The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Corcept Therapeutics' hormone-blocking drug for the treatment of a rare hormonal disorder, the company said on Wednesday. ...

Retiring next year sounds ambitious, but I wanted to know if it was actually possible, so I asked ChatGPT to lay out exactly what someone needs to do to retire in 2026. The AI treated the question seriously and broke down retirement into a step-by-step timeline. The answer was more actionable than I expected. ChatGPT didn’t give generic advice about saving more money. Instead, it mapped out specific tasks for the final months before retirement with deadlines attached. Calculate Your Number First ChatGP ...

Oil prices are barreling toward their worst year since the Covid crash. A flood of non-OPEC supply and cooling demand has knocked crude prices down about 20%. Russia is feeling the squeeze as low prices and sanctions hammer oil revenues and growth. Oil prices are on track for their steepest annual drop since the Covid-era crash in 2020, battered by fears of a deepening supply glut — and compounding economic pressure on Russia as sanctions and discounts bite harder. US benchmark West Texas Intermed ...

BLAQclouds, Inc. Announces Spinout of BLAQclouds Property Group and Shareholder Distribution Details Shareholders to receive property group shares as BLAQclouds unlocks real-asset value through a strategic spinout.Takeaways:BLAQclouds Property Group gives shareholders direct access to income-producing commercial real estate in high-growth U.S. markets.The spinout separates real estate assets from Web3 operations, creating clearer, more focused investment opportunities.BLAQclouds retains majority ownership ...

Blackstone makes most of its money from management and advisory fees, and performance allocations. Management fees are stable, recurring fees charged to investors (such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds) as a percentage of the total assets under management or committed capital. In the third quarter of 2025, Blackstone's management and advisory fees surpassed a record $2 billion, a 14% year-over-year increase.The company is also the world's largest owner of commercial real estate . It owns thousand ...

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Wednesday and New Year's Eve. I've decided that there are three main groups of holiday observers this year: Those going to parties or watching the Times Square ball drop at home; those doing late-night workout classes or races; and those going to AMC viewings of the "Stranger Things" finale.This newsletter normally walks you through five things to know before the market opens. Today, that list would inclu ...

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For investors seeking momentum, SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (FEZ)  is probably on radar. The fund just hit a 52-week high, and is up 36.6% from its 52-week low of $47.63 per share.But are more gains in store for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at the fund and the near-term outlook on it to get a better idea of where it might be headed:FEZ In FocusThe underlying EURO STOXX 50 Index is designed to represent the performance of some of the largest companies across components of the 19 EURO STOXX Supersector Indexe ...

Ahead of the New Year's holiday, President Donald Trump said he will make a decision on who he wants to lead the Federal Reserve by January.  Current Chair Jerome Powell's term expires in May 2026, and he has made it clear he will fulfill his obligation running the central bank. This week, Trump continued his verbal assault of Powell, who he again called "too late" for failing to cut interest rates at a faster pace. He also called him "a fool" and criticized him for the renovation of the Fed's Washington, D ...

Options trading continued to grow in 2025, setting another record for trading volume. While lists of the year's best and worst stock performers are readily available, this analysis takes a different approach, focusing on the top stocks for options traders. This deep dive examines four-week straddle returns for individual stocks throughout the year, ranking them based on various return metrics. Four-Week Straddles To determine which stocks delivered the most attractive options plays, I calculated returns ...