Month: August 2019

At the beginning of the year, the Fed was expected to increase interest rates in the midst of a booming economy. Now, just months later, it has reversed course, not just maintaining interest rates, but dropping them. They seem to know something we don’t know. Or, perhaps, the writing is on the wall and we’re
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A job seeker shakes hands with a representative during a Hiring Our Heroes career fair in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its new state level employment report on August 16, 2019. Photographer: Allison Hess/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP The federal government just released its
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An international air traveler is cleared by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer inside the U.S. Customs and Immigration area at Dulles International Airport. Paul J. Richards | AFP | Getty Images A computer problem on Friday prevented U.S. immigration officials from processing arrivals at airports around the country, officials said. It wasn’t immediately
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U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services | Handout | Reuters An investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s possible suicide attempt last month —
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President Donald Trump held a conference call with the CEOs of the three biggest U.S. banks as the stock market plunged Wednesday. Trump held the call with J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Bank of America‘s Brian Moynihan and Citigroup‘s Michael Corbat, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Dow plunged 800 points, or 3%, in
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Congratulations, you have finally signed your estate planning documents. Now, where do you keep them?   Many lawyers (myself included) will hold your original documents in their firm’s will vault. Years ago, that consisted of an actual vault or bank safe that was locked and fire proof. Nowadays, many law firms use fireproof, locked file cabinets.
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The Long Island City skyline from across the East River on September 19, 2017. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images If Long Island City, N.Y. needed Amazon, you wouldn’t know it from continued robust development, sales and leasing momentum just across the East River from Midtown Manhattan. For many years
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The “Fast Money ” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Industrials ETF puts. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Target. Dan Nathan was a seller of the Financials ETF. Guy Adami was a buyer of Eastman Chemical.  Disclosure Trader disclosure: Pete is long calls ALLY, AMD, DISCA, DOCU,
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FRANKFORT, KY – APRIL 13: Kentucky Public school teachers rally for a “day of action” at the Kentucky State Capitol to try to pressure legislators to override Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s recent veto of the state’s tax and budget bills April 13, Getty Images Earlier this week, the National Institute on Retirement Security published a
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Nearly three years into the Trump Administration, you may think the pendulum for banking regulations — Dodd-Frank rules created after the 2008 crisis — has swung to a more permissive position. President Trump campaigned promising to dial back regulations, and legislators from both parties promised some “recalibration.” Certainly, some changes have happened. Following the 2018
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