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Tremors in stocks, bonds leave no place to hide

Bloomberg US stocks are on pace for the biggest two-day decline since August, while yields on benchmark government bonds are near April 2014 highs, as caution creeps into markets after one of the best starts to a year in recent history. The S&P 500 Index fell the most in seven weeks and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than ...

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Health stocks plunge as corporates target spending

Bloomberg Health-care stocks slumped after three companies led by Internet giant Amazon.com Inc. said they plan to collaborate on developing ways to cut the cost of employee health care. Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co. fell as much as 11 percent, the most intraday since April, at the open of US trading on Tuesday, while rival CVS Health Corp. dropped ...

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SEC freezes crypto assets of $600mn ICO 

Bloomberg The US Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order freezing the assets of an Texas-based initial coin offering (ICO) that claimed to have raised more than $600 million. The order filed in federal court in Dallas halts AriseBank from raising any additional cash from investors, according to a statement from SEC. The agency alleges Jared Rice, 29, illegally ...

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