Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Gap (GPS) – Gap reported quarterly earnings of 25 cents per share, missing consensus estimates by 7 cents a share. The apparel retailer’s revenue beat forecasts, however. Gap’s bottom line was hurt by increased marketing and shipping costs resulting from a shift to
Month: November 2020
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are seated to testify before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Federal Reserve could provide clues
‘Tis the season to shore up your savings. In the days leading up to Black Friday, financial experts caution against overspending, particularly amid an economic crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic — and consumers are listening. One campaign, called “In the Black Friday,” spearheaded by the National Financial Educators Council, encourages consumers to avoid debt
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 21: A visual representation of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin on November 21, … [+] 2020 in London, England. The price of bitcoin has risen sharply in the the last two months, to a high of around 18,800 USD, gaining nearly 100% since September. This rise has propelled the price of the cryptocurrency
Holiday Zoom calls can be a great time to share lessons learned about retirement planning. getty Will you be Zooming during the holidays with your older relatives and friends instead of getting together in person? Wondering what you’ll talk about? It can be unsettling to be face-to-face on the screen with anybody for a long
Globally, the use of renewable energy grew in 2020, representing about 90% of the total power capacity added for the year according to the International Energy Agency. In addition, renewables are positioned to overtake coal this decade as the most popular way to generate electricity. The Sanders Institute shows that solar is now cheaper than
Mary Roberts has been working five jobs since August to stay afloat after the coronavirus pandemic decimated the cruise industry, where she was a director and choreographer. Mary Roberts Mary Roberts is not immune to the hustle as an artist. But the coronavirus pandemic has presented a challenge like she’s never seen before. Roberts, 39,
A worker passes a line of freezers holding coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate BNT162b2 at a Pfizer facility in Puurs, Belgium in an undated photograph. Pfizer | via Reuters Texas is preparing to start administering the first Covid-19 immunization shots in less than three weeks — as soon as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Enrique Lores, CEO, HP Scott Mlyn | CNBC HP shares rose as much as 9% in extended trading on Tuesday after the PC maker reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates and provided an optimistic earnings forecast. Earnings: 62 cents per share, adjusted, vs. 52 cents per share as expected by analysts, according to
Dow 30,000 may just be the beginning. Oppenheimer Asset Management’s John Stoltzfus believes the Dow’s record high on Tuesday is justified despite the nation’s battle against surging coronavirus cases. He lists a resilient economy as the major factor for optimism. “Very simply, the fundamentals are improving and prospects for them to improve further appear likely,”
For Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, being a member of Congress requires being “on-call 24/7,” she recently told Vanity Fair. But despite the demands, AOC has trick to staying both productive and upbeat. “I try to focus less on ‘productivity’ and focus more on impact,” Ocasio-Cortez, 31, wrote in an Instagram story Saturday night. Ocasio-Cortez, who sits on the
The PayPal application can be seen on a mobile phone. Felix Kästle | picture alliance | Getty Images Fintech companies are helping fuel demand for bitcoin as they open the floodgates for millions of people to trade it. By one firm’s analysis, PayPal and Square clients have been buying the majority of the new bitcoin
The United States Supreme COurt Building getty The U.S. Supreme Court has clipped the commerce clause’s nexus wings, and much ink has been spilled on whether the due process clause will enjoy a resurgence in cases on a nonresident’s tax liability. Court due process precedent abounds, cases with which state tax professionals are quite familiar. However, there
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether a spousal benefit should always be half the other spouse’s retirement benefit, whether the Windfall Elimination Provision applies to spousal benefit and how divorced spousal benefit rates are determined. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of
An undated photo of Jeff Fluhr, a StubHub cofounder who is angling to buy the business back. JEFF CHIU/AP The tangled saga of the ticketing marketplace StubHub grows messier still. In February, at the very start of the pandemic, StubHub was acquired for $4.05 billion by Viagogo, a European rival founded by one of StubHub’s
Elisabeth Reynolds MIT The predictions were scary. Half of the jobs in industrialized countries could, one day, be taken over by robots. What would workers do? How would they earn a living? In 2018, a taskforce at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set out to answer these questions. Over the next two years, more than
Pedestrians are reflected in the window of an Abercrombie & Fitch store in New York. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images The possiblity that Abercrombie & Fitch will face additional rounds of temporary store closures due to rising Covid-19 cases sent the retailer’s shares down Tuesday, despite it reporting an earnings beat, as investors
A Gap store in New York, August 2, 2020. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Gap Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations, as higher spending on marketing offset sales gains at Old Navy and Athleta. Under CEO Sonia Syngal, the retailer has centered investments around new advertising to clearly define each
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase agreed Tuesday to pay a $250 million fine after one of its U.S. regulators found a “pattern of misconduct” in its asset and wealth management division. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a release that the New York-based bank’s risk management controls were “deficient”
“The difference between people who achieve their dreams and those who don’t is simple,” according to Spanx founder and CEO Sara Blakely. “It’s about action,” she said in an Instagram post on Monday. “It’s not about having a ton of brains or ton of money or a ton of experience,” according to Blakely. “Two decades
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