Wall Street stock indexes fell in morning trading as investors prepared for a meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers and earnings from big technology companies.

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Wall Street stock indexes fell in morning trading as investors prepared for a meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers and earnings from big technology companies.

  • Cryptocurrencies were broadly lower, with bitcoin down 8.3% from its Friday 5 p.m. ET level, and crypto stocks were dropping along with them, including crypto exchange Coinbase and bitcoin miners Riot Blockchain and Marathon Digital.
  • An activist investor wants Peloton Interactive to fire its chief executive and explore a sale after its stock plummeted more than 80% from its high, as growth slowed.
  • Oil-field-services company Halliburton swung to a profit in the fourth quarter as revenue grew in North America and internationally.
  • In a letter, Engine Capital urged Kohl’s to run a sale process following Starboard Value’s bid, as activists remain unsatisfied with the pace of the department-store chain’s turnaround.

A Kohl’s Corp. department store in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 11, 2021.

Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News

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  • The financial industry has spotted an opportunity to make money by helping people feel good about themselves. But these investments don’t do much to make the world a better place, writes James Mackintosh in the first in a series of Streetwise columns about funds guided by environmental, social and governance principles, known as ESG.

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