Month: September 2019

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. is weighing down companies’ investment decisions. “I think it is the case that uncertainty around trade policy is causing some companies to hold back now on investment,” Powell said in Switzerland. ”We’ve been hearing quite a bit about uncertainty. So
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For years, many workers nearing retirement have professed plans to work part-time during retirement. But few retirees have actually continued working part-time. Things are changing. A recent survey of pre-retirees and retirees shows that the gap between planning to work in retirement and doing so has narrowed. I have to confess I was a little
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Three of Wall Street’s top-performing IPO stocks in 2019 tumbled late on Thursday after the companies’ quarterly results failed to satisfy investors and justify their high valuations. Zoom Video Communications dropped 2% in extended trade, even after the videoconferencing provider’s quarterly results and full-year outlook beat analysts’ expectations. Cybersecurity company Crowdstrike tumbled 8.7% after it
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American Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane seen in Caracas Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images An American Airlines mechanic has been arrested and charged with sabotaging an aircraft’s navigation system before a flight in July, forcing crew to abort takeoff from Miami, according to an affidavit filed in federal court
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A display for facial recognition and artificial intelligence is seen on monitors at Huawei’s Bantian campus on April 26, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images China’s seemingly unfettered push into facial recognition is getting some high-level pushback. Face-swapping app Zao went viral last weekend, but it subsequently triggered a backlash from media
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Even after a significant infusion of cash, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is doing little in the way of forgiveness. Just 661 out of about 54,000 applicants, or roughly 1%, of loans have been discharged under the expanded program, a government report has found. “It’s not surprising,” said student loan expert Mark Kantrowitz. “The
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Trump’s Trade War Is Hurting Manufacturing Getty President Trump’s trade war is taking a toll on the economy. Manufacturing is already feeling much of the fallout due to the higher costs, fewer overseas market and greater economic uncertainty. Yet manufacturing jobs aren’t distributed evenly across the country. Not surprisingly, employment growth has slowed more in
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