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FILE – In this Nov. 16, 2020 file photo a man wearing a mask passes the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Time stood still for most of the world in 2020, as lockdown life had every day bleeding into the next. But for Wall Street, itâ€™s been a year locked in at super fast-forward. The stock market tumbled through yearsâ€™ worth of losses in just over a month this spring, only to turn around and pack an entire bull marketâ€™s worth of gains into less than nine months. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NYBZ420

December 29, 2020 at 7:46 pm

In pandemic year, Wall Street tempers bonus expectations

The Wall Street traders who generated windfalls at banks this year may reap more modest rewards than they initially hoped for. The biggest U.S. lenders...

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FILE — Rev. Alison Buttrick Patton leads an online Fellowship hour with parishioners using the Zoom videoconferencing app, from her office at Saugatuck Congregational Church in Westport, Conn., March 22, 2020. Zoom, whose traffic has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, is under scrutiny by the office of New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, for its data privacy and security practices. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) XNYT197 XNYT197

April 23, 2020 at 5:34 am

Zoom backlash widens with Daimler, Ericsson and BofA curbs

Zoom passed the milestone of 300 million daily meeting participants this week, but a growing number of companies are banning its use for business amid...

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A coat of a biohazard disinfectant is sprayed on all surfaces at the New York Stock Exchange as part of a new deep clean regimen, in New York, March 14, 2020. As other workplaces go online-only, traders continue to jostle on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the building has started to be regularly sanitized to help protect against coronavirus. (Victor Llorente/The New York Times) XNYT116 XNYT116

March 18, 2020 at 5:01 pm

NYSE to shut trading floors Monday after two confirmed cornavirus cases

The New York Stock Exchange will temporarily shut its trading floors starting Monday and move to fully electronic trading after an employee and a person...

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Commuters exit a Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange. (Michael Nagle / Bloomberg)

December 12, 2019 at 6:00 am

Machine learning could wipe out some of finance’s highest-paying jobs

Robots have replaced thousands of routine jobs on Wall Street. Now, they're coming for higher-ups.

July 30, 2019 at 10:22 am

Capital One touted the cloud’s safety as hacker was breaching it

Capital One Financial, in recent years, has beat the drum every chance it got: The cloud is cheaper. The cloud is faster. And the cloud...

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April 29, 2017 at 8:00 am

FX traders find Trump’s first 100 days are good for business

During his first 100 days in office, the U.S. leader’s pronouncements on trade, taxes and foreign policy have tended to generate a burst of activity...

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November 17, 2013 at 10:56 am

London’s Heathrow airport opening e-cigarette area

Gamucci, an electronic cigarette maker, said it will open the world’s first airport “vaping zone” at London’s Heathrow this month. The 322 square-foot indoor area...

December 14, 2011 at 7:42 pm

OPEC agrees to higher production ceiling

Saudi Arabia won over fellow OPEC members to agree to a new production ceiling for the first time in three years as the prospect of...

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December 24, 2010 at 6:59 pm

Oil on the way to $100 a barrel?

Oil importers are growing wary of the impact of prices near two-year highs as some OPEC members foresee a further rally to the $100-a-barrel...

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