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- InvestorPlace•5 hours ago
7 A-Rated Healthcare Stocks for Industry Expansion
Chinese Stocks That Could Pop On a Trade Deal This technology has the potential to help both rare and common maladies, many of which don't have current effective treatments. IONS is already partnered with a number of larger pharmaceutical firms and is up 55% in the past year, with plenty of headroom left. Osiris Therapeutics (OSIR) Osiris Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OSIR) has a market cap around $650 million, so it's in that perfect spot where it has the potential for big growth on its own, or it could be a target for takeover at a nice premium for a larger pharma looking for a unique product line.
- USA TODAY•4 hours ago
Which states have the highest and lowest property taxes?
How much you pay in property taxes often comes down to which side of a county, city or district line you're on. And if you're a homebuyer this spring, it's another important factor to consider while you house hunt. Property taxes largely fund public schools but also other local services like roads and police.
- InvestorPlace•5 hours ago
After an Epic Rebound, Snap Stock Could Test Investors
Snap reported a first-quarter loss of 10 cents per share on revenue of $320 million, much better than the loss of 12 cents per share on revenue of $306 million that analysts, on average, had expected. Snap offered second-quarter revenue guidance of $335 million to $360 million, putting the midpoint slightly ahead of an analyst projection for $345.5 million,” according to Barron's. Not Everyone's Convinced While the redemption of Snap stock this year is irrefutable, some analysts and investors remain skeptical about Snap Inc stock.
- Refinery29•23 minutes ago
This Is What It's Really Like To Work At Ikea
To find out how Ikea employees really feel about working for this global home goods chain, we talked to three people: Haidee, who worked at an Ikea store in Florida; Justin, who worked returns and home delivery at a U.S. Ikea location; and one current U.K. Ikea employee that wished to remain anonymous. From confused customers and organization restructuring to benefits and furniture assembly, these employees get honest about working at Ikea. What is/was the best thing about your work experience?
- Bloomberg•2 hours ago
Billionaire's Pledge to Erase Students' Debt Sows Joy, Confusion
Billionaire Robert F. Smith stunned students at Morehouse College when he vowed to pay off the student loans of every member of the class of 2019. On behalf of the eight generations of my family that have been in this country, we're gonna put a little fuel in your bus,” Smith, 56, founder of Vista Equity Partners, said Sunday during his commencement speech to the Atlanta college's graduating class. My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” Smith added, according to a Twitter post by Morehouse.
Yahoo Finance•3 hours ago4 ways Washington may soon change how you save for retirement
Lawmakers and observers are voicing optimism that closely linked private retirement reform bills, one from the House Ways and Means Committee, and one from the Senate Finance Committee, will soon be merged and sent to President Trump's desk. If passed, it would be the first major retirement legislation since 2006. Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, noted that the bill “represents a major bipartisan accomplishment” when it was passed out of his committee.
- American City Business Journals•36 minutes ago
NRG announces $300M acquisition of multi-level marketing energy company
Princeton-based NRG Energy has agreed to acquire Stream Energy's retail electricity and natural gas businesses for $300 million, it announced Monday. The all-cash transaction is designed to "strengthen NRG's position as a growing, customer-driven energy company. It represents another step in perfecting our integrated business model,” NRG CEO Mauricio Gutierrez said in a statement.
- CNBC Videos•1 hour ago
Billionaire to pay off all Morehouse graduating seniors' student loans
Billionaire Robert F. Smith, founder and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, announced he would pay off the student debt of the entire Class of 2019 at Morehouse College.
Bloomberg•10 hours agoWhere to Live If You Want the Highest Salary and Disposable Income
The U.S. west coast city has soared up the rankings to dislodge Zurich for the highest salaries and disposable income after rent, according to Deutsche Bank's “Mapping the World's Prices 2019. Over the past five years alone, San Francisco has risen 7 and 21 places on both gauges. The rapid growth of the U.S. tech sector is helping San Fran beat traditional capital cities for incomes,” Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid, Craig Nicol and Henry Allen wrote in the report.
- Investopedia•6 days ago
The Best Places to Retire to Abroad
Best Countries for Retirees in 2019 To determine which countries are the best for retirees, International Living uses a scoring system that measures a variety of factors, including: ease of buying and owning property and the value of property investments cost of renting benefits and discounts on things such as health care and entertainment visa and residency requirements cost of living fitting in and how easy it is to make friends entertainment and amenities healthy living development and infrastructure climate stability of the country's political situation The countries with the highest cumulative average score across all those categories ranked in the top 10, and here they are: 1.
- USA TODAY•1 hour ago
Does it matter if a degree is from online or brick-and-mortar schools? Ask HR
Johnny C. Taylor Jr., a human-resources expert, is tackling your questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR professional society. Are bachelor's degrees from regionally accredited for-profit universities viewed unfavorably by employers, and are online universities viewed differently than brick-and-mortar schools?
Yahoo Finance•3 hours agoEl-Erian: These three companies are driving inflation down
Signals of persistently low inflation have puzzled economists in the years since the Federal Reserve first adopted its 2% inflation target after the financial crisis. According to Mohamed El-Erian, some of today's largest technological forces may be to blame. The reason why we're having no inflation is basically the combination of Amazon, Google and Uber,” El-Erian said in an address at the Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary Market Conference in New York City on Monday.
- CNBC Videos•2 hours ago
Deutsche Bank shares hit record low as UBS downgrades stock to 'sell'
Deutsche Bank shares hit record low as UBS downgrades stock to 'sell'. The "Halftime Report" traders take their position.
- Oilprice.com•2 hours ago
Why China Hasn't Slapped Tariffs On U.S. Oil Imports
The United States has quickly become one of the top crude producers in the world thanks to the shale boom fueled by the shale oil and gas powerhouse that is West Texas' Permian Basin. In fact, the U.S. is on track to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's leading exporter of oil, natural gas liquids and petroleum products by the end of the year in a development very, very few could have predicted. At the same time that the U.S. has risen to the top of the global oil production game to become the fastest-growing oil producer in the world, China has also broken its own records to become the fastest-growing oil consumer in the world.
- Bloomberg•3 hours ago
Tesla Falls as Analyst Says Company Facing 'Code-Red Situation'
Tesla Inc. shares plunged below $200 for the first time in more than two years on concerns the carmaker faces a “Kilimanjaro-like uphill climb” to hit profitability goals in the second half of the year. In a note Sunday, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives described the electric-car maker's predicament as a “code red situation” and cut his price target on the stock to $230 from $275.
- Fox Business•4 hours ago
These 7 work-from-home jobs pay up to six figures
Forget city subways, crowded streets and traffic congestion during rush hour — with telecommuting you don't even have to leave the comfort of your own couch when you want to get to work. In 2017 alone, job listings for out-of-office gigs grew more than 50 percent. A new report from Glassdoor predicts the global market for telemedicine will make a 19 percent jump between the years 2018 and 2025.
- SmartAsset•3 hours ago
What Investors Should Know About the Wash-Sale Rule
The rule says that investors cannot gain the short-term benefit of selling a security at a loss and then buy a substantially identical security within the next 30 days. The “substantially identical” part of the rule is what often trips investors up. IRS Publication 550, which covers capital gains and losses, doesn't offer a strict definition of what's falls under this description.
- CNBC•7 hours ago
Boeing's new '797' could be built to fly with just one pilot on board
Boeing's next commercial jet design could come with a cockpit built for just one pilot. The New Midsize Airplane (NMA) might be confirmed at the Paris Air Show in June. Boeing's next commercial jet design could come with a cockpit built for just one pilot, according to industry analysts.
- CNBC•13 hours ago
Google cuts ties with Huawei. That may be a 'kill switch' for the Chinese firm's global smartphone ambition
Google has suspended business activity with Huawei that involves the transfer or hardware, software and key technical services. Google's GOOGL move to stop licensing its Android mobile operating system to Huawei could deal a huge blow to the Chinese tech giant's ambitions to become the top player in smartphones globally. Google made the move in order to comply with Washington's decision to put Huawei on the so-called "Entity List," meaning American firms need to get a license to sell products to the Chinese firm.
- Investopedia•2 days ago
Will Your Retirement Income Be Enough?
There are many "what ifs," but the math is still the math: if you plan on needing a lot more than $40,000 from your retirement nest egg, then the probability of a successful retirement on $1 million is not good. "If you've only saved $1 million and are withdrawing 4% or more in retirement, you are most likely tempted to expose your accounts to more risk to make up for the lack of savings. With more exposure to a volatile market, there is a greater chance your retirement accounts will incur substantial losses during market corrections," says Carlos Dias Jr., wealth manager, Excel Tax & Wealth Group, Lake Mary, Fla.
Reuters•8 hours agoOil traders try to ship dirty Russian crude to Asia
SINGAPORE/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Trading companies Vitol and Unipec are sending around 700,000 tonnes of contaminated Russian oil to Asia in an attempt to place the barrels rejected by buyers in Europe, according to trading sources and ship tracking data. Vitol and Unipec are mainly targeting Chinese independent refiners, or teapots, which have shown interest in taking the oil, traders said. According to Reuters sources with Chinese refiners, they have been recently shown cargoes of Urals crude that contain organic chloride ranging from 30-50 parts per million (ppm) to 200 ppm without mentioning prices.
Yahoo Finance•10 minutes agoStocks fall as Huawei crackdown ripples through markets
In another escalation of the trade war between the U.S. and China, the U.S. put Huawei and 26 of its affiliates on an export blacklist last week that went into effect on Friday. This action stems from information available to the Department that provides a reasonable basis to conclude that Huawei is engaged in activities that are contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interest,” The Commerce Department said in a statement. The U.S. has long considered Huawei a national security risk and has been suspicious that the Chinese tech company was committing espionage on behalf of the Chinese government.
Associated Press•4 hours agoLiz Weston: Let's get real about health costs in retirement
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College hasn't updated its figures recently, but back in 2010 estimated a typical couple could spend $260,000 for medical and long-term care, with a 5% risk that costs will exceed $570,000. No wonder 45% of people in their 50s and early 60s have little or no confidence that they'll be able to afford their health care costs once they retire, according to a survey by the University of Michigan. MEDICAL COSTS MAY BE MORE PREDICTABLE THAN YOU THINK The approach of presenting people with a huge, perhaps unattainable, figure has long bothered Jean Young, senior research associate with the Vanguard Center for Investor Research.
- USA TODAY•46 minutes ago
Robert F. Smith gift to Morehouse highlights burden of student loan debt: Three fast facts
The blockbuster announcement by billionaire Robert F. Smith that he will pay off the student loans held by Morehouse College's entire graduating class of 2019 hit a nerve for a couple of reasons. Americans are carrying $1.57 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, more than what they owe on their credit cards. Among college graduates ages 25 to 39, 21% had more than one job according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Reserve Board data in a 2016 household economics survey.
- Bloomberg•8 hours ago
European Chipmakers to Keep on Supplying Huawei After Trump Ban
The Trump administration on Friday blacklisted Huawei -- which it accuses of aiding Beijing in espionage -- and threatened to cut it off from the U.S. software and semiconductors it needs to make its products. A spokesman for Infineon Technologies AG -- one of Europe's largest chipmakers -- said the majority of products it delivers to Huawei are not subject to U.S. restrictions, adding that the chipmaker can "make adaptions in our international supply chain." Austria-based AMS AG also said that it had not suspended shipments to Huawei. Infineon has suspended deliveries to Huawei, Nikkei Asian Review reported earlier Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
