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American Express (AXP) Up 7.9% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
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Google is reportedly hiding behind shell companies to scoop up tax breaks and land
Should local communities have the right to know before a big tech company moves in? Should they be able to protest before city planners offer those companies millions or even billions of dollars in incentives? Those were the questions raised when...
Topics: Google, Google (GOOG), Shell, Taxes, Protests, Amazon, Amazon (AMZN)
These 3 Value Stocks Are Absurdly Cheap Right Now
Value investing often ends up leading investors into just one or two out-of-favor sectors. You can't create a diversified portfolio going that route. So it's important to broaden your horizons, and at times your view of what constitutes value. Here...
Payless ShoeSource To Close All Remaining 2,100 Stores
Expect liquidation sales as the stores wind down operations by spring.
10 Reasons to Buy Atlassian Stock and Never Sell
Two weeks ago, I added a sizable portion of Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) stock to my family's portfolio. It makes tools that allow employees at companies -- particularly software and IT companies -- work on projects and communicate with one another. And...
Topics: Nasdaq, US Equity Markets
Amazon slashes prices on Fitbit Versa smartwatches for Presidents’ Day
Amazon is offering a solid $30 discount on this great fitness tracking smartwatch right now. So if you're looking for a wearable that can help you track steps, sleep, and activity, now is a great time to pick one up for less.
The post Amazon slashes...
Topics: Amazon, Amazon (AMZN)
Is Buckeye Partners a Buy?
There are few things the stock market likes less than a dividend cut. Midstream energy company Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) found this out back in 2015 when it slashed its payout by 75%; the share price still hasn't recovered.Likewise, fellow...
Topics: Dividend, US Equity Markets
Exploring the Connections Between Your Mental and Spiritual Life and Your Financial Life
This is the second entry in an eight part series exploring the connections between your finances and other areas of your life.
Last week, I started a series exploring the connections between personal finance and the other “spheres” of my...
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Seventeen: Uber’s 2018 Results Still Show Huge Losses...
It is hard to see how Uber's IPO story will hold up to scrutiny, particularly at a planned valuation of $120 billion.
Topics: Initial Public Offering
9/11 Victims Compensation Fund Cuts Payouts By As Much As 70 Percent
The fund is reducing awards as it faces a surge in claims before the fund's 2020 expiration date. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan/AP)
New Advice on How Companies Should Ready for Recession
Consulting and accounting firm Deloitte has gotten out in front of how a new recession will hit companies. Additionally, it has offered advice about what companies should do over the course of a...
Topics: Deloitte
This enterprise software startup has VCs literally knocking on its doors to invest, but for now,...
Notion is an "all-in-one workplace" that acts as a replacement for docs, wikis, task management tools, and databases.
And according to a recent tweet by First Round Capital's Josh Kopelman, Notion is one of the most sought after investments in...
Topics: Startup
Visa and Mastercard could raise interchange fees
According to a report from the WSJ, Visa and Mastercard are considering raising interchange fees on card transactions in the U.S. Visa and Mastercard generate most of their revenue from these small processing fees, and it could have implications...
Topics: Mastercard
MIB: Joe Davis, Vanguard’s Chief Economist
This week, we speak with Joseph H. Davis, Ph.D. He is Vanguard Group’s global chief economist and head of Vanguard Investment Strategy Group; he is also a member of the senior portfolio management team for Vanguard Fixed Income Group. (Vanguard...
Topics: Vanguard
How to save money: A step-by-step guide for millennials
Put down the latte and listen up: If you're like the millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, saving money needs to be on the top of your to-do list. Like, stat.
Understanding personal finance can be intimidating. You know how much...
Widow with MS sells home after being denied late husband's pension. It's all because of a...
After her husband died suddenly, a New Mexico woman was left unable to claim a pension she needed.
Should Penalty Calls Be Reviewable?
from Wayne Fish of the Courier Times,
Now for all the naysayers who cry the game is already too long, we have the solution: Go to commercial break for the 30 seconds (or longer) it would take to sort out the mess (and cut in to the total amount...
Demaryius Thomas Suffers Minor Injuries in Rollover Car Crash
Free-agent wide receiver Demaryius Thomas suffered minor injuries after he rolled over his vehicle in downtown Denver early Saturday morning...
A Closer Look at eBay's Payments Opportunity
eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) aren't renewing their operating agreement that was penned when the online marketplace business spun off the payments business. The two companies jointly announced the plan about a year ago during their...
Topics: Ebay, Nasdaq, US Equity Markets, Paypal
Dunkin Brands Talks Espresso Opportunities and Growing Pains
First, broaden the restaurant's appeal for consumers while making the business more efficient and profitable for franchisees. Then, aggressively expand the store base westward across the country. That's Dunkin' Brands' (NASDAQ: DNKN) growth...
Topics: Nasdaq, US Equity Markets