After 13 years on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Kevin O’Leary has learned a few things about what makes a great pitch. The obvious ones, he says, are to speak concisely and explain how your skillset benefits your business. But there’s something more crucial that many CEOs miss, he says: showing an understanding of the business’ finances,
Month: February 2022
staticnak1983 | E+ | Getty Images Millions of parents who’ve defaulted on their federal student loans may get part of their child tax credit seized this tax season. The federal government has long been able to collect past-due debts, like child support, owed to state and federal agencies. This occurs via the Treasury Offset Program,
A man walks in front of a Peloton store in Manhattan on May 05, 2021 in New York. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Peloton on Tuesday slashed its financial outlook for the full year after the company announced CEO John Foley will be stepping down, as part of a broader restructuring of
November 30, 2021: OnPoint NYC has opened two supervised drug injection sites in the Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods in an effort to address the increase in overdose deaths. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images) Yuki Iwamura | AFP | Getty Images Fatal opioid overdoses are thought to
Signage outside the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The IRS on Monday announced it will stop using a controversial third-party service for facial recognition to verify identity for online accounts. The move comes amid bipartisan backlash over the collection of biometric data through video selfies for
U.S. stock index futures crept higher during overnight trading Monday, after the major averages moved between gains and losses during regular trading as the market awaits key inflation data later this week. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%. S&P 500 futures gained 0.16%, while Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.24%.
In this article TSLA Employees work at the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 20, 2020. U.S. electric car company Tesla in 2019 built its first Gigafactory outside the United States in the new Lingang area, with a designed annual production capacity of 500,000 units. Ding Ting | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images
Sporrer/Rupp | Image Source | Getty Images When it comes to retirement, you probably have a lot of questions about whether or not you’re making the right financial moves. That may include uncertainty about investing and the best way to get the nest egg you think you’ll need. Chances are, you are overlooking potentially your
Bob Cortright of DriveWealth Source: DriveWealth DriveWealth, the SoftBank-backed start-up that helps fintech firms like Revolut offer stocks, is getting into cryptocurrency trading, CNBC has learned. The New Jersey based start-up, valued at $2.85 billion in a recent fundraising, is acquiring a crypto firm founded by Harvard-trained quants and launching two subsidiaries to handle and
The Chateau de Chambord, in the Loire Valley region of France. DEA / C. SAPPA | De Agostini | Getty Images France and Italy are home to some of the most storied castles, palaces and grand homes in the world, ranging from Loire Valley chateaux to Sicilian strongholds and French Riviera mansions. Many are available
The logo of cryptocurrency network Polygon. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Sequoia Capital is playing catchup with arch-rival Andreessen Horowitz in the race to invest in what could be the future of the internet — so-called Web3. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm led a $450 million investment in Polygon, a blockchain network.
Klaus Vedfelt | DigitalVision | Getty Images The wealth gap between Black and white Americans has been persistent. That gap, of course, reveals the effects of accumulated inequality and discrimination. Despite certain gains in income and wealth for Black families in America, white families often have a net worth up to 10 times higher. Discriminatory
PeopleImages | E+ | Getty Images Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting their employees’ needs in areas like remote work, flexible hours, four-day workweeks, compensation and more. This story is part of a series looking at the
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading Sunday after the S&P posted its best week of 2022, boosted by quarterly earnings reports and a better-than-expected January employment report. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.11%. S&P 500 futures were flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures eased 0.1%. The S&P
China’s strict zero-Covid approach won’t be able to limit the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant, according to a U.S. epidemiologist. Beijing may not be able to use the same “authoritarian approaches” against omicron because the variant is unlike the others, Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy,
Muhammad Yungai’s ‘We Shall Always March Ahead’ mural is displayed on the side of Privado Grooming Barbershop in Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood. Raymond Boyd | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images Legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up and preached in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta. Soon, that neighborhood will
In this article SQ MARA RBLX BA AMD A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company’s plant in Everett, Washington, January 25, 2020. Terray Sylvester | Reuters February started on a dramatic note as Big Tech companies, including Meta Platforms and Amazon, issued quarterly earnings and swayed the major
Chile requires visitors furnish proof of insurance coverage for Covid-19 and related conditions. Pictured, capital city Santiago. Oleh_Slobodeniuk | E+ | Getty Images Are you planning a trip abroad? You may need to buy travel insurance to visit your destination country. Many countries had insurance requirements even before the pandemic. But about a dozen more
In this article SBUX The Starbucks logo is displayed on a cup at a Starbucks store on October 29, 2021 in Marin City, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that missed analysts’ expectations as higher costs weighed on its profits. Here’s what the company reported for the quarter ended
Ballboys wear gloves while handling warmup basketballs as a precautionary measure prior to an NBA game between the Charlotte Hornets and Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena on March 9, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Todd Kirkland | Getty Images U.S. stocks made a ton of money for investors in a decade-long bull market that lasted
A job seeker receives information from a recruiter during a job fair in Miami on Dec. 16, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Long-term unemployment fell significantly in January, continuing a downward trajectory from its pandemic-era peak after having plateaued in recent months. The number of Americans out of work for at least six
In this article SNAP AMZN CLX PINS F RIVN The Amazon logo displayed on a smartphone and a PC screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Amazon — Shares of Amazon popped more than 18% after hours following a strong quarterly report. The company reported
In this article GM A General Motors sign is seen during an event on January 25, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan. – General Motors will create 4,000 new jobs and retaining 1,000, and significantly increasing battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images General Motors is set to report its
In this article DAL Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport on Friday, May 21, 2021. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ CEO Ed Bastian asked the U.S. Department of Justice to put convicted
JGI/Jamie Grill If you save for retirement through a 401(k) plan, you may have noticed changes to it over the years — for example, automatic increases in your contributions and “catch-up” amounts for the over-50 crowd. A couple more tweaks, which were included in a 2019 retirement bill called the Secure Act, could also become
In this article MRCY Julian Elliott Photography | Stone | Getty Images Company: Mercury Systems Inc. (MRCY) Business: Mercury Systems is a technology company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of components, products, modules, and subsystems for aerospace and defense industries in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company’s products and solutions
A Gopuff location on the Lower East Side of Manhattan across from Stop 1 Deli. Jan. 12, 2022. Hannah Miao | CNBC Grocery delivery start-up Gopuff last fall moved into the ground-floor retail space of a new luxury apartment building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, across the street from a bodega. “I didn’t
In this article SPOT Shares of Spotify plunged 13% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the streamer reported fourth-quarter earnings. The numbers mostly beat expectations, but projections for user growth in Q1 were barely in line with analysts’ projections. There was also a broader selloff in tech shares after the bell, after Facebook (Meta) reported disappointing
Loading chart… Rivian: “No, I don’t think [it’s going to be the next Tesla]. I think that it’s going to be a very unsexy truck maker. I have to tell you, Ford has to sell its stock [in Rivian]. Why don’t we buy GM? I mean, [GM CEO] Mary Barra is doing a good job.
courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images The IRS has warned about “challenges” this tax season, and a slew of automated notices are already causing distress for filers. Some taxpayers who sent last year’s return and paid their balance have received a CP80 notice saying they may lose their credit for payment if they don’t file