Month: September 2020

D Color Flawless Diamond Source: Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is set to auction off a 102-carat diamond that could become the most expensive jewel ever sold to an online bidder. The stone, a 102.39-carat D Colour Flawless Oval Diamond, could fetch $10 million to $30 million. Only seven flawless white diamonds of more than 100 carats have
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As mortgage rates reach all-time lows due to the pandemic, demand for real estate has increased exponentially. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should buy a home right now. Way too many homebuyers overextended themselves during the 2008 financial crisis. As a result, most of us paid the price. Having your neighbor conduct a short sale or foreclosure
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday praised the appointment of Jane Fraser as the next chief executive office of Citigroup, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. megabank.  “The glass ceiling in banking maybe is finally cracking,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Citi is the third-largest U.S. bank by assets.  Fraser is set to
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about switching between benefits while Social Security offices are shut down due to the pandemic, how to begin benefits as early as possible and when it may be possible to claim on former and current spouses’ records. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University
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GQ Editor-in-chief Dylan Jones attends the Paul Smith AW20 50th Anniversary show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 19, 2020 in Paris, France. David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Paul Smith Editor-in-chief of British GQ magazine Dylan Jones has told CNBC he’s not worried about the future of print publication, despite significant challenges in
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A J.C. Penney store in Laguna Hills, California Scott Mlyn | CNBC U.S. mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners are close to finalizing an $800 million deal to rescue the embattled department store chain J.C. Penney from bankruptcy, avoiding a total liquidation and saving about 70,000 jobs and 650 stores, Joshua Sussberg of
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SINGAPORE — Retail investors have been fueling a frenzied buying boom in markets this year, sparking fears that they are driving too much speculation in the market. But Christopher Smart, chief global strategist at Barings Investment Institute, suggested that the risks could be overblown. “It’s something we’ve lived with — through the dotcom bubble and
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The U.S. Capitol Building is reflected against an ambulance along the East Front on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters While negotiations over the next coronavirus stimulus bill have carried on for months, there has been one certainty: Democrats, Republicans and President Donald Trump have all backed sending out
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