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By Niket Nishant and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi Sept 16 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 edged higher following a two-day slide, as lower oil prices offered some relief during a tense wait for

Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading.

At 63, a strong brokerage account can make leaving the office feel like a real plan, but the rules connecting investment sales, Social Security claims, and taxes create a set of traps that catch retirees who assume the math is simple.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Intel (INTC) is the most actively traded stock in the premarket after Reuters reported that SK Hynix is in talks with the chipmaker about a deal that would see it manufacture memory chips in the US for the first time. SK Hynix says it's made no decisions in response to a Reuters report that it's in talks with Intel about a deal to make semiconductors in the US. - JB Hunt (JBHT) shares are lower this morning after the trucking company flagged rising costs and issued a rare earnings warning at a Morgan Stanley conference. - Reliance Worldwide (RWC) shares are moving on news Brookfield agreed to pay $3.38 a share to buy Reliance World.

The e-commerce company announced the $1 per hour increase, alongside several new benefits like discounts on groceries.

OpenAI's lawyers just told a federal judge something that contradicts what CEO Sam Altman has been saying publicly about the company's first consumer device, and Apple shareholders have a reason to pay close attention to what that contradiction means for the iPhone.

Malls are outperforming every other property type as more investors conclude that enclosed shopping centers have more staying power than previously understood. Mall values are up 13% over the past year, according to real-estate analytics firm Green Street. As Kate King reports, mall owners are drawing crowds by renovating properties, adding luxury retailers and popular restaurants, and launching entertainment venues.

A $7 billion flood into a Treasury bond fund that has lost a third of its value sounds like a mistake, but Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas sees something else entirely in that trade on the morning of a Fed decision.

MARKETS MAIN It’s Fed day, and it promises to be a big one. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to deliver its first interest-rate rise since 2023 this afternoon – a move that could spark tensions between Chairman Kevin Warsh and President Trump.

Stocks that are most closely tied to the health of the US consumer have trailed the broader market badly this year. A potential Federal Reserve interest-rate hike Wednesday may add to the segment’s stress.

Record backlog of $3 billion covers over 90% of full-year guidance.

Stocks were staging a modest rebound from yesterday's slide ahead of the highly-anticipated Federal Reserve interest-rate decision. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.4%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.

Sept 16 (Reuters) - The major U.S. stock indexes opened higher following a two-day slide, as lower oil prices offered some relief during a tense wait for the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision

Apple Inc. is working on an enterprise server using its own chips and has had discussions with Nvidia Corp. about using its networking equipment, the Information reported.

A Federal Reserve rate hike is largely priced in for Wednesday, but JPMorgan says the S&P 500 could still swing anywhere from 1% higher to 2% lower depending on how Chair Kevin Warsh frames the move. A surprise decision to...

Amazon, Walmart and Target test key technical levels as investors await the Fed and assess pressure on U.S. consumers.

The Senate vote that XRP holders had been waiting years for collapsed in a single afternoon, and now the coin sits just cents above a critical support level with a Fed rate decision hours away.

Federal regulators are demanding answers about the Tesla Cybercab design and why the EV giant thinks it's compliant. Amazon's Zoox sought a waiver.

Investing.com -- A clean 25 basis point hike with no forward guidance is the equity market’s best-case outcome from the Federal Reserve’s policy decision today, according to JPMorgan’s scenario analysis — but a signal that rates must go "materially higher" could end the current bull market. JPMorgan laid out five distinct Fed decision paths and their projected impact on the S&P 500, ranging from a 2.0% decline to a 1.0% gain. The outcomes depend heavily on both the mechanical rate action and the

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk has partnered with Anthropic to use the AI giant's Claude models to speed up discovery and development of new medicines, the companies said on Wednesday.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4%, and the actively tra

The S&P 500 faces a critical test today as investors brace for what is shaping up to be the most consequential Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of the year.

Long Treasury yields just hit levels not seen since 2007, and the usual rescue plan from the Fed is nowhere on the horizon. Understanding why this time is structurally different matters for anyone still holding duration as a bet on rate cuts.

The White House's top economist built a statistical case that inflation is already dead, presented it as a hypothetical dissenter's argument, then handed it to no one. Whether the Fed agrees tomorrow determines what the next chapter looks like for equity investors sitting on double-digit gains.

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The deal could involve SK Hynix leasing Intel’s planned manufacturing plant in Ohio or forming a joint venture, according to a Reuters report, which added that any agreement could face South Korean government opposition.

The global shipping giant is expanding its procurement of sustainable aviation fuel across its U.S. air network to cut emissions.

In an interview with CNBC, Cabana said he sees a 25-basis-point increase as the most likely outcome.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Wednesday ahead of a likely Fed rate hike and Warsh's comments. Intel and SK Hynix jump.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher as the Federal Reserve’s reckoning day has arrived. Interest rate futures tracked by CME FedWatch show a 92% chance of a 25-basis-point increase in the Fed funds rate today. That will push the funds rate to 3.75% to 4%. In addition, market watchers expect two more rate hikes […]