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When Gustavo Schwed was considering a career in finance in the late 1980s, climbing the corporate ladder was a preoccupation for working people, not students.

“People didn’t really give their job as much thought until, really, the summer between their junior and senior year — if then,” said Schwed, a New York University professor who started in investment banking and then worked in private equity for about 25 years.

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Chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) has launched its new GeForce RTX 5060 Desktop graphics cards, which include the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti that will be available from April 16 in both 8GB and 16GB versions. The regular RTX 5060 will be released in May. These graphics cards are powered by Nvidia’s new Blackwell architecture, which is built to improve performance using AI,

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US stock futures fell on Wednesday after Nvidia (NVDA) revealed costly new curbs on chip exports to China, and investors grappled with uncertainty over President Trump’s trade policy.

Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slumped 0.2%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) sank 0.7%.

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The US equity options market is highly fragmented. There are 18 different exchanges, offering different fee structures, matching engines and trading mechanisms. This fragmentation is expected to …

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With stock market charts resembling the contours of a roller-coaster ride in recent days, many Americans could be forgiven for eyeing their 401(k)s with a little concern.

Retirement savings are crucial to the financial well-being of millions of especially older people in the U.S., so the concern is understandable.

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Annabelle Liang
Business reporter, Singapore

Tariffs are levies that make it more costly to export goods to markets like the US.

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China beat first-quarter economic growth expectations, but the outlook for the remainder of 2025 remains dim as Beijing braces for the impact of hefty U.S.

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