Month: August 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) approved by Congress last week included a new 1 percent stock buyback excise tax on US publicly traded corporations. Many of these companies now spend their excess cash to repurchase stock from their shareholders, rather than pay dividends or invest more in their firms. The new tax will discourage repurchases
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Topline Despite analyst warnings about “unrealistic” valuations, shares of Bed Bath & Beyond surged up to 70% on Tuesday as retail investors from Reddit’s WallStreetBets piled into the stock after being encouraged by yet another big purchase from activist investor and GameStop chairman, Ryan Cohen. Key Facts Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock surged by as
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In this article CMCSA Mark Hoffman, Chairman of CNBC Mark Hoffman, CNBC’s president since 2005 and chairman since 2015, announced Tuesday he will step down on Sept. 12. Hoffman is leaving of his own accord. NBCUniversal hired Cesar Conde to oversee NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC in May 2020 to bring more centralized leadership to the group.
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Sometimes a life raft can look a lot like a credit card. In an economy that has produced the highest inflation rate since the early 1980s, Americans are struggling to keep up with day-to-day expenses and are increasingly relying on credit cards to stay afloat. Amid a dramatic rise in the cost of living, credit card balances jumped 13% in
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The Chantilly Campus of ITT Technical Institute sits closed and empty on Sept. 6, 2016, in Chantilly, Virginia. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will cancel all remaining federal student debt taken on by borrowers who were defrauded by ITT Technical Institute
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Topline While the Federal Reserve has made progress cooling the economy, there has still been “little convincing progress” in bringing down wage growth and high inflation, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs, who predict that it will remain difficult for the central bank to get surging prices under control without a recession. Key Facts Markets
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In this article WFC There may be no escape from recession. The latest reports on housing and manufacturing, according to investor Peter Boockvar, suggest it’s rapidly spreading to other parts of the economy. “People are not being sensitive enough to this economic slowdown and what it’s going to be mean for corporate earnings and profit
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