Month: June 2020

Jay Clayton, chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission told Hertz, which filed for bankruptcy during the pandemic, that the regulator has issues with the rental car company’s plan to sell stock.  “In this particular situation we have let the company know that
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Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage Adam Jeffery | CNBC In late March, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing mom-and-pop shops across the country to shut down indefinitely, small business lender Kabbage furloughed a “significant number” of employees and paused its lending operation, anticipating the contraction in its customer base. But CEO Rob Frohwein, who co-founded the
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Single family house on pile of money. Concept of real estate. Getty In the wake of the pandemic, mortgage interest rates have plunged to near-record lows, which has lead to an unprecedented boom in the mortgage refinance industry. However, as more and more people rush to refinance, it’s important to remember that securing a good
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People play chess at a park in Stockholm on May 29, 2020, amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND The decision to exclude Sweden from the lifting of travel restrictions between Nordic countries Finland, Denmark and Norway, following the coronavirus pandemic, “has created wounds that will take time to heal,” the country’s foreign minister told
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Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on unemployment insurance on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Pool photo by Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images) Amid the recent good news about stronger-than-expected job growth in May, some economists have eyed one labor statistic with a sense of bewilderment. Specifically, the
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin announces new sanctions on Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, January 10, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he will be talking with the Senate and others on a “bipartisan basis” about striking a balance between protecting the
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Variable Annuities Caveat In this discussion of variable annuities, I am mostly making an implicit assumption that the annuity is competitively priced. Fees reflect what is needed to support the guarantees provided by the insurance company and to keep the company profitable. But fees are not excessive such that the value to the consumer is
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Restaurants in San Francisco began opening patios and sidewalks to diners for the first time in three months as of June 12. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images States are reopening and millions of people have returned to work. In some cases, those workers may be able to continue collecting unemployment benefits. That pay
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