President Donald Trump pumps his fist after putting on a hard hat given to him before speaking to the National Electrical Contractors Association Convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ASSOCIATED PRESS Low state tax rates appear to be driving faster job growth since President Trump signed
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Tom Cruise on the set of “Top Gun.” Paramount Pictures | Sunset Boulevard | Corbis | Getty Images On Thursday, Paramount debuted the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick,” a sequel to the much beloved ’80s classic “Top Gun,” at San Diego Comic-Con. By Friday, eagle-eyed fans had spotted one big difference between the iconic
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Larry Fink Anjali Sundaram | CNBC BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Friday, as investment advisory and securities lending revenue fell and costs rose. Its institutional funds added $87.36 billion in the second quarter, up from $29.12 billion in the first quarter. Investors poured more money into BlackRock’s actively
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad is standing up to China, at home and at sea. The South China Sea, that is. That raises geopolitical risks for financial markets in the region. At home, Malaysia has dared to do something Sri Lanka, Pakistan, The Maldives and the Philippines didn’t: canceling or re-negotiating inflated
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(Photo by / Richard Drew, AP) Last January, MoneyShow.com asked the leading newsletter advisors to select their favorite stocks for 2019. Healthcare was a popular sector in that survey, with several big first half winners. Here’s a check-up on 6 financial favorites for the second half. Adrian Day, Global Analyst I selected Gladstone Investment (GAIN)
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PillPack co-founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen. Just over a year after buying online pharmacy PillPack for $753 million, Amazon is engaged in a bitter battle with an incumbent player in the pharmacy industry, which sources tell CNBC is working behind the scenes to prevent the company from accessing important patient data. PillPack’s pharmacy delivery
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Getty Images Credit card issuer American Express beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Friday, as a healthy U.S. economy fueled higher spending by its customers. Customer spending rose 7% in the United States, the company’s biggest market, and 5% globally in the second quarter. U.S. consumer spending increased in May and April. Debit and credit card
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David Marcus, Head of Calibra at Facebook, testifies about Facebook’s proposed digital currency called Libra, during a Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 16, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Lawmakers interrogated David Marcus, Facebook’s cryptocurrency chief, asking how the company will educate the
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