Eileen Murray, co-chief executive officer of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Bloomberg Business of Equality conference in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bridgewater’s co-CEO Eileen Murray is leaving the world’s largest hedge fund, a press release from the company on Tuesday said. She will
Month: December 2019
Charitable donations generally kick into high gear on “Giving Tuesday,” a single day specifically focused on charity in the shopping-heavy week after Thanksgiving. Since its start, the #GivingTuesday effort has raised more than $1 billion online in the U.S. alone. And yet, the new tax law has taken its toll. In terms of total dollars,
Getty For the past several years, I’ve made an annual credit-card donation to a particular charity. This year, I waited until #GivingTuesday — that’s today, Dec. 3, when charities encourage people to donate online. I held off because I knew that on #GivingTuesday, the charity would be able to match my donation several times over.
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin In addition to Trump’s financial records, the committees are seeking information on his children … [+] Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Topline: A federal court said Tuesday it will not stop Deutsche Bank and Capital One from handing over ten years of President
In Los Angeles, a salary of least $124,080 is needed to buy a home with a median price of $649,600. Getty The dream of homeownership is alive and well for many Americans despite considerable obstacles, including rising home prices, saving for a down payment and student debt. Real estate and data analytics provider CoreLogic today
Isabel Pavia | Moment | Getty Images Derived from the Swedish term “flygskam” where the movement originated, “flight shame” is having a notable effect on the way people think about traveling. The concept aims to get people to stop traveling by plane in order to lower carbon emissions and has gained momentum thanks to environmental
Buildings along Victoria Harbor at night in Hong Kong, on April 29, 2019. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Law Ka-chung stepped down as chief economist at the Hong Kong unit of a Chinese state-owned bank and has alleged he was forced to do so because he is a native of Hong Kong, the
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The biggest stock winners this year are leading the market decline on Monday as investors dumped momentum stocks after market sentiment turned sour. The top 10 performers this year in the S&P 500 are all in the red on the first
Kerkez | Getty Images There are certain traditions you probably want to keep this holiday season. Ballooning credit-card debts shouldn’t be one of them. Yet a recent survey from CreditCards.com found that 45% of all card holders are willing to take on holiday-related credit-card debt this season. Meanwhile, some 41% of adults who have a
Getty How much do you need to save in order to retire? This is a very common question, and the answer sometimes gives people sticker shock. Fortunately, simply working a bit longer or taking a closer look at spending can make a very big difference. One rule heard often, for example, is that by 67
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The dispute over Hong Kong could derail trade talks. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Topline: Days after President Trump signed into law a bill supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, China hit back with limits on the U.S. Navy and critical nonprofit organizations, with the escalating
Getting mixed-use megadevelopments planned, built and marketed demands sophisticated multidisciplinary strategies and an equally sophisticated team of design, building and marketing pros. The obstacles are Herculean, but the paybacks can be equally enormous. That’s because megadevelopments — outsized, mixed-use ventures that blend a wide range of property types into big, dazzling, enticing destinations — represent
CNBC’s Jim Cramer advises investors to hold off from putting new money to work as stocks pull back from their record highs. The “Mad Money” host breaks down why Elizabeth Warren’s back peddle on her health care proposal is a boon for the managed-care stock of United Health. Later in the show, he takes a
Rob Bernshteyn, CEO, Coupa Software Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Shares of Coupa Software slipped more than 2% during extended trading after the cloud services company reported third-quarter earnings. Coupa posted earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $101.8 million in the third quarter. The
Six of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies had a combined “tax gap” of more than $100 billion this decade, according to a new analysis. Fair Tax Mark, a British organization that certifies businesses for good tax conduct, assessed global tax payments from Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google and Microsoft between 2010 and 2019. The companies are
Mark II Unitorque electric pumping unit at a crude oil well site outside South Heart, North Dakota. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pretty much every trade has worked on Wall Street this year except one: natural gas. Futures prices fell to a one-month low on Friday after plunging more than 12% for the
Pictured: (l-r) Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute and Steve Carell as Michael Scott in an episode of “The Office.” Justin Lubin | NBCU Photo Bank If you’re like many workers, you’ll be shopping online while you’re working today. A recent survey from Robert Half Technology, a human resources consulting company, found that 52% of employees
US President Donald Trump shows a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping as he announces an initial trade deal with China at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 11, 2019. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Resurgent optimism about the future of U.S. trade policy, along with a
DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 25: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn poses for a selfie with a WASPI … [+] (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigner in Renishaw on November 25, 2019 in Derbyshire, England. A day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched the Conservative manifesto, Jeremy Corbyn is expected to announce Labour’s housing policy. (Photo by
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 13: A plane comes into land at Heathrow Airport on September 13, 2019 in … [+] London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Getty Images Fasten your safety belts. Jeremy Cape of Squire Patton Boggs explains the U.K.’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) and one group’s proposal to impose a frequent flyer