Cart

0

Business

“Alibaba Earnings Top Expectations…”

“Alibaba (BABA) reported quarterly results before the market open Friday that beat estimates as total gross merchandise volume for the year hit a record $1 trillion. Alibaba stock fell. The China e-commerce giant reported adjusted earnings of $1.30 per share, up… Continue Reading…

Economy

“US weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million, topping 30 million over the last 6 weeks”

“First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit 3.84 million last week as the wave of economic pain continues, though the worst appears to be in the past, according to Labor Department figures Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Top 5 best state economies”

“Massachusetts The unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 2.9 percent as of November, below the national rate of 3.6 percent. The average annual wage as of 2018, was $63,910, and $121,350 for those earners in the 90th percentile… Colorado The unemployment rate… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Tesla Tops $100 Billion as Record Run Lifts Market Value Past Volkswagen”

“After topping the combined value of Ford and GM earlier this month, Tesla is set to overtake Volkswagen as the second most-valuable carmaker in the world as a record run in shares lifts Elon Musk’s company past the $100 billion… Continue Reading…

Business

“Good News! The Most Punctual Airlines of 2019 are Even More On-Time than in 2018 “

“… ANA All Nippon Airways All Nippon Airways (or ANA) was already the most punctual of those 10 airlines in 2018. They managed to improve their on-time performance by 2.08 points, from 85.26% in 2018 to 87.34% during the first… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Nasdaq tops 9,000 on boosts from Amazon, trade optimism”

“The Nasdaq crossed the 9,000-point mark for the first time on Thursday as all three major Wall Street indexes posted record closing highs, boosted by optimism over U.S.-China trade relations and gains in shares of Amazon.com after a report signaled… Continue Reading…

Business

“Facebook and Google Are No Longer Among the 10 Best Places to Work, According to Glassdoor”

“Here’s some news that Facebook is not going to “like.” The social media giant has lost its coveted status as the best place to work, and its competitor Google isn’t doing much better, according to Glassdoor’s annual ranking of the Best… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“5 Top Dividend Stocks Investors Should Never Sell”

“Dividend stocks might lack the pizzazz of high-growth stocks and appear boring on the surface, but they’re a model of consistency. Income stocks are almost always profitable, they typically have time-tested business models, and they’re the real key to compounding investor… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Top economist lowers recession risk for 2020, but says hurdles remain”

““We do need to get over some of these hurdles that are a problem for business-sector spending of which is both U.S.-China trade concerns as well as things like Brexit and other geopolitical risks,” the firm’s head of U.S. economic… Continue Reading…

Business

“What inspired these top advisers to help others manage money”

“Financial professionals sometimes get stereotyped as bean counters and calculator-button pushers, but in speaking with top executives at leading advisory firms that made CNBC.com’s FA 100 list this year, it’s apparent that there are two themes common to most of their background… Continue Reading…