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U.S. stocks remained lower in the final half-hour of trade Wednesday after sinking to new session lows. Major indexes saw big swings, giving up gains to trade lower after the Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate by 75 basis points as expected but pointed to a higher peak in rates than anticipated next year. […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday filed a civil fraud lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, some of his children, the Trump Organization and other businesses associated with him. James’s suit accuses the Trumps of falsely inflating the ex-president’s net worth by billions of dollars “to induce banks to lend money to the […]

Charter Communications Inc. CHTR, -0.28% said Wednesday that Chris Winfrey, the company’s current chief operating officer, will take over the role of chief executive beginning Dec. 1. He will replace longtime CEO Tom Rutledge, who is retiring from the top post but staying on the board of directors through the end of his contract in […]

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Pablo Zuanic on Wednesday reiterated an overweight rating on Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, -4.76% ACB, -3.09% and reduced his price target to $3 a share from $3.12 a share. Zuanic said he expects no significant changes in top line trends in the coming quarter, after Aurora reported flat sequential fourth-quarter sales […]

Stocks stumbled Tuesday, ending sharply lower and erasing the previous session’s gains as investors awaited a Federal Reserve rate decision that’s expected to deliver another jumbo increase. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.01% fell around 313 points, or 1%, to end near 30,707, according to preliminary figures. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.13% dropped 1.1% […]

Vera Bradley Inc. VRA, -4.60% said Tuesday that it has named Jacqueline Ardrey as its new president and chief executive, following the retirement of Rob Wallstrom. Wallstrom, who announced his intention to retire in July, will remain with the company through December to serve as an adviser to Ardrey “and ensure a smooth transition,” the […]

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA, -0.86% shed 0.3% toward a near two-year low in midday trading Tuesday, after the drug store services company said it would spend $1.37 billion to buy the remaining 30% stake in specialty pharmacy company Shields Health Solutions that it didn’t already won. Walgreens expects the latest purchase to […]

Shares of Huntsman Corp. HUM, +1.67% slumped 3.1% toward a 13-month low in morning trading Tuesday, after J.P. Morgan turned bearish on the chemical products company, citing concerns over slowing demand. Analyst Jeffrey Zekauskas cut his rating to underweight, after being at neutral for at least the past 2 1/2 years, and dropped his stock […]

Shares of Nordstrom Inc. JWN, +3.92% slipped 0.3% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the higher-end department store chain said it adopted a shareholder rights plan, also known as a “poison pill,” that is effective immediately and lasts for one year. Nordstrom said the rights plan, which becomes exercisable if a person or entity acquires 10% […]

Chamath Palihapitiya, backer of the Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. special-purpose acquisition corporations, or SPACs, said Tuesday he is winding down the two vehicles numbered IV IPOD, +0.20% and VI IPOF, +0.10% after failing to find a target company to acquire within the given time frame. In a regulatory filing, Palihapitiya, known as the ‘SPAC […]