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Yellen says bank ‘situation is stabilizing,’ smaller banks play important role
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that “the situation is stabilizing and the U.S. banking system remains sound,” after regional bank failures have shaken the U.S. banking system. [Read More…]
Experts answer questions on home, car buying amid high interest rates and banking crisis
Phillip Spears/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As fallout continues from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse — the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history — people across the country are simultaneously feeling the impact of inflation [Read More…]
Yellen to say bank ‘situation is stabilizing,’ smaller banks play important role
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to say during a speech on Tuesday that “the situation is stabilizing and the U.S. banking system remains sound,” according to excerpts of [Read More…]
The banking crisis threatens the Fed’s inflation fight. Here’s how.
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history, has thrust the financial system into distress, pulling attention away from a separate problem: sky-high inflation. [Read More…]
Fed was aware of Silicon Valley Bank problems more than a year before its collapse
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve was aware of risks to Silicon Valley Bank more than a year before its collapse, ABC News confirmed on Monday following a New York Times report. Even [Read More…]
New to electrification? Try a plug-in hybrid first
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Let’s be honest: electric vehicles can get a bad rap. Maybe it’s range anxiety. Or the scarcity — and uncertainty — of public charging stations. Both are valid reasons why [Read More…]
‘Uncharted territory’: How would a TikTok ban in the US work?
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Awkward dads and their eager children may not dance together on TikTok for much longer — at least not in the U.S. The prospect of a nationwide TikTok ban has [Read More…]
Here’s who’s made money amid the Silicon Valley Bank turmoil
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A string of bank collapses in recent days sent panic rippling through the financial sector, prompting an extraordinary U.S. government intervention to save depositors and a sharp drop for bank [Read More…]
Class action suit filed against Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company, executives
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — SVB Financial Group and top executives have been named in a federal lawsuit amid the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. [Read More…]
Pension funds report millions in losses amid Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Ohio public pension fund for teachers revealed it lost millions by holding more than $27 million in Silicon Valley Bank shares before the bank’s collapse. The State Teachers [Read More…]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI will reshape society, acknowledges risks: ‘A little bit scared of this’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The CEO behind the company that created ChatGPT believes artificial intelligence technology will reshape society as we know it. He believes it comes with real dangers, but can also be [Read More…]
Ford recalling over 1 million cars over brake hose issue
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ford announced this week that it is recalling more than 1.2 million of its vehicles over a serious issue with its brake fluid hoses. The National Highway [Read More…]
TikTok has your data even if you’ve never used the app: Report
NurPhoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A ban on TikTok in the United States or a sale of the app by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, will not resolve national security concerns or fears TikTok could be used [Read More…]
Treasury Secretary Yellen testifies ‘banking system is sound’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Thursday the U.S. “banking system is sound” after two bank failures stirred economic fears. Yellen, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, began her [Read More…]
A bailout or not? Did the federal government bailout Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank?
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The word “bailout” is sure to make anyone who remembers the 2008 financial crisis nostalgic in all the worst ways. At the time, the government used taxpayer money to keep [Read More…]
Why most bank deposits are safe, despite the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the second-biggest bank collapse in U.S. history, called into doubt the fate of roughly $175 billion in customer deposits. Days later, the [Read More…]
Experts call cryptocurrency a ‘bystander’ in SVB, Signature Bank collapses
lvcandy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of last year’s collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the collapse this week of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — representing the second and third largest bank [Read More…]
Credit Suisse, Citi and more bank stocks tumble amid Silicon Valley Bank turmoil
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bank stocks in the U.S. and Europe tumbled on Wednesday as the global financial system continued to reckon with the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the largest bank failure since [Read More…]
After the fall of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, here are tips to keep your money safe
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The closures of two of the nation’s largest banks over the past week have put many consumers on edge. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th largest bank, struggled as [Read More…]
OpenAI releases GPT-4, claims its chatbot significantly smarter than previous versions
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — OpenAI released the latest version of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence language model making significant waves in the tech industry, on Tuesday. GPT-4, the latest model, can understand [Read More…]