Nov 17, 2025 | Markets
Bitcoin is in free fall — and traders are positioning for more pain. The world’s largest cryptocurrency plunged below $90,000 on Tuesday morning during Asia trading, deepening a selloff that’s erased all of its gains for the year. In the options market, traders are...
Nov 17, 2025 | Markets
Notices of impending mass layoffs by US companies surged in October to among the highest levels on record, according to a tally by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland researchers. Some 39,006 Americans were given advance notice as required under the Worker Adjustment...
Nov 17, 2025 | Markets
Alarm bells are ringing for analysts who study chart patterns in the US stock market, fueling concern that the latest dip could swell into a full-blown correction of at least 10%. A sharp selloff in the S&P 500 Index on Monday extended the decline from its last...
Nov 15, 2025 | Markets
Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week. The virus is the same strain reported in previous outbreaks in other East African nations,...
Nov 13, 2025 | Markets
China is heading for its longest slowdown in consumption growth since its post-Covid rebound lost steam more than four years ago, underscoring how the government’s rhetoric about supporting domestic demand has struggled to match reality. Government data due on Friday...