S&P 500 Closes Above 5000 for First Time

Plus: Drugmaker Merck strikes a roughly $10 billion deal to buy Verona Pharma. The Justice Department’s criminal healthcare-fraud unit investigates UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices. And, shares in advertising conglomerate WPP tumble after it said clients were pulling bac ... Show More

Plus, Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of X after two years on the job. And U.S. measles cases hit a 33-year high. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Plus: The U.S. seeks to ban China from buying American farmland. And a key architect of Apple’s supply chain will step down later this month. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Bitcoin is due to copy gold’s explosive 1970s breakout as it becomes the world’s “hardest asset” in 2024, according to a forecast from the latest edition of the Capriole Newsletter on the king crypto (BTC), a financial circular from research and trading firm Capriole Investments. ... Show More

Plus, bitcoin ETFs soar in their first year of trading. And electronic-trading network Liquidnet is fined by US watchdogs. James Rundle hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Plus: Tesla’s EU sales halved in April. And President Trump’s media company plans to raise $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Bitcoin scooped liquidity at new lows on Jan. 7 as 2022 continued to deliver uninspiring price action. Among traders, the discussion focused on a similar event occurring, with targets even including a crash below September’s $30,000 BTC lows. “Could even go lower with a liquidati ... Show More

Bitcoin has surpassed the $60,000 mark briefly for the first time since April 2021. The BTC price has been boosted by reports suggesting a Bitcoin futures ETF is likely to begin trading in the United States as early as next week. In a tweet on Oct. 15, the analyst stated: “Pretty ... Show More

One expert has predicted that a Bitcoin price of "$100k over the coming months is all but certain". Earlier this month the US SEC revealed its growing interest in four separate ETF's which are linked to BTC futures. Konstantin Anissimov, Executive Director at CEX.IO states that t ... Show More

Julia Chatterley is live from New York. Here are the top business news stories today! Slow growth - the US adds only 49,000 jobs in January. Take a Byte out of that! China's Kuaishou stock soars 160% in world's biggest IPO since 2019. Rookie lineup! Robinhood takes the field as b ... Show More

Zain Asher is live from New York. Here are the top business news stories today! Major market moves! The Dow reshuffles on its new debut amidst Apple and Tesla stock split. Trouble for TikTok - China's new laws complicate the sale of the video sharing app. Buffett's bet! Berkshire ... Show More

Plus, the Nasdaq falls, as do shares of CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind the outage. And New York’s financial regulator hires two new leaders for its crypto unit. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices