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This year may bring sticker shock for publicly traded U.S. companies when they get their insurance bill. The risks of being sued have skyrocketed and the price of insurance premiums is rising right alongside, especially for liability insurance to cover directors and officers, or D&O. Insurance broker and consulting firm Woodruff Sawyer said D&O costs

European stocks are set to open higher Thursday as investor sentiment improved on the back of easing U.S.-Iran tensions. Britain’s FTSE 100 is seen climbing 24 points to 7,590, Germany’s DAX rising 87 points to 13,401 and France’s CAC increasing 31 points to 6,055, according to IG index data. It comes after comments from President

It’s not particularly difficult to argue that Quibi, the streaming video service invented by longtime entertainment executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and former HP Enterprise and eBay CEO Meg Whitman, is a flawed idea. When entrepreneurs build companies, it’s standard procedure to identify a problem that needs to be solved first. The more pressing the problem, the

Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg testifies before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “aviation safety” and the grounded 737 MAX after two deadly 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2019. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters It’s official — 2019 was the year of CEO exits. Thanks

A flag flies outside the Citigroup building in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup is making David Chubak its new head of U.S. retail banking at a critical time for the third-largest U.S. bank. Chubak, who held largely strategic roles across the New York-based

European shares are set to open higher on Tuesday amid an easing of concerns over geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Britain’s FTSE 100 is seen rising 45 points to 7,607, Germany’s DAX climbing 70 points to 13,187 and France’s CAC lifting 32 points to 6,042, according to IG index data. Market focus is largely

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Escalated geopolitical tensions swooped in and spoiled the market’s party in the new year, and Wall Street analysts warned the sell-off might be just beginning. After a historic run in 2019 and a strong first day of 2020, the S&P 500

European stocks are set to open lower on Monday, as investors monitor rising tensions between the United States and Iran. Britain’s FTSE 100 is seen falling 34 points to 7,580, Germany’s DAX slumping 110 points at 13,092, and France’s CAC dropping 43 points to 5,983, according to IG index data. Market players are fleeing riskier

A worker walks at the Nahr Bin Umar field, Iraq. Essam Al-Sudani | Reuters The latest flare-up in U.S.-Iran relations could bring about the end of the longest bull market ever if crude prices keep surging, slowing an already fragile global economy even further. But investors cautioned we’re not yet at that point. The last

Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said he’s comfortable with where interest rates are but thinks the central bank needs to talk this year about the size of its balance sheet. In an interview Friday with CNBC’s Steve Liesman, Kaplan said economic growth is likely to grow in excess of 2% this year while inflation

Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Safe-haven assets rallied in unison on Friday after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq sparked a broad flight to safety move on fears of a broader conflict that disrupts energy production and drags down the global economy. Gold rose

The Federal Reserve’s policy making body heads into 2020 with a new complexion that, at least on its surface, seems committed to keeping interest rates low for the foreseeable future. In an annual rotation of voting members on the Federal Open Market Committee, Fed presidents Eric Rosengren of Boston and Kansas City’s Esther George head

Blackstone Group CEO and Co-Founder Steve Schwarzman speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, November 6, 2019. Gary He | Reuters Private-equity firms are holding onto a record pile of cash. Increased competition might make it harder to spend, however, in order to get the same double-digit returns that have made the group

The logo for Google Pay displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Big Tech may want to get into banking this year, but it doesn’t want to be your bank. Google plans to introduce consumer bank accounts later this year in collaboration with Citibank and a California-based credit union. The

Warren Buffett (L) and Berkshire-Hathaway partner Charlie Munger Eric Francis | Getty Images Warren Buffett may have a giant cash pile to burn but that doesn’t necessarily mean he will compromise his long-standing value investing principles. Over the past few months, the Oracle of Omaha has passed on different opportunities to acquire companies, big or

Beauty blogger Austin Li Jiaqi speaks with a dog on his lap while livestreaming on the e-commerce platform Taobao on October 26, 2018 in Shanghai, China. The 27-year-old Li, nicknamed “Lipstick Brother,” is the hottest online beauty blogger in China. VCG | Getty Images BEIJING — In five minutes this past November, Chinese livestreamer “Xin

Trader Peter Tuchman reacts as the final day of trading for the year draws to a close at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 29, 2017. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Here’s what you need to know about Thursday before you hit the door for New Year’s Eve. New year

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, Inc. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images 2019 is shaping up to be a historic year for the S&P 500, and the benchmark has two stocks to thank. Apple and Microsoft, which surged 85% and 55% this year respectively, together accounted for nearly 15% of the S&P

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. Getty Images Apple stock is on pace to close out a year of explosive growth, and another key metric has reached a historic high, too. Apple’s trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio steadily climbed this year alongside its stock price. Apple began the year with a trailing P/E ratio just over

The amount of mergers and acquisitions in 2020 will trail the previous two years, transactions lawyer Michael Nemeroff told CNBC on Monday.  “We still think 2020 will be robust, but not quite as robust as 2019 and 2018,” Nemeroff, the CEO of law firm Vedder Price, said on “Closing Bell.” The value of deals across

U.S. stock index futures were slightly higher Monday morning. At around 2:00 a.m. ET, Dow futures climbed 23 points, indicating a slightly higher open of just 2 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes were also marginally higher. U.S. equities have enjoyed a strong rally in December, with the main indexes hitting record highs last

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, November 4, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday morning, adding to a record-setting rally in the year-end. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 36 points, implying a 31-point gain at the open. Futures

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Anixter International – Anixter continues to be the subject of a bidding war, with Wesco International increasing its bid for the networking equipment maker to $93.50 per share in cash and stock. Wesco – a maker of industrial products – had bid $90 per share earlier in the

The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Home Depot. Gina Sanchez was a buyer of Disney. Victoria Fernandez was a buyer of Mastercard. Dan Nathan was a seller of Netflix.  Disclosure Trader disclosure: Dan is long TLT March 135 – 150 spread. NKE Dec Call

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures after opening the newly renovated Apple Store at Fifth Avenue on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Apple, one of the best-performing stocks this year, is also the name that analysts have been the most wrong about in their forecasts. The tech

Jiangsu Pilot Free Trade Zone Lianyungang Area on November 28, 2019 in Jiangsu Province of China. Wang Chun | VCG | Getty Images China’s fourth-quarter economic growth may have been “the weakest of 2019” — but it still showed an improvement compared to the previous quarter and to the same period a year ago, a

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 9, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. Treasury yields climbed slightly on Thursday in holiday-thinned trading. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was higher at 1.910%, while the yield on the

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing told suppliers for its grounded 737 Max jet to suspend parts shipments for one month starting in mid-January. That follows the firing of CEO Dennis Muilenburg earlier in the day. Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT) – Uber and Lyft won a New York

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the morning that online image board Pinterest Inc. makes its initial public offering on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36 points The Dow slipped 36.08 points, or 0.13%, to end the day at

US President Donald Trump holds up a “Trump Digs Coal” sign as he arrives to speak during a Make America Great Again Rally at Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia, August 3, 2017. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump has taken historically unprecedented action to roll back a slew