Interest rates are on hold for now — Federal Reserve officials have indicated as much and the market believes it — but the state of affairs could be fleeting amid an ever-changing set of economic conditions. Pretty much everyone is convinced the Fed is finished for 2019, a year in which it cut its benchmark
Ajit Pai Brad Quick | CNBC The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Monday that it will publicly auction off a valuable telecommunications asset, in a move investors viewed as a blow to U.S. satellite communications provider Intelsat. Shares of Intelsat dropped more than 40% in heavy trading volume after FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said
FedEx employee Hector Montoya prepares packages for delivery in New York, U.S., on Thursday, March … [+] 19, 2008.Photographer: JB Reed/Bloomberg News BLOOMBERG NEWS “FedEx Closes Pension Plan to New Hires”: that’s the headline at the Wall Street Journal today. Or, as the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported, “FedEx to launch a new 401k plan with
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh attend the State … [+] of the Union address February 5. Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images Topline: The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump a temporary reprieve from handing his tax returns over
AI has been quite the buzzword across many different industries over the past few years. In real estate, an industry that has been somewhat slower to adopt advanced technologies, AI is certainly starting to make some headway in improving business performance in ways that most business software available today cannot. Traditional business software can only
WeWork’s lesser-known cofounder Miguel McKelvey remains the company’s chief culture officer. Visual China Group via Getty Images As the once-hot office-sharing startup WeWork imploded this fall, frustrated investors pushed out its charismatic and erratic cofounder and CEO, Adam Neumann. The company’s other cofounder?, Miguel McKelvey, 45, an under-the-radar presence compared with the outsize Neumann, stuck
McDonald’s incoming U.S. President Chris Kempczinski speaks during a press conference in New York November 17, 2016. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters McDonald’s new CEO Chris Kempczinski said Monday that meetings with the company’s senior leadership and managing directors has “reaffirmed” his confidence in its leadership and the path it’s on. However, he is asking employees
Traders work at the Coty booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Coty — Shares of the cosmetic company jumped more than 1% after Coty announced it is taking a 51% stake in Kylie Cosmetics, Kylie Jenner’s
The booming market for luxury rentals in Manhattan has led to a new market segment: the $100,000-a-month rental. Demand for ultra-luxury rentals is soaring in Manhattan as more wealthy buyers decide to sit on the sidelines and rent. At the same time, more sellers of trophy penthouses and pricey townhouses are opting to rent to
A Kohl’s store in Mount Kisco, New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Goldman Sachs believes the U.S. economy is poised to snap back and certain stocks could have the most upside from the economic recovery. Cyclical stocks, those typically tied to economic growth, have led the record-setting rally in the past three months. While the
Ariel Skelley | DigitalVision | Getty Images What is a suitable investment for someone? What is in an investor’s best interest? What is the difference between a securities broker and a financial advisor? If you have no idea, you’re not alone. “There is still so much confusion with financial terms,” said Ashley Guerra, chief compliance
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio wants the average investor to learn from the errors of others. In fact, the “biggest mistake” he sees investors make is thinking that markets that went up recently are “better bargains rather than expensive bargains.” “Don’t make the mistake of buying those things that have gone up thinking they’re
A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Honk To Thank The Whistleblowers” near the White … [+] House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. A second whistleblower, described as a member of the intelligence community with first hand knowledge of some of the allegations in the original IG report, has come forward this
15 October 2019, Saxony, Markranstädt: View over a field to a residential area with newly built … [+] detached houses. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Unless you’re super rich or super poor, you’re probably going to take out a mortgage at some point in
GW Pharmaceuticals: “We like GW Pharma, but we’ve said it’s part of the cannabis cohort and because it has been pulled down by a lot of ETFs, and therefore it is still too early.” Turning Point Therapeutics: “Turning Point Therapeutics is a very big speculative situation. Most people wouldn’t know the difference between Turning Point
Intelsat 35e Source: Intelsat Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Intelsat SA slid nearly 2% during extended trading after the Federal Communications Commission announced it will publicly auction off a portion of its C-band spectrum wavelength in place of 5G wireless networks. Intelsat, along with three other satellite operators, provides
The world is getting windier, which means a surge in wind-generated power could be coming. A new study led by Princeton University researchers found that from 1978 to 2010 wind speeds decreased by about 2.3% per decade, but that things began to shift in 2010. Between 2010 and 2017 speeds increased roughly 7%, which means
The Fearless Girl statue is seen in the foreground as a banner announcing the IPO of Uber Technologies hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange, May 10, 2019. Andrew Kelly | Reuters You don’t have to tell Willis Williams that the initial public offering calendar has been busy this year. Williams, 44, a New York
The wealthiest US citizens have vast assets but little income, so income taxes struggle to reach … [+] them. A wealth tax could ensure these very richest Americans pay their fair share along with the rest of us. But would it? Getty As the first primaries for the 2020 presidential election approach, some Democratic candidates,
Last week I wrapped up my first semester as a professor at the University of Denver’s Graduate Tax Program, and I’ve got to say, the transition back to civilian life hasn’t been easy. I found my daughter in tears this morning, and my immediate reaction was to ask if she was suffering from “physical injury