Robinhood turns into a villain after limiting trading in GameStop and other highly volatile stocks
Online trading platforms moved to restrict trading Thursday, drawing an outcry from smaller investors.
The Fearless Girl statue, created by Kristen Visbal, stands across from the Charging Bull statue in New York.(AP)
Robinhood and other retail brokerages took steps to tamp down the speculative frenzy surrounding companies such as GameStop, but the actions only sparked more volatility in the market and an outcry from users of the platforms and some members of Congress who say small investors are being treated unfairly.
GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 earlier this month to close around $350 Wednesday as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who had placed market bets that the stock would fall.
Rate of guns seized at airport checkpoints jumped in 2020
January 26, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020 file photo, a TSA agent assist a traveler at a security checkpoint at Love Field Airport in Dallas. There were fewer air travelers in the United States last year, but a higher percentage of them were carrying guns. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, that screeners found 3,257 firearms on passengers or in their carry-on bags in 2020, or about 10 for every million travelers. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020 file photo, a TSA agent assist a traveler at a security checkpoint at Love Field Airport in Dallas. There were fewer air travelers in the United States last year, but a higher percentage of them were carrying guns. The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, that screeners found 3,257 firearms on passengers or in their carry-on bags in 2020, or about 10 for every million travel
Fort Worth-based American Airlines reports a record loss of $8.9 billion in 2020
CEO Doug Parker called 2020 the most challenging year in the history of American Airlines. He remains optimistic about 2021, saying it will be a year of recovery.
Credit: AP
An American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport makes its landing approach onto Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Glen Burnie, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Author: Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA) Updated: 8:57 AM CST January 28, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth-based American Airlines reported a net loss of $2.2 billion in its fourth quarter of 2020, according to an earnings report published Thursday.
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