Month: November 2019

The Las Vegas City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that criminalizes camping or sleeping on … [+] downtown streets when beds are available at established shelters. Getty Images The Las Vegas City Council approved a controversial ordinance Wednesday that makes it illegal to rest, sleep or camp on streets and sidewalks in public areas downtown
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NEW YORK, NY, The Maybach S650 by Mercedes-Benz at the New York International Auto Show. (Photo by … [+] Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has proposed a number of new taxes on high-income households. Add them up and many of the very wealthiest could pay
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An Airbus A380-800 passenger plane of the Emirates Airlines at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. Mikhail Tereshchenko | TASS | Getty Images DUBAI — Emirates airline reported a massive comeback in its half-year earnings Thursday with a 282% jump in profits to 862 million dirhams ($235 million), thanks in part to lower fuel prices. The head-turning figure
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The Humana headquarters office stands in Louisville, Kentucky. Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. health insurer Humana reported a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday on higher sales of its government-backed Medicare Advantage health plans and raised its full-year earnings forecast. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall
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Businessman looking tired while working at his office desk Getty Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are on fire—and we need to be very careful not to get burned. Here’s the twist: there’s plenty more upside ahead—and you can thank the Fed for that. Its latest rate cuts will keep powering REITs higher, for two reasons:
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses the possibility of suspending a retirement benefit to then get spousal benefits, when spousal benefits can be paid, suspending a benefit after receiving disability, potential merits of early filing and voluntarily paying into Social Security. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer explains why Xerox’s reported bid for HP will not materialize, while also giving his thoughts on the benefits of mergers and acquisitions. The “Mad Money” host also talks with CVS’ CEO on the health-care giants’ impressive quarter and his reflections on teen vaping. Later on, Cramer explains why Lyft’s stock is worth
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Netflix has built itself into a $125 billion company by accumulating global subscribers — a number that hit 164 million when the company announced third-quarter results last month. But CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday that subscriber counts aren’t the right metric to track who’s winning the streaming wars — what’s really important is how viewers
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Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual membership meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks have been giving cheap money to investors who have been injecting it into companies that are often
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