Month: January 2020

Having sold its property overlooking Buffalo Bayou west of downtown Houston, The Center for Pursuit, … [+] which serves adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, kicked off its new facility in the East End. Rendering courtesy of The Center for Pursuit An interpretation of mixed-use development, The Center for Pursuit’s next generation facility broke ground
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer attributed late-Tuesday’s market sell-off to China tariffs worries combined with an overbought market. The “Mad Money” host sat down with Medtronic’s outgoing CEO Omar Ishrak to get an update on robotic-assisted surgery systems. Later in the show, he broke down what climate change will impact investing on Wall Street. The rise comes
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It’s becoming a common scenario: You’re creeping closer to your 65th birthday, which means you’ll be eligible for Medicare, yet you already have health insurance through work. Sound familiar? If so, you might have options. While workers at businesses with fewer than 20 employees generally must sign up for Medicare at age 65, people working
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The deal includes Chinese commitments to buy more U.S. goods in four industries. Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Topline: With the Phase One trade deal signing scheduled for tomorrow, new details have emerged about China’s pledge to significantly ramp up purchases of U.S. exports including manufactured
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Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Source: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Burger King’s largest U.S. franchisee is seeing sales of the Impossible Whopper and the Popeyes chicken sandwich level out as the initial buzz around the two menu items dies down. Average daily orders of the meatless Whopper at a Burger King location owned by Carrols Restaurant Group have
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A worker pushes Amazon.com Inc. packages in front of a FedEx Corp. delivery truck in New York. Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Growth in last-mile deliveries over the next decade could contribute to slower commutes and greater carbon emissions in the world’s major cities, according to research published Friday by the World Economic
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The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Every budget cycle, members of Congress solemnly promise to better fund the Internal Revenue Service so it can do its job of collecting taxes and serving the taxpayer. And once again, Congress has done the opposite. According to an analysis
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to guests during a campaign stop at Fisher Elementary School on January 12, 2020 in Marshalltown, Iowa. Scott Olson | Getty Images Presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Tuesday that she would begin to forgive student loan debt on the first day of her administration, using
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Comfortable retirement: Still out of reach for most. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty … [+] Images) Corbis via Getty Images Congress ended 2019 by producing a budget of sorts. That fact, in itself, constitutes a rare accomplishment for this country’s dissipated and ever-distracted representative bodies. Such documents, as always, offer much to praise or
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Sekisui House, Ltd., president Yoshihiro Nakai at CES 2020, unveiling new smart home health … [+] technology. TAK S ITOMI Japanese developer Sekisui House doubled down last week at CES on its imminent roll-out of a game-changing—life-altering—smart home health technology. Sekisui House’s foray offers a sensor-centric early-detection and split-second ambulance response solution that triggers at
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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 landing in Amsterdam. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ fourth quarter profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, as lower fuel prices and strong travel — particularly for high-priced premium tickets — demanded lifted the Atlanta-based carrier’s results. Before the market opened on Tuesday, Delta reported per-share
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