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Buffett suspected a lot of short-term options activity is coming through Robinhood.

“I love this setup,” she said Friday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.”

Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 266,000 in April, far less than the 1 million total economists were expecting, according to Dow Jones.

The move follows the departures announced last year of technology giants including Oracle, Palantir and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

About 7.3 million tax returns processed by early March appear to qualify for a new unemployment tax break, according to a report.

Goldman Sachs formally kicked off the cryptocurrency trading era on Wall Street.

Montana and South Carolina are ending participation in federal unemployment programs in June. More states may follow.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

About 29% of unemployed Americans have been out of work at least a year, a period of joblessness stretching to the early days of the Covid pandemic.

Checkout.com said it’s raised $450 million in an investment led by Tiger Global Management.

Rising asset prices in the stock market and elsewhere are posing increasing threats to the financial system, the Fed warned in a report Thursday.

Carl Icahn has sold the last of his Herbalife stake, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC’s Scott Wapner, closing a position that caused a memorable disagreement on Wall Street. On the other side of Icahn’s long bet was Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman, who was short the stock. The trade was handled by Jefferies, with around 5 million shares...

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The loans, which started going out this week, range from $5,000 to $100,000, depending on business need.

In Britain, some investment platforms are lobbying for the government to let retail investors take part in IPOs.

The IRS will start issuing tax refunds on unemployment benefits in May. Married couples who file a joint return may wait weeks or months longer.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Etsy, Uber, Zynga, Rocket Companies, and more.

Chinese electric car start-up Nio announced it plans to begin deliveries in Norway in September, for the company’s first entry into a market outside China.

The surge in domestic travel comes as the coronavirus pandemic keeps Chinese from venturing overseas.

States asked hundreds of thousands of workers to repay their unemployment benefits during the Covid pandemic. Now, many will be getting refunds.