Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin “Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand,” Trump said. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Topline: Hours after Russian troops advanced further into northern Syria, President Trump announced on Wednesday that he will lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey after the country stopped hostilities and complied with a
The real estate market’s fluidity makes it a place where trends are always changing. Developing trends usually take a few years to enter the mainstream and become the norm. Because of this, smart agents and investors keep their fingers on the pulse of the industry so that they can adapt to those trends well before everyone
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to introduce the College Affordability Act, an overhaul of higher education system, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ways and Means Committee late Tuesday approved Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s drug
Customers view Harley-Davidson Inc. motorcycles at the company’s dealership in South San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Harley-Davidson beat expectations for profit on Tuesday and stuck to its full-year shipment forecast, allaying fears of another major hit from European import tariffs and a further slump in
Pedestrians walk past the People’s Bank of China headquarters in Beijing, China, on January 7, 2019. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — The People’s Bank of China is choosing not to follow many other major central banks in cutting interest rates as it tries to navigate a challenging economic environment. China’s central
United Technologies Brendan McDermid | Reuters United Technologies shares rose in trading Tuesday after the top industrials analyst on Wall Street said on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” that he likes the conglomerate’s upside from here. “This is in my view one of the best-of-both-world stocks,” J.P. Morgan analyst Stephen Tusa. Shares of United Technologies were higher
If you’re on Medicare, now’s the time to closely evaluate your 2020 prescription drug coverage. The program’s annual open enrollment period, when you can make changes that take effect Jan. 1, is under way and closes Dec. 7. With plans varying from year to year — including the drugs they cover and the amount you
KRAKOW, POLAND – 2018/09/19: In this photo illustration, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo … [+] is seen displayed on an Android mobile phone. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images In the late 1960s and early 1970s, when I was a teenager, police were often called “pigs” and
Whether they’re handling business or personal finances, a good Certified Public Accountant (CPA) can be worth their weight in gold. Most entrepreneurs don’t start their journey with an in-depth knowledge of how to manage and organize business finances, and almost all of us would welcome expert assistance with our taxes. A good CPA can put
The world is becoming increasingly urban, just as the impacts of climate change are starting to increase. City authorities need to work out where they are vulnerable and act to become more resilient to the threats they face. Oil refineries next to the Houston Ship Channel during Hurricane Harvey, which halted production as … [+]
CNBC’s Jim Cramer explains why it’s worth picking individual stocks in a world of investors that place more value in index funds. The “Mad Money” host chats with Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner coming off the company’s challenging third-quarter earnings report and Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell to get a read on the video conferencing arena. He
Employees sort packages at the United Parcel Service (UPS) Chicago Area Consolidation Hub in Hodgkins, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images on Tuesday reported a quarterly profit that came ahead of Wall Street estimates, benefiting from strong e-commerce demand and rival breakup with Amazon.com. United Parcel Service’s e-commerce fueled quarterly profit beat on Tuesday
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Snap tanked as much as 15% during extended trade despite the company posting better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and user metrics. The maker of Snapchat posted a loss of 4 cents per share, which was better than the 5 cent loss per share Wall Street expected.
Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli, wearing green tie at left, leave the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on April 3, 2019. Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty Images Massachusetts prosecutors announced Tuesday that they are levying new charges against 11 of the 15 parents implicated in the “Varsity
A customer pulls into a McDonald’s restaurant in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Generally, profits are topping expectations by a large margin this earnings season, but there were some notable misses on Tuesday. Some of the largest and most well-known companies in the U.S. — including McDonald’s, UPS and Lockheed Martin
Kenneth Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Gillianne Tedder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The New Hampshire Retirement System voted on Tuesday to end its $239 million relationship with Fisher Investments, bringing the total divested from the money manager
Gardens in Singapore Duy Nguyen/Unsplash With concerns increasing about US leadership on climate, immigration, and trade, and about Europe, slowed by its own economic and social pressures, my recent Asian travels fortified my sense that 21st century leadership will come from the East. The region is a work in process and much remains to be
The Tax Foundation’s 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index illustrates the states’ relative business … [+] tax burdens. (See: https://taxfoundation.org/2020-state-business-tax-climate-index/) The Tax Foundation The 27 states with the lightest tax burden on individuals continued to add jobs at double the rate of the 23 states with higher taxes since the federal tax cut was signed
The astonishing buying/investing power of SoftBank has altered much of the world’s way of thinking … [+] about businesses. Photo by Eloise Ambursley on Unsplash Is it just me, or has the reduction in WeWork’s ostensible value from $47B to $8B caused a frisson of schadenfreude in the business world? Could it be a sign
A line of Boeing 737 fuselages, eventually bound for Boeing’s production facility in nearby Renton, Wash., sit on flatcar rail cars at a rail yard Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Seattle. Elaine Thompson | AP A year ago, Boeing executives were trying to convince Wall Street investors they could ramp production of their best-selling 737