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Best Buy Launches U.S. Digital Marketplace 29 minutes ago You can now go to Best Buy’s website for everything from a statue of Ganesh playing the flute to a set of champagne flutes. Best Buy (BBY) doubled the number of products available through its website and app while launching a U.S. marketplace Tuesday that’s open to hundreds of brands not carried in its stores, such as Martha Stewart, Crock-Pot, and World Wide Stereo. The marketplace offers more technology and taps into new categories, including sports team merch, seasonal decorations, and musical instruments, as well as toys and puzzles, Best Buy…

Suze Orman, the New York Times best-selling author of “The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+,” podcaster, finance guru and motivational speaker, has seen it all when it comes to retirement mistakes. In her nearly forty years as a financial adviser, people have come to her when they’ve spent too much money, paid too much in taxes, or made hasty decisions that lost them too much money. But the biggest mistake, the one that Orman sees all the time, the one that people lose thousands of dollars over, is claiming Social Security early. What constitutes early for Orman? Claiming anytime before…

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock traded lower on Tuesday as rivals Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM), Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) made strategic moves to fortify their positions in the global semiconductor market. The competitive landscape is heating up, with each company pursuing distinct strategies to gain an edge. Arm is shifting its focus toward in-house chipmaking, Nvidia is developing new chips to maintain its grip on the crucial Chinese market, and Intel has secured a significant investment, attracting interest from the U.S. government. In the midst of these high-stakes industry developments, financial analysts offered a mixed but generally constructive outlook on…

Trading for Recognition: The FCA Case That Changed the Rules A notable example of the latter is a case from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has since influenced global best practices.In this case, the perpetrator managed two funds side-by-side: an active hedge fund with high performance fees and a more conservative, low-fee “long-only” fund. He delayed allocations to identify the best-performing trades, allocating them to the hedge fund and the poor performers into the low-fee fund. A clear conflict of interest.  What’s particularly interesting is his motivation. According to the FCA’s detailed notice, he wanted to “gain recognition for his…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. August 19, 2025 Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Consent prohibition order against Markel O’Neal Calhoun Former employee of Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama Embezzlement of bank funds Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here. For media inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 202-452-2955. Last Update: …

No matter how skilled you are in technical analysis, spotting genuine trading opportunities remains the real challenge. With thousands of stocks moving daily, analyzing every chart is impossible. Without an efficient way to filter and focus, finding the best setups often feels like searching for a needle in a haystack.Fortunately, some effective tools can help technical traders do their jobs and identify the stocks with the best technical profiles.This is exactly what the Investing.com screener does with its predefined “Technical Titans” screen, which allows you to find stocks matching the following technical criteria with a single click:MACD above 0 RSI…

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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Education myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The writer is assistant professor of east Asian languages and cultures at Stanford UniversityAt a time when elite universities are facing unprecedented public scepticism — accused variously of ideological capture, cultural irrelevance and institutional arrogance — reform proposals often fixate on governance and admissions. These are urgent issues. But they are not sufficient. If higher education wants to restore its credibility, it must also rethink what happens inside the classroom.Universities cannot take their place in society for granted. Some now argue in favour…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 14, 2025 Agencies issue joint statement on risk-management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve Board Office of the Comptroller of the Currency For release at 1:30 p.m. EDT Federal bank regulatory agencies today issued a joint statement in their continued efforts to provide clarity on banks’ engagement in crypto-asset-related activities. The statement highlights for banks potential risk-management considerations related to holding crypto-assets on their customers’ behalf, or…

Key Takeaways Home Depot reiterated its full-year guidance as it sees demand for home projects growing.The biggest home-improvement retailer said momentum that started late last year continued.Home Depot reported mixed second-quarter financial results. Home Depot (HD) shares advanced 2% in premarket trading after the biggest home-improvement retailer affirmed its guidance as do-it-yourself and large project demand increased. The company reiterated its full-year outlook for sales rising about 2.8%, and comparable store sales growth of approximately 1.0%. CEO Ted Decker said that the “momentum that began in the back half of last year continued throughout the first half as customers engaged…