House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) holds up an example of the ‘postcard-sized’ form he wants people to use when filing their taxes during a markup session of the proposed GOP tax reform legislation in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images The
Month: August 2019
Michael Novogratz Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz is seeing the same rush of enthusiasm toward Beyond Meat that came at the height of the crypto bubble. The former Fortress hedge fund manager said while big ideas — like new alternatives to animal meat and money — capture people’s attention, they can also
View of Abu Dhabi’s skyline at sunset from Dhow Harbour in the UAE. Getty Images Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has joined major Wall Street investors in a landmark oil pipeline partnership with Abu Dhabi’s National Oil Company (ADNOC), bringing the total investment in the project to nearly $5 billion. The move, which will see
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Thursday: Western Digital — Western Digital shares rose more than 7% on Thursday after an analyst at Wedbush upgraded the data storage device company to neutral from underperform. The analyst cited increased pricing for one of
A customer smokes British American Tobacco Plc’s Glo smokeless tobacco device in Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 2017. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images British American Tobacco beat first-half sales forecasts on Thursday, helped by higher demand for e-cigarettes, and predicted a stronger performance in the second half as it focuses on a smaller number
An iceberg floats in Disko Bay behind houses during unseasonably warm weather on July 30, 2019 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland, where over the last several decades summers have become longer and the rate that glaciers and the Greenland ice cap are retreating has accelerated. Sean Gallup |
Sen. Kamala Harris Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Student debt has become a central issue in the 2020 presidential campaign. First, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposed canceling $640 billion of it. Then Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he’d erase all $1.6 trillion of it. Now Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., has released a plan to forgive student
Source: SmileDirectClub SmileDirectClub is bracing for a windfall of cash. The company, which provides invisible teeth-straightening devices, is looking to sell up to $1 billion in stock in an initial public offering, three people with knowledge of the matter said. SmileDirectClub is currently on file confidentially and aiming to flip its IPO prospectus to be
Leon Cooperman Scott Mlyn | CNBC During Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, many of the Democratic candidates called for ending a favorite tax break of the rich. And now they have some unlikely allies: billionaire, conservative hedge-fund managers. In Wednesday’s Financial Times, hedge-fund manager and longtime Republican supporter Leon Cooperman said that while he opposed
A Fitbit display at a Target store in Los Angeles. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Fitbit plummeted as much as 21% in after-hours trading after the maker of health and fitness devices cut its guidance for the next quarter. In its second-quarter earnings report, the company said,
Qualcomm Inc. CEO Steve Mollenkopf. Getty Images Qualcomm issued guidance for September quarter earnings and revenue significantly lower than analyst expectations on Wednesday. The stock dropped as much as 5% in after-hours trading. Here’s how the company did versus expectations: Earnings: $0.80 per share, excluding certain items, vs $0.75 expected according to analysts polled by
Workers sewing in a clothing factory in Bozhou, east China’s Anhui province. STR | AFP | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity contracted in July, according to results of a private survey released on Thursday. The Caixin/Markit factory Purchasing Managers’ Index for was 49.9 — slightly better than expected. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the indicator