• Dec 20, 2024

Penny Stock Applied Therapeutics' FDA Troubles Trigger Investor Lawsuit, Shareholders Claim Deception Over Govorestat Clinical Data

Adrian Alexandru, representing all similarly affected investors, has filed a federal securities class-action lawsuit against Applied Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APLT), alleging the company violated federal securities laws. The lawsuit claims that the company provided misleading information about its clinical trials and failed to disclose key adverse facts, causing significant financial losses for shareholders. Also Read: Rare Disease-Focused Applied Therapeutics' Lead Candidate Govorestat Has Blockbust

  • Dec 20, 2024

Powell’s Battle-Ready Fed Gives the Trump Trade a Stress Test

(Bloomberg) -- A month ago, all anyone in markets could talk about was Donald Trump and how his blueprint for the US economy would sow growth, next year and beyond.Most Read from BloombergNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife CrisisThe Architects Who Built MiamiReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousDakar’s Air Quality Plummets as Saharan Dust Descends on SenegalHeading into the Christmas br

  • Dec 20, 2024

US stocks end sharply higher, dollar drops after inflation report

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street surged on Friday and the dollar softened as cooler-than-expected inflation data helped investors look past the possibility of a government shutdown and fresh tariff threats from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. All three major U.S. stock indexes jumped more than 1%, gold surged and benchmark U.S. Treasury yields eased from multi-month highs. A report from the Commerce Department showed the PCE price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation yardstick, came in cooler than analysts expected, supporting the narrative that price growth remains on a path toward achieving the U.S. central bank's 2% target.

  • Dec 20, 2024

Exclusive-Fed's Barr seeks legal advice amid speculation Trump might remove him, sources say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr has sought legal advice to explore his options against any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to remove him, sources said, the latest sign that a conflict might be looming between the incoming administration and the central bank. Barr, who was tapped to serve as the Fed's top regulatory official by President Joe Biden, has in recent weeks sought advice from law firm Arnold & Porter in his personal capacity, two of the sources said.