Month: February 2022

Columbia Sportswear‘s strong fourth-quarter profitability was helped by consumers starting their holiday shopping earlier than years past, CEO Tim Boyle told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday. Shares of the outdoor-focused apparel maker jumped 5% Friday, after the company a day earlier reported a 64% year-over-year jump in net income in Q4 and issued robust full-year guidance. “In
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A job seeker receives information from a recruiter during a job fair in Miami on Dec. 16, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Long-term unemployment fell significantly in January, continuing a downward trajectory from its pandemic-era peak after having plateaued in recent months. The number of Americans out of work for at least six
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Avoid wash sale losses and the $3,000 capital loss limitation and qualify for a 20% QBI deduction. The most significant problem for investors and traders occurs when they cannot deduct trading losses on tax returns, significantly increasing tax bills or missing opportunities for tax refunds. Investors are stuck with this problem, but business traders with
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In this article SPOT Shares of Spotify plunged 13% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the streamer reported fourth-quarter earnings. The numbers mostly beat expectations, but projections for user growth in Q1 were barely in line with analysts’ projections. There was also a broader selloff in tech shares after the bell, after Facebook (Meta) reported disappointing
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Major tech companies are opening offices in Atlanta, hoping to capitalize on the technology talent in the city, especially the Black talent. Silicon Valley-based Apple and Google parent Alphabet as well as Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft have all set up shop in Atlanta in recent years. Headquartered near San Francisco, payments giant Visa is also opening
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As he takes over as New York’s new mayor, Brooklyn Democrat Eric Adams faces both immediate and longer-term economic challenges.  How he copes with them will say a lot about the future of New York, and by extension America’s cities.  Adams is only the second Black mayor in the city’s history. He ran as a working-class candidate
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In this article F Ford Motor Co. signage at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Ford Motor‘s shares slid after it reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that significantly missed Wall Street’s earnings expectations and slightly missed on revenue. The company’s shares tumbled by
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