Month: May 2019

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, third from left, attends the opening bell ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange, as his company makes its initial public offering, Friday, May 10, 2019. Richard Drew | AP Uber’s underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, were so worried the company’s initial public offering had run into trouble, they deployed a
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Founders: Rob Frohwein (CEO), Kathryn Petralia (President), Marc Gorlin Launched: 2009Headquarters: AtlantaFunding: $489 millionValuation: $1.2 billion (PitchBook)Key technologies: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, machine learningIndustry: Credit, financial services, lending Small businesses are continuously touted as the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, but it doesn’t seem like the big banks know that. Getting a loan from any
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Americans have a problem with retirement confidence. The problem is that they’re too confident about their retirement finances. More retired Americans than ever are confident they will be able to live comfortably in retirement, but many of them could be fooling themselves. The percentage of retirees who are confident they’ll be able to live comfortably
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Despite interest rates sinking to 14-month lows earlier this year, overall mortgage originations dipped over the first quarter of the year—and pretty significantly. According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, mortgage originations fell to $344 billion for Q1 2019, down nearly $60 billion from last quarter and the poorest-performing
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Jeffrey Gundlach Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach warned investors Tuesday that the U.S. is unequipped for recession as it becomes increasingly strapped by debt. “Any thoughtful person would be concerned,” the so-called “bond king” said in a webcast. “It’s sounding like a pretty bad cocktail of economic risk, and
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Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that could lead to millions of small business employees get workplace retirement savings plans for the first time, two key Senators said Photo credit: Associated Press Congress is ready to boost the access for millions of small business employees to workplace savings plans, two key Senators said today.
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Shoppers pass the Christmas lights and Coca-Cola truck in Liverpool city centre. Peter Byrne | PA Images | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Tuesday: Coca-Cola — Coca-Cola rose 2% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the company to overweight from equal weight. Morgan Stanley said it raised Coke’s valuation because the company’s current
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Mark Cuban, billionaire investor and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, told CNBC on Tuesday that Uber’s disappointing initial public offering last week was “not a surprise” because the ride-hailing company waited too long to go public, losing the momentum early companies typically have. “It’s not a growth company,” Cuban said in a phone interview
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