The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which catered mostly to the tech industry, might have you worried about your money. After all, they were the second- and third-biggest bank failures in U.S. history.
The February retail sales figure was weighed down by a 1.8% drop in auto sales as well as declines at restaurants and stores selling furniture and clothing.
A significant driver of last month’s wholesale inflation slowdown was a huge drop in the prices of eggs, which plummeted 36.1% just in February. Egg prices had previously surged after a widespread outbreak of avian flu.
By releasing the 37-year-old Ryan, the Indianapolis Colts will save about $17.2 million in salary cap space next season.
For the first time in more than a decade, NCAA and college sports leaders are committed to a serious examination of increasing the number of teams allowed to compete in an event that has become one of the crown jewels of American sports.
Even though prices are rising much faster than the Fed wants, some economists expect the central bank to suspend its year-long streak of interest rate hikes when it meets next week.
Novo Nordisk will start slashing some U.S. insulin prices up to 75% next year, following a path set earlier this month by rival Eli Lilly and Co.
The plan marks the first time the EPA has proposed regulating the toxic group of compounds, which are widespread, dangerous and expensive to remove from water.
Meta previously announced 11,000 job cuts in November, about 13% of its workforce at the time.
In response to the crisis, regulators guaranteed all deposits at the two failed banks and created a program that effectively threw a lifeline to other banks to shield them from a run on deposits.
Proponents say paid leave is key to making sure vulnerable workers can take time off when needed without fear of reprisal. Critics say the law will overburden small businesses already struggling amid high inflation.
President Joe Biden insisted Monday that the nation’s banking system was safe, seeking to project calm after the collapse of two banks stirred fears of a broader upheaval and prompted regulators to offer emergency loans to banks to stave off additional failures.
Indiana saw gains in the construction; leisure and hospitality; private educational and health services; trade, transportation and utilities; and professional and business service sectors.
In a sign of how fast the financial bleeding was occurring, regulators announced that New York-based Signature Bank had also failed and was being seized on Sunday.
The verdict against Steve Buyer, a Republican lawyer who served in Congress from 1993 to 2011, was returned after a jury heard evidence about stock purchases he made after he became a consultant and lobbyist.
School cafeterias typically don’t turn away a hungry kid, but debts for unpaid school meals have been rising—showing the level of need, and raising questions about how schools will keep feeding everyone, without federal money to do it.
The bank failed after depositors—mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies—began withdrawing their money and created a run on the bank.
As America’s schools confront dramatic learning setbacks caused by the pandemic, experts have held up intensive tutoring as the single best antidote. Yet, only a small fraction have received it.
Nearly all of last month’s hiring occurred in services industries—from restaurants and hotels to retailers and health care companies.
U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend’s derailment in Springfield, Ohio.
