Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked higher, after the index ended just short of a record high during the regular trading day on Tuesday.
A monetary policy decision from the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday will punctuate what has otherwise been a busy week full of corporate earnings results.
Fedspeak since the March meeting has been consistent in acknowledging improved activity amid accelerating vaccinations, re-opening and fiscal stimulus,” Lewis Alexander, U.S.
“However, participants have also been clear that they are likely to remain patient in removing accommodation,” he added.
But the likely uneventfulness of the April FOMC meeting will belie the significant role the central bank has continued to play in underpinning markets over the course of the pandemic.
“I think right now we’re seeing the perfect equation for near-term growth.
A second man has been charged in the shooting death earlier this month of a 7-year-old girl who was sitting in car with her father outside a Chicago McDonald’s, authorities announced Tuesday.
Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Flagstar will receive only 4.0151 shares of New York Community for each share of Flagstar that they own.
Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Grace will receive only $70.00 in cash for each share of Grace that they own.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos know a thing or two about making a marriage work in showbusiness.
Tai and Novavax Executive Vice President John Trizzino also discussed a proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive certain intellectual property rights in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the USTR statement said.
Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Proofpoint will receive only $176.00 in cash for each share of Proofpoint that they own.
New Zealand’s 26 provincial unions will vote on a recommendation from New Zealand Rugby that it should bundle its commercial interests into a new entity and sell a 12.5 percent stake in that entity to California-based Silver Lake Partners for 387.5 million New Zealand dollars .
Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Tremont will receive only 0.520 of a share of RMR for each share of Tremont that they own.
Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, said revenue from the capital gains tax “would help invest directly in our kids and our families and our future economic competitiveness.” Republican leaders have said they are unwilling to undo the 2017 tax law, their signature achievement of the Trump presidency, to pay for what they view as big spending by Democrats.
“Ambassador Tai sought Mr. Trizzino’s views on steps Novavax is taking to quickly increase equitable production and distribution of vaccines in the United States and around the world,” the statement said.
Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of First Choice will receive only 0.6603 shares of Enterprise for each share of First Choice that they own.