Financials

WASHINGTON — Sales of new U.S. homes slumped 1.7 percent in July, the second straight monthly decline as the broader housing market appears to have lost some of its momentum despite an otherwise so…

Telecom and media giant AT&T will now accept cryptocurrencies as a payment option through BitPay.

Nasdaq AB, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ), published the offer document for its public offer to acquire all of the issued shares of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA for NOK 152 per share.

Accenture announced that effective immediately, Chairman and CEO Pierre Nanterme has stepped down for health reasons.

Uber is expected to begin courting public investors in the coming weeks and will make its debut on the public market next month.

"An entity like Merrill may not avoid liability by using another broker to obtain fraudulently issued ADRs on its behalf," the SEC says.

New York's Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted a BitLicense to the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), allowing it to offer crypto-related services in the state.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc committed $10 billion on Tuesday to Occidental Petroleum Corp's $38 billion cash-and-stock bid for Anadarko Petroleum Corp, boosting its chances of snatching a deal from Chevron Corp.

The Bank of America has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) for a secure cryptocurrency custody. According to the patent document published last week by the USPTO Bank of America (BoA) proposes to a system that will allow enterprises safely store large amounts of cryptocurrency. Description of BoA’s Crypto Custody...

JPM Coin, the first of its kind from a major bank, will initially be used to transfer funds over a blockchain network internally and between internationally between institutional clients.