/tags/wall-street Wall Street en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:22:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-10-15/turmoil-continues-in-financial-markets-as-dow-plunges Stocks took a beating on Wednesday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 falling more than 2 percent before bouncing back slightly. Money flowed into safe haven investments such as U.S. Treasuries. Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:22:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-10-15/turmoil-continues-in-financial-markets-as-dow-plunges Jim Zarroli /npr-news/2014-04-02/traders-defend-high-speed-systems-against-charges-of-rigging Author Michael Lewis says high-frequency traders have figured out a way to game the system. Some of those traders say that while there are "bad actors," high-speed trading plays a legitimate role. Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:51:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-04-02/traders-defend-high-speed-systems-against-charges-of-rigging Jim Zarroli /2014-02-20/what-it-was-like-to-be-a-wall-street-recruit-after-the-bailouts A reporter shadowed eight young people during their first two years on Wall Street, when the bailouts were still fresh and anti-Wall Street sentiments were running high. Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:43:00 GMT /2014-02-20/what-it-was-like-to-be-a-wall-street-recruit-after-the-bailouts Zoe Chace /2014-01-10/a-wolf-on-the-loose-and-loving-the-carnage Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars as a high-living stock swindler in The Wolf of Wall Street, tells NPR's David Greene that it was "incredibly freeing" to play a character with no moral high ground. Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:00:00 GMT /2014-01-10/a-wolf-on-the-loose-and-loving-the-carnage NPR Staff /npr-news/2013-10-03/teslas-stock-gets-burned-after-car-fire-and-downgrading Twin challenges — a shift in opinion about the stock by an influential research firm and a YouTube clip of a fire that destroyed a Tesla Model S — seem to have shaken investors a bit. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 16:27:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-10-03/teslas-stock-gets-burned-after-car-fire-and-downgrading Mark Memmott /npr-news/2013-09-12/twitter-says-it-intends-to-go-public In a tweet, the 200-million-user microblogging service said it had confidentially submitted the paperwork for a planned IPO. Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:19:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-09-12/twitter-says-it-intends-to-go-public Eyder Peralta /npr-news/2013-09-10/alcoas-out-nikes-in-as-dow-industrials-gets-a-facelift Also being removed from the widely watched index: Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America. Being added: Visa and Goldman Sachs. The changes reflect not only the companies' fortunes, but also the changing nature of the U.S. economy. Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:15:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-09-10/alcoas-out-nikes-in-as-dow-industrials-gets-a-facelift Mark Memmott /npr-news/2013-08-29/nasdaq-gives-detail-on-cause-of-last-weeks-trading-halt The stock exchange received a deluge of data that overwhelmed its systems and shut down trading for three hours, last week. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:33:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-29/nasdaq-gives-detail-on-cause-of-last-weeks-trading-halt Eyder Peralta /npr-news/2013-08-22/nasdaq-resumes-trading-after-halt-for-technical-problem The tech-heavy exchange shut down at around 12:14 p.m. ET due to a problem in a data feed. Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:09:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-22/nasdaq-resumes-trading-after-halt-for-technical-problem Scott Neuman /npr-news/2013-08-09/tourre-juror-we-saw-goldman-as-the-bigger-problem "We didn't feel any malice" toward Tourre, a juror said. "We felt sympathy at times." Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:07:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-09/tourre-juror-we-saw-goldman-as-the-bigger-problem Lisa Chow