Five years after the crash of 2008, Americans are sharply diverging across lines of income and education in their attitudes toward the financial system and experiences with it, the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has found. Down one path, most adults with college degrees are employing a wide range […] Read more »
Twitter faces skeptical investors, users ahead of IPO
Twitter faces skepticism from potential investors and the broader public ahead of its initial public offering, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Monday. CONT. Barbara Ortutay, AP Read more »
Fair Play Measured in Slivers of a Second
On Friday morning, Thomson Reuters released the latest University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, as it does twice a month. But this time was different. As a result of a settlement Thomson Reuters reached this week with New York’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, a select group of its customers […] Read more »
Regulators Examining Sales of Early Financial Data
The financial industry is bracing for new scrutiny of services that give trading firms an advance look at market-moving data and news. The New York attorney general’s office has been taking a broad look at the common practice. On Monday, one prominent data provider, Thomson Reuters, under pressure from the attorney […] Read more »
Thomson Reuters Said to Suspend Early Data Release Amid Probe
Thomson Reuters Corp. will suspend the early release of a consumer survey to select traders as part of an agreement with the New York Attorney General’s office, which is probing the matter, according to a person familiar with the investigation. [cont.] David McLaughlin, Bloomberg Read more »
Thomson Reuters Gives Elite Traders Early Advantage
A closely watched consumer confidence number that routinely moves markets upon release is accessed by an elite group of traders, for a fee, a full two seconds before its official release, according to a document obtained by CNBC. [cont.] Eamon Javers, CNBC Read more »