Investors continue to worry about the growing global coronavirus pandemic and a sharp drop in oil prices.

Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Tuesday delivered a surprise 0.5 percentage point interest rate cut to try and mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the US economy. Given the economic risks posed by the coronavirus, the Fed's decision to …

The Federal Reserve made a surprise cut to interest rates of 50 basis points on Tuesday in response to the growing coronavirus threat. Experts welcomed the decision and predicted other central banks could follow suit. However, they warned the Fed could be lef…

On Tuesday, for the second straight day, stocks app Robinhood was experiencing severe downtime, angering millions of users who weren't able to take advantage of a rebounding stock market. On Monday, the app was down for a total of 17 hours while stocks made a…

So much for that correction! After a desolate week, the United States saw its major indices rally on Monday, pushing the value of domestic, and domestically-listed securities higher. The gains came despite a rising number of infections in the country of the n…

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re in for a treat, as we get to dig into Procore’s S-1 filing. In case you aren’t familiar, Procore sells software that helps manag…

Dave Collum, professor of organic chemistry at Cornell University, was able to sidestep the financial crisis after he noticed a calamity brewing in subprime mortgages as early as 2002. Today, he sees vast corporate excesses, massive debt loads, and extremely …

DoorDash, which this week confidentially filed its public-offering paperwork, could face a poor reception from Wall Street, business experts told Business Insider. Many of the other jumbo-sized, money losing startups like DoorDash that have gone public recent…

Let's take a look at how elevated stock prices remain and what that means for tech multiples, and then look at the January and February VC markets in U.S., China and Europe.

Acreage Holdings eliminated 40 positions after a strategic review of the company's spending. The company posted disappointing fourth-quarter earnings, amid a tough market for cannabis companies. An Acreage spokesperson told Business Insider that the company i…

President Donald Trump is angry about the stock market downturn, blaming it on warnings from US officials about the spread of the coronavirus, according to The Washington Post. Warnings about the likely impact of the virus from US health officials have contra…

John Normand, JPMorgan's head of cross asset fundamental strategy, says he's found five traits that are shared by all kinds of market bubbles. Fears that bubbles are forming in the market have grown more intense as stock and bond prices have both recently hit…

Coronavirus fears wiped out all of this year’s gains in the stock market. The Dow lost more than 1,000 points today, and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 also tanked. The number of cases of illness here in the U.S. shot up to 53 over the weekend, as dozens of sick pass…

The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups. Today Intuit — the accounting, tax filing and financial planning software giant behind QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint, confirmed that it plans to acquire Credit Ka…

Fears over the potential impact of the coronavirus spreading in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East have sent stocks plummeting in Monday’s open — with tech stocks among the hardest hit. The reason for the declines is clear: The global response to the coronavir…

You've probably turned to flower delivery sites when you've needed a go-to gift for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or the holidays. Chances are you've ended up with way more items in your cart at checkout than you expected. As you order flowers for your loved…

Founded in 2015, StockX is an online marketplace for buying and selling sneakers, streetwear, watches, and designer handbags. The website acts as a middleman between buyers and sellers, making otherwise potentially shady resale market transactions safe and se…

The rise of self-directed fractional-share trading is a product of the fiercely competitive, margin-pressured environment that startup and legacy brokerages alike are operating in today. Players like Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab have raced to annou…

The US wind industry deployed an eye-popping 9.3 gigawatts of energy in 2019, representing a seven-year high. 2020 is poised to be even bigger, as companies try to get ahead of the wind-down of a government tax credit. Just five companies make all of the wind…

Steven Kiel — the self-made founder and portfolio manager at Arquitos Capital — leverages a special situations approach to investing that features hyper-concentrated positions. He says he looks for companies in transition and to maximize specific situations w…

Trump and Republicans have made a strong stock market their economic lodestar. But voters in the heartland and countrywide know this is a farce.

[Editor’s note: Want to get this weekly review of news that startups can use? Just subscribe here.] Asana may get more attention than the average SaaS company due to the Facebook pedigrees and outspoken views of its founders, but in practice it’s a low-profil…

Josh Evans was day-trading stocks once a week before his cancer diagnosis motivated him to pursue his passion full-time. He describes his stock-trading strategy as scalping with size, which means he aims to make profits off of small changes in price multiple …

Macy's unveiled a three-year turnaround plan to cut costs and boost growth on Tuesday. Its CEO, along with other executives, gave an in-depth description of the plan during Macy's investor day on Wednesday. CEO Jeff Gennette said Macy's would be closing store…

Britain will finally leave the EU after three years of negotiations and delays. Here's how Brexit will actually play out.

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RT @DeanObeidallah: House Democrats MUST hold hearings to see if Trump+ family are personally profiting from Trump's stock manipulation. It…

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RT @BettyBowers: Trump's lie about Chinese overtures was to stave off a stock market slump today. Just the latest example of Donald manipu…

RT @CNN: The Dow plunged more than 600 points after President Trump responded to China's new retaliatory tariffs impacting $75 billion wort…

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RT @BBoason: Seems the stock market is impressed with Pres. Buhari's cabinet inauguration. Composite index up 1.1% yesterday and another 1.…

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