Month: October 2019

Founder of space company Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, speaks about the future of commercial space travel. Brent Lewis | Denver Post | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Amazon stock plunged more than 7% in after-hours trading after the e-commerce giant reported third-quarter earnings fell short of street expectations. The
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has been surging in Democratic presidential polls, has been softening her attacks on the rich and could win the White House, a billionaire investment titan and major Democratic donor told CNBC on Thursday. “I think she’s pivoting. I think she could win the election because she’s smart, she’s witty and she
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Our healthcare landlord Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) is officially back. This 6% dividend has upside once again. We are about to receive our first payout raise since early 2018, which ends our seven-quarter drought in which the big dividend was paid but not raised. I say “drought” partially in jest because OHI yielded a fat
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Jane Fraser, chief executive officer for Latin American at Citigroup Inc., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg via Getty Images Citigroup named Jane Fraser president Thursday, filling a role that has been open since earlier this year. Citi CEO Michael
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Goldman Sachs has joined the flight of institutional investors from Fisher Investments. The giant investment bank is pulling $234 million from Camas, Washington-based Fisher, according to a source close to the matter. However, the end tally could be even greater, a source told CNBC. Goldman Sachs and Fisher Investments both declined to comment. In all,
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Thanks to the financial rewards offered by the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, IRS and other whistleblower programs, trustees and pension boards today—for the first time—have a fiduciary obligation to report wrongdoing to regulators and law enforcement. If they don’t, they may be shortchanging beneficiaries and participants.   It is well settled law that trustees, pension boards
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High five to the smart business owner who uses a Solo 401(k) to lower the taxes on their S-Corp. Getty Nobody likes paying more taxes than they need too.  Small business owners are lucky to have many opportunities to keep more of their hard-earned money through expert tax planning.  One of the biggest ways to slash
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Century Plaza dbox “Nobody walks in L.A.” This has been the city’s mantra for decades, but a $2.5 billion large scale development is on track to bring nearly six acres of pedestrian-friendly mixed-use space to a neighborhood largely known for its skyscrapers, office buildings and the filming lots of Fox Studios. Such a high-profile redevelopment
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Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a debate in Tampa, Florida, October 21, 2018.  Chris O’Meara | Pool | Reuters Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threw his support Thursday behind two bills allowing college athletes to make money from endorsement deals, joining New York in pushing for quick legislation responding to California’s new “Fair
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A sign is posted outside of the PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal had a break-out quarter, sending its stock surging after reporting earnings. The payments company beat Wall Street’s estimates across the board for the third-quarter results Wednesday evening. Investors applauded the outperformance, sending PayPal shares up more
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