Financial News: Dec 14 - United States (5 stories)
Sunday, 14 Dec 2025 Weekly Business & Finance United States
Here is your Weekly summary for Business & Finance across United States for Mon 8th December - Sun 14th December 2025
Stocks experienced a downturn as AI-related technology shares faced significant sell-offs, reflecting investor caution in a volatile market. This shift underscores the fragility of tech valuations amid ongoing economic uncertainties. Meanwhile, Tether Holdings' €1.1 billion bid for Juventus Football Club highlights a clash between emerging crypto entities and established industrial giants, signaling a potential transformation in sports financing.
In other financial news, UBS shares surged to a 17-year high following proposals from Swiss lawmakers to ease capital requirements, allowing the bank to utilize junior debt instruments. This development could enhance UBS's financial flexibility. Conversely, a data breach at credit check firm 700Credit compromised the personal information of over 5.6 million individuals, raising concerns about data security in the financial sector.
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Stocks Tumble as AI-Linked Tech Sells Off | The Close 12/12/2025
Bloomberg Technology 13 Dec 2025, 12:25amBloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Edward Jones’ Mona Mahajan, Amalgamated Financial’s Priscilla Sims Brown, MorningStar’s Will Kerwin, OpenTable’s Debby Soo, Kestra Investment Management’s Kara Murphy, JP Morgan Asset Management’s Jamie Kramer, SERHANT’s Ryan Serhant, The Sundial Brands’ Richelieu Dennis, ReturnPro’s Sender Shamiss. (Source: Bloomberg)
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UBS Jumps on Potential Capital Compromise, Broadcom Disappoints | The Pulse 12/12/2025
Bloomberg Technology 12 Dec 2025, 11:23amUBS shares hit their highest in 17 years after a group of influential Swiss lawmakers proposed watering down the government's capital demands. They've presented recommendations that would allow UBS to use a kind of junior debt known as AT1 bonds, instead of equity, to meet potentially fresh capital requirements envisioned by the Swiss government. The Nvidia-rival Broadcom has disappointed with a sales outlook that failed to meet expectations. The shares slid about 5% in premarket trading, after unsettling commentary from CEO Hock Tan during a conference call with analysts. Tan declined to give an AI revenue forecast for next year, saying it was hard to pinpoint what 2026 would look like. Today's guests: Luis Oganes, JPMorgan Head of Global Macro Research; Alicia García-Herrero, Natixis Chief APAC Economist; Michael Haigh, SocGen CIB, Head of FIC & Commodities Research; Nike Trost, Financial Conduct Authority Head of Wholesale Buy-Side (Source: Bloomberg)
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Stocks Rise as Buyers Step In After Tech Weakness | The Close 12/11/2025
Bloomberg Technology 12 Dec 2025, 12:04amBloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Blackrock’s Russ Brownback, 42 Macro’s Darius Dale, Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co’s Brian White, New York City Economic Development Corporation’s Andrew Kimball, Mandeep Singh, Bloomberg News, Interactive Brokers’ Steve Sosnick, BTIG Consumer Equity Research’s Janine Stichter, New Constructs’ David Trainer, JLL Retail’s Naveen Jaggi, Kearney Consumer Institute’s Katie Thomas, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Data breach at credit check giant 700Credit affects at least 5.6 million
TechCrunch 12 Dec 2025, 5:35pm700Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the U.S., had a data breach that allowed a hacker to steal names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
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Tether’s €1.1 Billion Juventus Play Pits New Money Vs. Old
Bloomberg Technology 13 Dec 2025, 2:47pmTether Holdings SA’s offer to acquire Juventus Football Club SpA pits a fast-growing crypto powerhouse against a more than century-old Italian industrial dynasty.