Topeka, Kansas is among a growing list of places offering financial incentives to attract new … [+] residents. The Greater Topeka Partnership Have you ever looked on a map and wondered where else you might want to live? You might want to consider Topeka, Kansas. Under a pilot program called Choose Topeka, the capital city
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Getty Images FedEx shares slipped more than 4% in extended trading Tuesday after the shipping giant posted weaker-than-expected earnings in the second quarter. Here’s how the company compared with Wall Street’s expectations, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Adjusted earnings per share: $2.51 vs. $2.76 expected Revenue: $17.3 billion vs. $17.58 billion expected Amazon‘s foray into
A FedEx plane is parked at Ontario International Airport on February 4, 2019. Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Tuesday: FedEx — Shares of the shipping giant fell nearly 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company posted weaker-than-expected earnings. In the company’s second quarter, FedEx reported adjusted earnings per share
It’s breakfast time in Flaxville, Montana. The thermometer says it’s four degrees, but the Weather Channel says it feels like minus 3. Paul Kanning is trudging through the snow to grain bins on his nearly 3,000 acre farm. One is stuffed with dry yellow peas. “I don’t know where they’re going yet this year,” he
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Tuesday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren missed her chance to court ultra-wealthy voters who may have naturally supported her 2020 presidential run. “She’s scared people, and that’s why I think people are flocking to other candidates,” Cramer said, referring to Warren’s bank-bashing and wealth-taxing proposals. The Massachusetts Democrat, who has recently
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Holidays are a notorious time for financial fraud. Scammers capitalize on the generosity of their targets, particularly seniors. What can families do to give their older loved ones, especially aging parents a greater measure of financial safety? The World Health Organization estimates that one in six
Phil Roeder Americans are likely losing a popular retirement tax strategy next year that allows the wealthy to leave large inheritances in retirement accounts. Several retirement provisions were tucked into a bipartisan $1.4 trillion spending package that federal lawmakers must pass by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. Among the many items in the bill
The SECURE Act (Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019) just got attached to the year-end spending bill. While most of the news chatter is around its retirement provisions, the SECURE Act will also make major enhancements to 529 plans that could impact hundreds of thousands of Americans. NEW YORK, NY: Workers
Dining room CARY HOROWITZ Ex-Bear Stearns co-president is still trying to unload his historic, double-wide mansion in Greenwich Village. Having listed the house for $59.5 million several times since February 2017, the price was dropped to $50 million last week. The property has a storied history in finance, along with academia, that dates back to
An Eli Lilly & Co. logo is seen on the cap of a pill bottle in this arranged photograph at a pharmacy in Princeton, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Tuesday forecast a higher-than-expected profit for 2020, citing growing demand for its medicines including diabetes drug Trulicity and psoriatic arthritis
Boeing is planning to suspend production of its beleaguered 737 Max planes next month, the company said Monday, a drastic step after the Federal Aviation Administration said its review of the planes would continue into next year, dashing the manufacturer’s forecast. Boeing’s decision to temporarily shut down production, made after months of a cash-draining global
The Technology Select Sector ETF, the XLK, is up over 3.5% in the past week. The rally in technology stocks earned the sector another record high on Monday, and history suggests the winning streak will continue through the end of the year. Coming into December, many investors were fearful about a big market drop, a
A man browsing the channel selections on TV at his home in Las Vegas. Getty Images In 1996, Bill Gates said “content is king,” and his words became a truism in the media and telecommunications industry. But over the last ten years, it turned out that content distributors — AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Netflix —
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on small business at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court will determine next year whether investigators may finally get a glimpse at President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The court said on
An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Boeing facilities at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, September 16, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing will still burn more than $1 billion a month even after halting 737 Max production, according to J.P. Morgan. Boeing’s decision to stop suspend production of
Getty We often think of successful entrepreneurs as fanatical types — often young — dreaming up brilliant ideas and then taking them to market. But would you believe that over 70% of the most transformative innovations in the past 30 years came from corporate employees known as intrapreneurs? That’s what business strategist Kaihan Krippendorff discovered
Close up detail of George Washington’s portrait on the U.S. $1 note. Getty Most Americans like the wealth tax – 63%, according to The New York Times. That comfortable majority includes 77% of Democrats and more than half of all Republicans. “Men and women like it,” observed the Times. “So do the young and the old. The proposal
The new March of Dimes headquarters in Crystal City, VA is designed by Wingate Hughes Architects. Elliott O’Donovan ARLINGTON, VA—Amazon isn’t the only big name company taking up residence in northern Virginia. The national nonprofit, March of Dimes, recently moved its headquarters from White Plains, New York to Crystal City, Virginia, to be closer the
The merger of International Flavors & Fragrances and DuPont’s nutrition and biosciences unit will create a company with double the research and development of any of its rivals, DuPont’s chairman said. “This creates the global leader across all the ingredients spaces. It’s the broadest portfolio by far, and we’ll have double the R&D of any
An employee fits a battery pack under a Tesla Model S automobile on the final assembly at the Tesla Motors Inc. factory Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Credit Suisse thinks Tesla‘s focus on its electric vehicle batteries, both in development and production, is a key advantage for Elon Musk’s company over other automakers.