The Market

IG Group has agreed to buy U.S. online brokerage Tastytrade for $ 1 billion, in a move that gives the U.K.-listed spread betting company a foothold in the world’s largest derivatives market. The deal — the biggest ever acquisition for FTSE 250-listed IG Group IGG, -9.46% — comprises $ 300 …

When Americans started filing taxes last year, unemployment was at a 50-year low, the coronavirus pandemic’s official start was two months away and some of the earliest tax filers were powered by a sense of hyper-punctuality. This year’s tax season will start against a very different backdrop. Approximately 18 million …

Wall Street appeared to cheer a change of leadership in the White House, producing one of its best returns in nearly four decades on the day of a new president’s inauguration. Read: Stock-market performance under Trump trails only Obama and Clinton The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.83% and the …

Student-loan borrowers won’t have to resume payments on their federal direct student loans until October, the incoming Biden administration announced Wednesday.  After he’s sworn in as President, Joe Biden plans to ask the Department of Education to “consider immediately” extending the coronavirus-era pause on student-loan payments and collections until at …

In his final hours in office, President Donald Trump granted pardons and commuted sentences for 143 people early Wednesday, including a pre-emptive pardon to former White House strategist Steve Bannon. Trump did not pre-emptively pardon himself or his family members. Other prominent recipients of clemency were former Uber and Google …

Inauguration day is set for Jan. 20 as Joe Biden will replace Donald Trump as President of the United States. Since the November election, the transfer of presidential power between Biden and Trump has been a trending topic. Another transition taking place on Wednesday is the control over the @POTUS …

The Trump administration dedicated itself to deregulation with unprecedented fervor. It rolled back scores of regulations across government agencies, including more than 80 environmental rules. The Biden administration can reverse some of those actions quickly — for instance, as president, Joe Biden can undo Donald Trump’s executive orders with a stroke of the pen. He …

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