The former cellmate's lawyer, Bruce Barket, told NBC that officials at the jailhouse said in an email that Tartaglione would face no charges or internal discipline now that the investigation had concluded.

Markets would like Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to clarify whether the Fed sees itself at the beginning of a serious, longer-term rate cutting cycle.

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading on Friday.

GE bounced back Friday after its CEO shored up confidence by buying a bulk of company shares.

The "Fast Money" traders share their first moves for the market open.

Names on the move ahead of the open.

President Trump has been pressing the Fed to help head off a feared economic slowdown, but it's not clear the central bank has the ammunition.

See which stocks are posting big moves after the bell.

Earlier, Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos called the conglomerate "a bigger fraud than Enron."

Japan surpassed China as the largest foreign holder of Treasury securities in June.

Economists ratcheted up their GDP forecasts for the third quarter to a median 2.1% on Thursday.

Names on the move ahead of the open.

Former AOL CEO Jon Miller revealed to CNBC that he held talks to acquire both YouTube and Facebook in 2006 but never got support from the Time Warner board to close the deals.

Jeff Bewkes, former CEO of Time Warner, sold his company to AT&T in a deal that closed last year. But Bewkes told CNBC that he believes vertical integration is a "fairly suspect premise."