steps in its housing plan

The Biden administration on Friday announced what it described as “new steps” in its “housing supply action plan” that was outlined in May. The steps include “finalizing regulations that make it easier to build mixed-income housing, housing that includes very-low-income tenants, and housing in sparsely populated rural areas by reforming the income guidelines for the […]

Oct 07
Bank of American: Lilly’s tirzepatide could be the first $100 billion drug

Bank of America analysts on Friday told investors that Eli Lilly & Co. Inc.’s LLY, -0.49% diabetes treatment and possible weight-management drug could be a $100 billion medication. The drug, tirzepatide, received Food and Drug Administration approval as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes earlier this year. It has also shown in clinical trials that […]

Oct 07
U.S. stocks slump after jobs data disappoint, chipmaker issues profit warning

U.S. stocks slumped at the open on Friday as investors digested another report showing the U.S. labor market is finally starting to deteriorate — and also a profit warning from a top microchip maker. The S&P 500 SPX, -2.04% slumped 43 points, or 1.2%, to 3,700. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.51% fell 268 […]