U.S. stocks rose early Friday as investors returned from the Juneteenth holiday break to evaluate recent comments from a top Federal Reserve official as well as the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Iran. The S&P 500 Index gained 0.6% at 9:43 a.m. in New York, with the benchmark teetering between a weekly […]
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Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said he expects Donald Trump to name a mainstream candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, despite the president’s bashing of the U.S. central bank leader for failing to cut interest rates this yearBloomberg News Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said he expects Donald Trump to name a mainstream
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Former executives of failed lender Sprout Mortgage could be off the hook in a long-running lawsuit from laid-off employees seeking millions of dollars in backpay. The non-qualified mortgage lender abruptly shuttered in July 2022 and allegedly left hundreds of employees without their final two paychecks. Sprout Mortgage was one of several industry players to fold
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