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Biden calls on Congress to fund government as Moody’s and Wells Fargo warn of shutdown effects

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday asked Congress in a social media post to fund the government as warnings…

JPMorgan’s UK digital bank blocks customers from buying crypto

Chase UK, the British challenger bank brand of JPMorgan, has blocked customers in the U.K. from purchasing crypto assets. The…

Dimon warns that the Fed could still raise interest rates sharply from here

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that interest rates could go up quite a bit further as policymakers face…

Corporate pensions are at their healthiest in more than a decade

Pension plans for the largest U.S. companies are at their healthiest in more than a decade — and that’s largely…

Some soft commodity prices are surging, adding to consumer woes

Surging prices for soft commodities, from orange juice to live cattle, are complicating the inflation picture.  A host of agricultural…

Huawei stays silent on secretive 5G phone at high-profile product launch

BEIJING — Chinese telecommunications and smartphone giant Huawei didn’t reveal any details about its new phone or reported advanced chip…

Olympic bobsled medalist files lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by chiropractor employed by USA Bobsled

CNN  —  Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled athlete who won bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, has filed…

Sen. John Fetterman is first Democratic senator to tell Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after bribery indictment

John Fetterman of Pennsylvania on Saturday became the first Democratic U.S. senator to call on Sen. Bob Menendez of New…

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers threaten strike if labor agreement not reached

More than 75,000 workers at the largest nonprofit health-care provider in the United States threatened Friday to strike if an…

SEC slaps Citadel Securities LLC with $7 million fine to settle short selling regulations charges

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Citadel Securities LLC $7 million in a settlement of charges that the…