Month: October 2020

David Rea, president of Salem Investment Counselors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Salem Investment Counselors Stock prices are “OK” — neither cheap nor pricy — given prevailing interest rates and other factors like federal stimulus money that’s been pumped into the U.S. economy since the spring, according to David Rea, the president of Salem Investment Counselors. The Winston-Salem,
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The two-story box-like home, which is on the market for $12.9 million, has an indoor pool and cinema … [+] room CGP Design Do unusual homes require a different kind of sales marketing? The owner of this converted Cold War bunker in northwest London clearly thinks so. The sales particulars for this 10,000-square-foot concrete house
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Garmin was once a rising star in consumer electronics, with its personal navigation devices a common sight on car dashboards and in hikers’ backpacks. The company’s heyday — roughly the late 1990s to around 2008 — ended with the birth of GPS-enabled smartphones from Apple and Google, which offered convenience and features like real-time traffic data Garmin
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Chamath Palihapitiya Olivia Michael | CNBC Chamath Palihapitiya has found his next SPAC target — Clover Health, a Medicare insurance startup backed by Alphabet. Clover will go public via a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III, a special purpose acquisition company. The deal values Clover at $3.7 billion and includes up to $1.2 billion
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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Democrats and Republicans still seem unable to find common ground on enhanced unemployment benefits, more than two months after the expiration of a prior, $600 weekly subsidy that had buoyed household income for millions. White House officials and senior congressional Democrats are still trying
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Abraham Lincoln statue in front of the Illinois State Capital Building in Springfield, Illinois getty Longtime readers with particularly good memories may recall my first actuary-splainer: “Why Public Pension Pre-Funding Matters.” Knowing that many public pensions have had a long legacy of unfunding, and that the elected officials in charge of those plans have been
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Crowdcube co-founder and CEO Darren Westlake. Crowdcube LONDON — British start-up investing platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs are set to merge in an industry-shaking deal that will create a £140 million ($181.4 million) equity crowdfunding powerhouse. Crowdcube and Seedrs, founded in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, shook up the capital markets by allowing the
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