Month: April 2019

Consumer goods group Unilever reported stronger than expected quarterly underlying sales growth, helped by higher prices and volume, and strength in emerging markets. The maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream also on Thursday stood by its outlook for the full year, which calls for underlying sales growth in the lower half
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In New York City, home to our nation’s financial markets, a staggering 74 percent of its students are considered economically disadvantaged. They are parallel worlds, a few miles apart and largely invisible to one another. This is an increasing challenge across our country: How do we build a path to economic mobility for more of
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If you’re like me, watching 34-year-old professional sports gambler James Holzhauer on Jeopardy! may make you feel pretty dense. He is just so knowledgeable about just about everything. His unique strategy of finding Daily Doubles and betting aggressively has paid off big time. And in a 10-day streak, he’s already shattered his own record with a $131,127 single-day win.  His 10-day
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An interview with billionaire quantitative investor and co-founder of AQR Capital Management, Cliff Asness. In this interview, Cliff discusses his momentum trading strategy and how to exploit other investors psychology. Cliff also talks about the worth of Hedge Funds, Bubbles and Liberty.?Books by Cliff Asness and books on him are located at the bottom of
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Uber has announced a deal for a $1 billion investment in its self-driving vehicle unit, just weeks before its initial public offering. Toyota and Japanese auto-parts supplier Denso will together invest $667 million, while Softbank’s Vision Fund will invest $333 million. SoftBank is already Uber’s largest shareholder and Toyota invested $500 million last year. The
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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Intuitive Surgical plummeted more than 6 percent in extended trading Thursday following the release of the company’s disappointing first-quarter earnings. Intuitive Surgical posted earnings per share of $2.61, missing Refinitiv estimates of $2.70. Revenue was in line with estimates at $974 million. Pinterest shares
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel reported this week that they have “printed” the world’s first 3D vascularized engineered heart using a patient’s own cells and biological materials. Their findings were published on April 15 in a study in Advanced Science. Image of the 3-D vascularized engineered heart printed in the TAU laboratory.
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Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Obamacare could eventually be replaced by Medicare for All, and that’s bad news for big health insurers, the biggest beneficiaries of the program. Medicare for All, a healthcare system operated by the government, has been gaining traction recently on both ends of the political spectrum. And that
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Smart security products have become increasingly popular in recent years. Among them are smart locks, which allow you to secure your doors remotely and give you a way to get back into your home through your smartphone when you’ve forgotten your keys. To help you wade through the many options available now, we’ve rounded up some of
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When it comes to emerging tech companies, investors are clearly rewarding growth and profitability above all else. Videoconferencing company Zoom and social media site Pinterest both debuted on the public markets today and immediately rallied from their IPO prices. But Zoom went up significantly more, giving it an early valuation of $16.7 billion, topping Pinterest’s
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American Express on Thursday reported lower earnings in the first quarter but earnings per share beat estimates. The New York-based company said it had net income of $1.55 billion, or $1.80 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $2.01 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts
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