Robinhood grew its user based tenfold in about three years by bringing in younger generations to the finance world, co-CEO of the mobile stock trading app, Vladimir Tenev, told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday. The start-up earlier that day announced that it has registered more than 10 million accounts to its platform, up from 1 million
Elon Musk is due to resume testifying in his own defense on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by a British diver whom the Silicon Valley billionaire called “pedo guy” on Twitter. Musk, the 48-year-old CEO of Tesla, apologized for the tweet during his first day of testimony in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on
Source: Robinhood Free stock-trading start-up Robinhood just reached more than 10 million accounts, the company said Wednesday. The Silicon Valley start-up, mostly used by millennials to trade stocks and cryptocurrency, has grown rapidly from its one million subscribers in 2016 and six million accounts in October of 2018. Robinhood has attained its growth while disrupting
Customers pay at a cashier station in a JCpenney Store at the Newport Mall in Jersey City, New Jersey. Kena Betancur | Getty Images Going big on those holiday purchases will cost you — especially if you’re in New Mexico. Residents in the Land of Enchantment take 17 months to pay off an average credit
Daniel Goldman (L), attorney and director of investigations with the House Intelligence Committee, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (C) (D-CA), and U.S. House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R) (R-CA), arrive to the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 13, 2019 in Washington, DC.
An intensified focus on elder financial abuse by federal and state agencies is being seen as a potential cause for the tripling of reports from financial institutions of suspected cases over the past six years to the Financial Crimes Financial Network (FinCEN). FinCEN is the Treasury Department’s anti-domestic and anti-international terrorism financing unit. Monthly Suspicious
MIAMI, FL – APRIL 15: Hermando La Roza holds a sign indicating that there are zero day left to … [+] file taxes as he stands in front of a Liberty Tax office on April 15, 2019 in Miami, Florida . April 15 is the deadline in the United States for residents to file their
Money and home,loan,mortgage. Change home into cash concept. US Dollar in sack bag, Wooden house … [+] model put on scales on wood table with green tree bokeh as background. Balance home and debt. Getty If you’re looking to refinance your mortgage loan in light of today’s low interest rates, then you’re in luck. According
Signage is displayed on the headquarters building of Boeing Co. in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, April 27, 2009. Boeing Co. last week lowered its 2009 profit forecast less than analysts predicted, reaffirming the year’s delivery schedule even as the recession prompts airlines to defer orders and forces the planemaker to further delay a model.
Workday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday, and raised its full-year forecast for sales in its biggest business, as more companies signed up for its cloud-based financial and human resources management software. Shares of the company rose over 3% to $180 in trading after the bell. While players like Amazon.com’s
Signage of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) is seen during a news conference by the state oil company at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. Hamad Mohammed | Reuters Here are the most important things to know about Thursday before you hit the door. 1. Labor market softening? Job
In the late 1990s Andy Jassy pitched a wild idea to his boss and mentor, Jeff Bezos: what if Amazon developed another business…this one, in the cloud. Two decades later, it’s Amazon’s most profitable division – one that Jassy continues to head up as the CEO of Amazon Web Services. Jon Fortt sat down with
Billionaire businessman Ken Langone told CNBC that he used Tuesday’s stock market drop as a buying opportunity. “Where else can you go to get some kind of a decent rate of return, than equities,” Langone said. “Balance sheets are in pretty good shape. I think the economy has got 1.5% to 2% in it next
Caiaimage/Paul Bradbury | Caiaimage | Getty Images You’ve got your holiday shopping list made and you’re checking it twice. But are you getting the right gifts for the right people? And what should you do if you are strapped for cash? Following some simple gift-giving rules can help you easily navigate the holiday season. They
Losing to the urban neighborhood of Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, may not be the end story for the more than 230 cities that attempted to win the bid for Amazon‘s second headquarters. According to AOL co-founder Steve Case, the 14-month-long bidding process may have triggered these cities to keep the energy going and feel
Getty It is important to understand from the very outset how changing risks are primarily what separate retirement income planning from traditional wealth management. Retirees have less capacity for risk, as they become more vulnerable to a reduced standard of living when risks manifest. Those entering retirement are crossing the threshold into an entirely foreign
It is not just retailers that depend on the month of December to make their year. The peddlers of tax shelters, however dubious, also focus on year end business. Is a $500,000 charitable deduction for a $100,000 cash outlay on your Christmas shopping list? If so you might want to look into conservation easements. DYERSVILLE,
In Los Angeles, a salary of least $124,080 is needed to buy a home with a median price of $649,600. Getty The dream of homeownership is alive and well for many Americans despite considerable obstacles, including rising home prices, saving for a down payment and student debt. Real estate and data analytics provider CoreLogic today
A DHL Cargo bike in Berlin. Source: DHL New York City is testing a pilot program that would take some deliveries out of the hands of drivers in cars and vans and put them on bikes. UPS, Amazon and DHL are taking part in the Commercial Cargo Bike Pilot Program, which launches Wednesday using bikes
Various flavors of potato chips sit on a shelf at the Kettle Foods Inc. production facility in Salem, Oregon. Meg Rouseau | Bloomberg | Getty Images Campbell Soup on Wednesday lowered its sales forecast for fiscal 2020, hit by the sale of its European chips business, and reported quarterly sales below expectations. The 150-year-old company is