Notepad kept on table in empty conference room Getty Board meetings can be a positive part of your company strategy and corporate governance. Here’s how to make the most of them and your board. Before the Board Meeting A short telephone call to each board member a week or so before the board meeting is
Month: July 2019
An array of laser beams for protection Fry Design Ltd | Photographer’s Choice | Getty Images The U.K. government says it’s developing laser and radio frequency weapons that could “revolutionize the battlefield.” In a statement Tuesday, the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) said the weapons – dubbed Directed Energy Weapons, or DEW – would be
Getty Images PepsiCo on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations. Shares of the company rose less than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.54, adjusted, vs. $1.50 expected Revenue: $16.449
An investor watches the electronic board at a stock exchange hall in Hangzhou, China. VCG | Getty Images U.S.-listed wealth management company Noah Holdings is the latest Chinese firm to have its shares knocked by the disclosure of ties to a criminal detention. Chinese authorities have made local headlines in the last week with reports of
Big players on the Wall Street have termed Deutsche Bank’s major restructuring drive as “very deep,” “radical” as well as “challenging.” Deutsche Bank announced Sunday that it will pull out of its global equities sales and trading operations, scale back its investment banking and slash thousands of jobs as part of a sweeping restructuring plan
Student borrower looks for a job. Jonathan Alcorn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mary O’Mara is worried about her son. Every day the 27-year-old comes home from his job as a supervisor at a big-box retailer and heads right to his bedroom. He doesn’t emerge until the morning. “He just sleeps,” O’Mara, 62, said. “He’s
We all want our children to be successful in the future, and there are creative and tax-efficient ways to help them from the time they are born. Getty When you have a baby, it’s hard to imagine that baby retiring from a 40-year career. But it’ll happen. If you’ve already figured out your retirement plan
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Bathroom remodels were the top home improvement project for 2018. New Bathroom Idea Book/Delta Faucet Company What are homeowners spending on when it comes to their properties? Home project resource firm HomeAdvisor’s annual State of Home Spending Report shares some insights on that topic, from solving
The average life expectancy in the U.S. has been on the decline for three consecutive years. A baby born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, which is down from 78.7 the year before, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell needs to stress the institution’s independence as he testifies before Congress this week, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “At a certain point, he has to reassert the independence of the Fed and that he is not going to do what the president tells him to do,” Cramer said on “Squawk
A salesman carries a Best Buy shopping basket in San Francisco, California. Getty Images Best Buy is undervalued next to its peers as it continues to innovate within consumer electronics and provides more services for its customers, according to Guggenheim. Guggenheim initiated coverage of Best Buy with a buy rating and an $80 price target,
Tetra Images | Getty Images It’s no secret that Social Security needs to be tweaked in order to fix the program’s solvency. And research from the latest Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey shows just how far Americans think politicians need to go to shore up the system. Just 8% of Americans surveyed said they think the
Where are the customers’ yachts? Getty If you invested as little as $200 a month in the stock market for the last 40 years, you should be a millionaire today. If you made the investments, but are not a millionaire, here’s what has likely gone wrong and how to fix it. While researching my list
Herb Kelleher completely disrupted the airline industry when he founded Southwest Airlines in the 1970s. Kelleher was trying to democratize airlines – an industry that had previously catered to the wealthy and glamorous “jet set.” His goal was to make flying affordable and attainable for everyone – regardless of their economic conditions. As the housing
Attendees wave Greek flags during a during a pre-election rally with Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photographer: Yorgos Karahalis/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP It is now a full decade since Greece sparked a sovereign debt crisis that threatened to rip a hole in the fabric of the Eurozone. On Sunday, July 7, 2019 Greece held a sixth
Adam Mosseri, Facebook Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Adam Mosseri, the head of Facebook-owned Instagram, said the company is willing to make decisions that keep its users safe from online bullying, even if it leads to decreased usage. “We will make decisions that mean people use Instagram less if it keeps people more safe,” Mosseri told
People shop in an Apple retail store in Grand Central Terminal, January 29, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Apple— Shares of Apple fell more than 2% after receiving a downgrade from Wall Street on Monday. Rosenblatt Securities cut the stock to
People exit Deutsche Bank’s Manhattan headquarters with white envelopes that are reportedly their exit papers following news that the global banking giant will be letting go of thousands of employees due to a major restructuring at the German bank on July 08, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The scene was
Walter B. McKenzie | Getty Images Where you live can have a big impact on whether you’re able to amass a security nest egg. Experts generally recommend you have at least six months’ cash on hand in case you lose your job or have a medical or other emergency. However, data from personal finance website
Chicago River with boats and traffic from above in the morning Getty Last week, between cookouts and fireworks, it came to my attention that the City of Chicago CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) for 2018 has now been issued, alongside the actuarial reports for three of the four pension funds (the police are a bit
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