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Bernie Madoff’s victims to receive final payout totaling $131 million
Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The fund disbursing money to the victims of Bernie Madoff’s legendary Ponzi scheme began its 10th and final distribution on Monday, putting another $131 million in the [Read More…]

Shares of Boeing slide after South Korea plane crash
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of Boeing fell in early trading on Monday, one day after a Boeing model 737-800 was involved in the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea that killed scores of [Read More…]

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok sale deadline
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments over TikTok’s future, President-elect Donald Trump has asked the justices to delay a Jan. 19 deadline for [Read More…]

The stock market soared this year. What will happen in 2025?
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The stock market climbed to record highs in 2024, extending banner gains achieved the previous year. The S&P 500 — the index that most people’s 401(k)’s track — climbed [Read More…]

Holiday shopping surges, flexing strength of US economy
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Holiday spending surged in 2024, blowing past expectations and outpacing customer purchases over the gift-buying season last year, according to data released on Thursday by Mastercard SpendingPulse, which gauges in-store and [Read More…]

Starbucks strike expands to 300 stores on Christmas Eve
John Keeble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Starbucks baristas are set to walk off the job on Tuesday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 300 stores in dozens of cities and towns nationwide, according to the union Starbucks [Read More…]

Is the Teamsters protest at Amazon disrupting holiday deliveries?
ABC News Amazon delivery drivers and third-party workers for the nation’s predominant shopping platform have walked off the job in the past week, seeking what they consider a fair labor agreement — and triggering widespread [Read More…]

Starbucks strike expands to 12 cities
Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks baristas walked off the job in major cities in Massachusetts, Texas and Oregon on Monday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 12 cities nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers [Read More…]

Price of bitcoin falls more than 10%
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The price of bitcoin has tumbled about 12% from a record high reached earlier this week. After topping $108,000 for the first time on Tuesday, the world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped to a price [Read More…]

Teamsters say ‘momentum continues’ as Christmastime strike against Amazon enters 2nd day
WABC (NEW YORK) — As the Teamsters’ cross-country Christmastime strike against Amazon entered its second day on Friday, the union said that “momentum continues to mount” as workers seek “fair treatment” from the online retailer. [Read More…]

Teamsters president to rally with workers as Amazon strike set to go into 2nd day
Amazon workers in New York striking Thursday morning. Image via WABC. (NEW YORK) — Workers affiliated with the Teamsters began striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls [Read More…]

Teamsters begin ‘largest strike’ against Amazon, accusing company of ‘insatiable greed’
Amazon workers in New York striking Thursday morning. Image via WABC. (NEW YORK) — The Teamsters said workers will begin striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls [Read More…]

Fed cuts interest rates, delivering relief for borrowers at last meeting before Trump takes office
Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, delivering relief for borrowers at the central bank’s last meeting before President-elect [Read More…]

Bitcoin soars on hopes of bitcoin strategic reserve. Here’s how it would work.
Chesnot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The price of bitcoin topped $107,000 for the first time this week, climbing to a fresh high days after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed support for a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve [Read More…]

TikTok denied emergency request to stop ban from taking effect
Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The federal appeals court that last week rejected TikTok’s attempt to overthrow its pending ban denied the company’s request Friday that sought to pause the ruling and the Jan. [Read More…]

Fed expected to cut interest rates despite rising inflation. Here’s why
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A fresh inflation reading this week flashed a warning: Price increases are rising again, just when the Federal Reserve had appeared close to declaring “mission accomplished” in its yearslong fight to lower [Read More…]

UnitedHealthcare CEO killing sparks hostility by some toward chief executives
DigitalVision/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Multiple “Wanted” signs featuring corporate executives posted in Manhattan this week included a grave warning, according to a New York Police Department bulletin. “Brian Thompson was denied his claim to [Read More…]

Albertsons sues Kroger, backs out of $25B merger after courts block the deal
Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Albertsons has filed a lawsuit against its rival Kroger following a failed multibillion dollar deal that would have marked the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history. Two federal judges in [Read More…]

Inflation increased in November, complicating Fed’s next rate decision
Tang Ming Tung via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November compared to a year ago, ticking upward from the previous month and potentially giving pause to the Federal Reserve as it [Read More…]

Judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion, Alex Jones says
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bankruptcy judge rejected the sale of Infowars to The Onion, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said during his podcast on Tuesday. “We are deeply disappointed in today’s decision but [Read More…]