Posts Tagged by Stocks
Elon Musk said he deleted his Twitter account. He has not. (TSLA)
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Sunday that he had “just deleted” his Twitter account. As of Monday morning, the account was still live. The message was the culmination of a strange weekend for the billionaire on Twitter, in which he criticized Tesla’s co-founder and refused […]
Storytelling and diversity on the agenda at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
More than 10,000 creatives from around the world have descended on Cannes this week for the French city’s other big festival – the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. read more >>> Source:: EuroNews.Com
A healthcare startup that works with Uber and Palantir just raised $205 million from investors led by SoftBank Vision Fund
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Collective Health, a startup that works with employers to provide health insurance to their workers, just raised $205 million in a round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund. The company helps employers build out health plans that fit their needs by adding technology with the hope […]
U.S. companies’ message to Trump: Don’t expand China tariffs
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Hundreds of businesses, trade groups and individuals are pleading with U.S. President Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese goods that he hasn’t already hit with 25 per cent import taxes. read more >>> Source:: CTVNews.Ca
Employees of unicorns are cashing out before their start-up goes public. It shows how rocky this year’s big IPOs have been.
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Some Slack employees are selling their stakes in the start-up in the month leading up to an expected IPO, data from secondary marketplace Forge show. The rocky public debuts of Lyft and Uber have spooked some employees in Silicon Valley, who want to get cash […]
Stocks are rising before Fed meets as rate cuts are front and center; Hong Kong shelves its extradition bill, helping sentiment
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Stocks rose on Monday after Hong Kong’s chief executive suspended a controversial extradition bill over the weekend. Investors also bet the Federal Reserve would signal its intention to cut interest rates in the coming months when it meets later this week. View Markets Insider’s homepage […]
Huawei hammered: Chinese tech giant forecasts 40% drop in smartphone sales after US blacklisting nightmare
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Huawei is forecasting a 40% drop in international smartphone sales in 2019 after it was blacklisted in the US. The firm’s CEO Ren Zhengfei confirmed the news at an event on Monday after it was first reported by Bloomberg. The outlook is so bad that […]
Boeing CEO Admits ‘Mistake’ Made With Embattled 737 Max Jets
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Dennis Muilenburg conceded the planemaker made an error in its in handling of a warning-system problem in its 737 Max jet. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Boeing says ‘sorry’ for Max crashes, seeking renewed trust
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Boeing executives apologized Monday to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as the U.S. plane maker struggles to regain trust of regulators, pilots and the global travelling public. read more >>> Source:: CTVNews.Ca
Huawei founder says revenue will be billions below forecast
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Huawei’s founder likened his company to a badly damaged plane Monday and said revenues will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years. read more >>> Source:: CTVNews.Ca
Real Estate Pros Say These Design Trends Don’t Work
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Some of the biggest fads today could make homes harder to sell tomorrow, agents warn. read more >>> Source:: Realtor.org
Asian shares mostly higher as investors look ahead to Fed
| 06/17/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Asian shares were mostly higher Monday amid a wait-and-see attitude about the direction of interest rates and the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. read more >>> Source:: CTVNews.Ca
‘Trump Heights’: Netanyahu dedicates new settlement in Golan Heights to US president
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman called the gesture a “birthday present” to Trump, who turned 73 on Friday. read more >>> Source:: CNBC.Com
Boeing CEO admits ‘mistake’ with 737 Max ahead of Paris Air Show, as analysts note ‘ominous dark cloud’ hanging over the entire industry
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg admitted his firm made mistakes that were “not acceptable” in handling a safety feature that’s been implicated in two deadly crashes of the company’s signature 737 Max aircraft. Ahead of the aircraft industry’s premier event, Boeing is promising more transparency as […]
Mindfulness profits as meditation apps mature
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
According to figures from Marketdata, the US mindfulness market as a whole, including the dozens of apps on offer, topped $1 billion in 2017, and should double that by 2022. read more >>> Source:: CTVNews.Ca
THE AI IN INSURANCE REPORT: How forward-thinking insurers are using AI to slash costs and boost customer satisfaction as disruption looms
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
This is a preview of the AI in Insurance research report from Business Insider Intelligence. 14-Day Risk Free Trial: Get full access to this and all Fintech industry research reports. The insurance sector has fallen behind the curve of financial services innovation — and that’s […]
Boeing CEO concedes ‘mistake’ with planes in 2 fatal crashes
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes of the top-selling plane killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the U.S. aircraft maker tries to get […]
I signed up for $1 million of life insurance before I ever had a family, and it sounds like a lot — but if I could do it again, I’d get twice as much
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may receive a small commission from our partners, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. Eric Rosenberg signed up for a $1 million […]
‘Deaths of despair’ are taking more lives of millennial Americans than any other generation
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
|
More millennials are dying “deaths of despair” — deaths related to drugs, alcohol, and suicide, reported Jamie Ducharme for TIME, citing a new report. There are several reasons behind the increase, including financial burdens specific to the millennial generation — like student loan debt and […]
Here’s how this founder convinced Silicon Valley heavyweights Paul Graham and Peter Thiel to invest $5.8 million in his startup — without using a pitch deck
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
On Tuesday, Dubai-based Tenderd announced it raised $5.8 million in seed funding from some of the biggest names in tech investing, including Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham and Founders Fund founder Peter Thiel. Tenderd, a heavy equipment rental company, is only the second Middle Eastern […]
The inside story at uBiome, disrupting Wall Street from within, and Peloton’s prospects
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Hello! When the three founders of the “microbial-genomics” startup uBiome began collecting human poop, they kept it in an erstwhile storage closet, inside secondhand freezers from a discount-lab-supply website. It was a far cry from a state-of-the-art facility. So starts Erin Brodwin’s inside story on […]
This chart shows just how much Facebook, Google and Amazon dominate the digital economy (FB, GOOG, AMZN)
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
The chart below shows the amount of power that three of the biggest tech companies have in key sectors of the digital economy. 2 out of every 3 digital ad dollars in the US goes to Facebook, Google or Amazon, according to eMarketer data. Tech […]
Beware the ‘perfect storm of negative events’ one expert says will send stocks crashing
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Optimism is creeping back into the stock market amid expectations of trade-war progress, and as analysts across Wall Street prime investors for strong second-half earnings. Vincent Deluard, a macro strategist at INTL FCStone, says investors should avoid being swept up in what could be a […]
This 28-year-old short seller’s hedge fund made a 24% return last year. Now she’s eyeing the ballooning US debt pile.
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Short seller Fahmi Quadir, who runs the fund Safkhet Capital in New York, made a 24% return last year. In an interview with Business Insider, Quadir said her winning trades come from focusing on shorting companies with “predatory business models.” The 28-year-old is currently eyeing […]
Google ‘doodle’ by Ontario Ojibwe artist celebrates jingle dress dance
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
A brightly-coloured illustration celebrating the popular Indigenous jingle dress dance adorned Google’s homepage on Saturday, courtesy of Ojibwe artist Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. read more >>> Source:: CTVNews.Ca
Massive Target Register Outage Causes Confusion At Stores Nationwide
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
The company said a technical glitch caused a register shutdown for two hours. For some customers, it felt like the end of the world. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
REPORT: Ant Financial and Tencent are rapidly growing their financial services ecosystems — here’s exactly what they offer and where we think they’ll go next (TCEHY)
| 06/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
This is a preview of the Fintech Disruptors from the East research report from Business Insider Intelligence. 14-Day Risk Free Trial: Get full access to this and all Fintech industry research reports. Over the past 15 years, spending in China has become increasingly powered by […]
Trump warns of a ‘market crash the likes of which has not been seen before’ if he loses 2020 election — but economists are worried he’s causing a recession on his own
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
US President Donald Trump warned Saturday of a massive market crash if he’s not re-elected in 2020. The President has previously warned that the economy could tank if he’s removed from office. Economists, investors, business owners, and consumers, meanwhile, worry about an economic downturn from […]
How to invest in index funds to build long-term wealth
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may receive a small commission from our partners, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. Index funds are beloved by financial planners and […]
JPMorgan has cut nearly two-dozen people in a group responsible for preventing traders from making risky bets
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
JPMorgan Chase has cut more than 20 people in a group responsible for preventing traders from making risky bets. Nearly two-dozen executive directors in the bank’s Model Risk Governance & Review Group were culled this month, according to people familiar with the matter. The group, […]
The coming antitrust fights are an existential battle over how to protect capitalism (GOOGL, FB, AMZN)
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
For the first time in a generation, Washington is questioning what it means to protect American Capitalism. Big tech companies like Google and Facebook, with their seemingly free products, are forcing lawmakers to consider whether monopoly power manifests itself in more than just higher prices […]
Firms that shunned ETFs are embracing a new kind of fund, which could help them stem the hundreds of billions they’re losing each year
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
In May, the SEC gave the green light to a new kind of exchange-traded fund. Unlike traditional ETFs, the so-called “non-transparent active ETF” is managed much like a mutual fund instead of being tied to an index like the S&P 500, and the portfolio manager […]
The US economy is resisting a slowdown plaguing the rest of the world. Here’s why one Wall Street expert worries its fortunes are about to change.
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
The US economy has been resilient amid struggles in other developed countries. However, there are looming threats to this unique position, according to Alain Bokobza, the head of global asset allocation and equity strategy at Societe Generale. He advised using commodities as a hedge against […]
Here’s why this Amazon executive says shopping with Alexa is ‘going to be even more exciting than the launch of the iPhone’
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Amazon is betting its knowledge of its customers, combined with the booming adoption of smart speakers and voice assistants, is the future of transactions. “Trust takes decades to build and an instant to lose, and we’re paranoid about that,” says Amazon Pay’s Patrick Gauthier. Visit […]
The creator of ‘Pokémon Go’ is suing an ‘association of hackers’ that it says helps players cheat at its games
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Niantic, the creator of “Pokémon Go” and the forthcoming “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,” has filed suit against Global++, an “association of hackers” that allegedly makes and distributes “hacked” versions of its games. Those versions, which Niantic calls “hacked” and Global++ calls “tweaked,” give players what […]
A mock-up of the redesigned $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman leaked — after it was delayed by the Trump administration
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
The New York Times published a leaked preliminary mock-up of a $20 bill featuring former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, despite the Trump administration announcing a delay of the bill. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the design of the $20 bill would be unveiled […]
UAW Loses In Second Attempt To Unionize VW Plant In Tennessee
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
The election underscores the challenges unions still face in organizing workers in the South. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
7 of the most common ways people die while in transit
| 06/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
You have more choices than ever for traveling from one destination to another, and thanks to modern technology, mass transportation is the safest it’s ever been. Most modern passenger cars and trucks are equipped with active safety features like automatic emergency braking and intelligent cruise […]
Slack just hinted at how many shares could be for sale in its direct listing next week
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
A new filing from Slack gives insight into how many shares may be available for sale when the office chat company goes public in its direct listing next week. 180 million company executives, investors and employees have converted their high-vote Class B stock into Class […]
A California-based chip company just took a $2 billion hit following Trump’s Huawei ban
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Chipmaker Broadcom slashed its annual revenue outlook by $2 billion, marking one of the first instances in which the financial impact of Huawei’s blacklisting on a US company have been partly quantified. In its earnings report, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan attributed the slowdown to “geopolitical […]
Here’s how the rise of non-bank lending is impacting the housing market
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
housing warning with Chris Brummer, Georgetown Law professor, and Olick read more >>> Source:: CNBC.Com
UBS puts its chief economist on leave following outrage over ‘Chinese pig’ comment (UBS)
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Paul Donovan, UBS’s chief global economist, was placed on leave from his role on Thursday for a comment he made about Chinese pork. Donovan is a British economist that’s been with the Swiss bank for more than 26 years and regularly comments on macroepigconomic trends. […]
How to open a high-yield savings account online to earn up to 200 times more interest on your money
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Signing up for a new high-yield savings account online can take as little as five minutes at most popular online banks. You just need to verify your identity, provide some information, and connect your other bank accounts if you wish. High-yield savings accounts offer 2% […]
EU blocks Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel joint venture
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Plans to form a landmark joint venture between Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel have been rejected by EU regulators over concerns that the deal would push up prices and reduce competition read more >>> Source:: EuroNews.Com
The 10 most common hobbies among the richest people in world, from aviation to real estate
| 06/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
Comments off
|
Philanthropy is the most popular hobby among billionaires, according to Wealth-X’s 2019 Billionaire Census. Sports, boating, and travel are also popular pastimes among the richest people in the world, according to Wealth-X. The hobbies of the richest billionaires are different from billionaires with net worths […]
