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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has postponed its scheduled Wednesday hearing as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida. “In light of Hurricane Ian bearing down on parts of Florida, we have decided to postpone tomorrow’s proceedings. We’re praying for the safety of all those in the storm’s path. The […]
U.S. stocks are paring their losses Tuesday afternoon after the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dropped below 29,000 for the first time in nearly two years earlier. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.25% turned higher, trading up 30 points, or 0.3%, to 10,832. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.21% was down 6 points, or 0.2%, at 3,650. […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive a big tranche of student loans after it drew a lawsuit on Tuesday from the libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The plan will help tens of millions of Americans, […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Floridians to “evacuate when ordered” as the state was bracing for Hurricane Ian. Speaking at the White House ahead of a health-care event, Biden said he spoke to the mayors of Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa and told them, “whatever they need, contact me directly.” A new report estimated […]
Gold futures settled higher Tuesday, marking their first gain in three sessions after settling at their lowest since April 2020 on Monday. “This is hardly a rally and more likely a temporary bounce as selling pressure takes a break,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA. “Gold won’t bottom out until Wall Street feels […]
Shares of Equillium Inc. EQ, +13.39% gained 12.9% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company shared a batch of interim data from an early stage trial evaluating its experimental treatment in 13 people with lupus nephritis. Equillium said 83% of the participants enrolled in the study achieved complete or partial response, and about two-thirds […]
Shares of Jabil Inc. JBL, +1.19% jumped 5.1% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the contract manufacturer reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations, provided an upbeat outlook for the current quarter and set a $1 billion stock buyback program. Net income for the quarter to Aug. 31 rose to $315 million, or $2.25 a share, […]
The Canadian government announced Monday it will no longer require people to wear masks on planes to guard against COVID, the Associated Press reported. The rules will be lifted October 1. Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month. The news comes […]
CRISPR Therapeutics Inc. CRSP, +5.86% and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. VRTX, +4.13% said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration granted a rolling review to the exagamglogene autotemcel, the therapy the companies are developing to treat sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. CRISPR’s stock was up 3.1% in premarket trading on Tuesday, while Vertex shares […]
U.S. stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday, bouncing off 21-month lows as they looked to snap a 5-day losing streak that had driven the Dow Jones Industrial Average into bear-market territory for the first time in more than two years. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.00% advanced 38 points, or 1.1%, to 3,693. The Dow DJIA, […]