Month: September 2019

Lacy O’Toole | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s executive Tracy Britt Cool is leaving the firm after a decade to start a company that replicates Warren Buffett’s business model. Cool, who joined Berkshire in 2009 as Buffett’s financial assistant, said she’s building an investment vehicle that acquires companies “too small for Berkshire,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
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The head of an IT products and services distributor told CNBC on Tuesday that small- and medium-sized businesses have not slowed down investing like larger corporations, and it’s showing up in the company’s results. “Anecdotally, we think SMB is much stronger than large enterprise [now] … and we’re taking advantage of that,” Tech Data CEO
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Start your marriage off on the right financial footing. WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM – MAY 18: Thomas Kingston and Lady Gabriella Windsor kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel after their wedding on May 18, 2019 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Pool/Max Getty Images Whether you are just getting married or have been married for years,
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Singer John Legend at the PLUS launch event in New York City Tom Vickers Casper, the bed-in-a-box start-up that reached a $1 billion valuation selling mattresses over the internet, is getting more serious about providing customers better sleep. This week it launched a new line of melatonin and CBD-infused gummies in partnership with Plus Products,
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TransferWise co-founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise booked a profit for the third year in a row, a rare show of growth for an industry littered with start-ups that have struggled to break even. The London-based company said on Wednesday that its net profit after tax climbed to £10.3 million
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Daymond John Photo by Greg Doherty As the U.S.-China trade war continues to evolve, many small business owners are growing increasingly unsettled by a fickle economy and fearful of what some believe is a looming recession. A recent CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey found that confidence among small business owners has dropped to its lowest level
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Marijuana for sale on a cannabis tour organized by L.A.-based Green Tours, January 24, 2019. (Photo credit ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images OK, let’s get past all the jokes about aging Baby Boomers revisiting their youth and getting stoned. As the medical and recreational use of marijuana grows across the country, older adults are increasingly either
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