Joe Cecala, Founder & CEO of the Dream Exchange, joined Yahoo Finance's Kristin Myers, Sibile Marcellus, and Jen Rogers to discuss the creation of the first ever minority owned stock exchange and how it's looking to make equity markets more inclusive.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed support for Panama's government on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday. "Indeed, the Panama Canal belongs to the Panamanians," Sheinbaum said, speaking during her regular morning press conference. Sheinbaum's comments came one day after Trump accused Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage while speaking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona.
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Investors considered the path of interest rates next year after the Fed hinted they would stay higher for longer.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down and let someone else take over. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said more than 50 Liberal members of parliament from Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces and the party's main stronghold - held a call on Saturday and agreed Trudeau had to step down. "There is no alternative but to have the leadership change now," Liberal legislator Chandra Arya, traditionally a Trudeau loyalist, told the CBC on Sunday.
Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, began erupting around 2:30 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Senators approve a bill to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans, with President Biden expected to sign it into law.
The incident took place after drones collided midair in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando, the FAA told USA TODAY.
Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry on Monday welcomed the reopening of Saudi Arabia’s Embassy in Kabul for the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. On Sunday, the Saudi Embassy in Kabul said on X that it was resuming the mission’s activities “based on the government’s keenness to provide all services to the brotherly Afghan people.” A deputy spokesman for Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry, Zia Ahmad Takal, said: “We welcome the reopening of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kabul and assure them that the ministry will cooperate in all matters and pay close attention to their safety.”
Nvidia's stock might be cooling, but is it something to worry about?
Biden commutes dozens of death row sentences.
Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that it doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion. Phenylephrine is used in popular versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other medications, but experts have long questioned its effectiveness. Last month the Food and Drug Administration formally proposed revoking its use in pills and liquid solutions, kicking off a process that's likely to force drugmakers to remove or reformulate products.
Sweden's foreign minister said Monday that China had denied a request for prosecutors to conduct an investigation on a Chinese ship linked to two severed Baltic Sea cables despite Beijing pledging "cooperation" with regional authorities.- Observers - However, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard also noted Monday that Swedish prosecutors had not been allowed to conduct an investigation.
A search operation for a dozen people missing after a deadly bridge collapse in Brazil was being complicated by the possible presence of acid in the water, authorities said Monday.When a section of the bridge went down, it took with it two cars, two motorbikes, and four trucks -- two of which were carrying sulphuric acid, a police spokesman told AFP. Their dangerous cargo prompted officials to pause the search operation early Monday.
Century-old department store Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group for $6.25 billion, the company said Monday. The board also plans to authorize a special dividend of up to 25 cents per share, based on Nordstrom’s cash on hand immediately prior to and contingent on the close of the transaction. Following the close of the transaction, the Nordstrom family will have a majority ownership stake in the company.
Bangladesh has sent a formal request to India to extradite ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August amid the student-led protests that ended her 15 years in power, the country’s foreign affairs adviser said Monday. Md Touhid Hossain told reporters at his office in Dhaka that the country has sent a diplomatic note to India’s Foreign Ministry for Hasina’s extradition. “We have informed India about our request to bring her back for the judicial process,” Hossain said.
Zelenskiy made the comments after Fico met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday. Fico said the meeting was in response to talks with Zelenskiy, who he accused of opposing any gas transit through Ukraine to his country.
Gaetz on Monday tried to block the report's official release, filing for a restraining order in Washington, D.C., federal court.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A snowstorm across the Balkans brought traffic chaos, closed schools and left thousands of homes without electricity in Croatia and Bosnia on Monday, while the bad weather hampered efforts in Slovenia to reach two hikers stranded in the Alps. The hikers from Hungary - a man and a woman - got lost on Sunday in poor weather conditions in the mountains north of the capital Ljubljana, the STA news agency reported. The report said that a rescue mission, which was suspended overnight due to high winds, low visibility and avalanche risk, resumed on Monday, but a helicopter could not take off in bad weather to reach the pair who remain at the altitude of 1,700 meters (5,600 feet), officials and media said.
Pasticceria Gollini in Vignola, Italy, not far from Modena, is home to the sumptuous flourless chocolate cake known as torta Barozzi. Created in 1886 by pastry chef Eugenio Gollini and named for Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, a 16th-century architect, the much-loved sweet continues today to be produced according to a closely guarded secret recipe. It’s well known that torta Barozzi is made without wheat flour, and is therefore gluten-free.
Investigators also said the Florida Republican solicited prostitutes, used illegal drugs, took improper gifts and tried to obstruct their probe.
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