Month: September 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is willing to subsidize the housing sector in Dublin. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images Google is willing to build homes in order to ease Dublin’s housing crisis, the company’s CEO said. Sundar Pichai told The Independent newspaper in Ireland that the technology giant, which employs over
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Walmart will stop selling e-cigarettes amid “regulatory complexity” and “uncertainty” around the products, the retailer said in a memo Friday.  “Given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at all Walmart and Sam’s Club U.S. locations,” the company said.
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The New York Federal Reserve will continue overnight repurchase operations through October as it seeks to quell market instability from earlier this week. Short-term rates in the “repo” market spiked overnight Monday amid a shortfall in funding stemming from a variety of factors. The Fed responded with a series of liquidity injections aimed at preventing
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law, AB5, that would force more companies to treat more workers as employees, not contractors. What’s the big deal? Whether it’s ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, or delivery companies like Postmates, Doordash and Instacart, a slew of companies have grown up in the smartphone era with
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Retirement planning strategies change throughout our careers. While not on the cusp of retirement, as many Baby Boomers are, members of Generation-X are farther along in their career journeys than Millennials and younger generations. With less time to build their nest eggs, Gen-Xers need to pursue different strategies than workers just starting out or those
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Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses when to file for spousal benefits, when spousal benefits become available, whether survivor benefits can be voluntarily stopped, maximizing benefits for a married couple and when the Social Security
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An interview with billionaire real estate and private equity investor, Sam Zell. In this interview, Sam discusses what he sees as the attributes needed to become successful. Sam also talks about the importance of avoiding competition and focusing on supply and demand when investing in real estate and other industries. ???? Sam Zell’s new book
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(L to R) Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, Clifton S. Robbins, and Dr. Rajiv Shah during a panel discussion at the 2019 Delivering Alpha conference on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Several investors have been wary of incorporating environmental, social and governance standards into their strategies. However, two investors think increased attention to ESG will
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 Self-made billionaire Warren Buffett has been called the greatest investor in the world. So it should come as no surprise that the Berkshire Hathaway CEO has scores of investors hoping to follow in his footsteps by adopting his investing principles. Former hedge-fund manager and Buffett follower Whitney Tilson attributes the 89-year-old’s success to his “off-the-charts
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