Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, who started as a trainee on Wall Street and became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has died of complications of cancer at age 80. Siebert died Saturday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Her death was confirmed […]
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Oil above $95 as stock markets stabilize
The price of oil extended gains Tuesday after Asian stock markets trimmed losses following a big sell-off. Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 42 cents to $95.60 a barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract jumped $1.49 to close […]
Elizabeth Warren grills banking regulators at first hearing
Democrats eager to see consumer champion Elizabeth Warren take Wall Street’s biggest banks to task got their wish on Thursday when the newly elected Democratic senator made her debut at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. “What I’d like to know is tell me a little bit about the last few […]
