Month: September 2019

The New York Federal Reserve will continue overnight repurchase operations through October as it seeks to quell market instability from earlier this week. Short-term rates in the “repo” market spiked overnight Monday amid a shortfall in funding stemming from a variety of factors. The Fed responded with a series of liquidity injections aimed at preventing
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(L to R) Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, Clifton S. Robbins, and Dr. Rajiv Shah during a panel discussion at the 2019 Delivering Alpha conference on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Several investors have been wary of incorporating environmental, social and governance standards into their strategies. However, two investors think increased attention to ESG will
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Night view of Nanjing Road in Shanghai. zhuyufang | iStock | Getty Images BEIJING – The Chinese government is encouraging businesses and local districts to develop the so-called “night economy” in an effort to boost growth. Some retailers and hospitals have extended their operating hours, while cities are also spending on elaborate light shows. It’s
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Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, attends a media event in Mumbai on May 3, 2017. Abhijit Bhatlekar | Mint | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Adobe shares fell as much as 4% on Tuesday after hours, as the company reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings and soft quarterly guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings:
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Lacy O’Toole | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s executive Tracy Britt Cool is leaving the firm after a decade to start a company that replicates Warren Buffett’s business model. Cool, who joined Berkshire in 2009 as Buffett’s financial assistant, said she’s building an investment vehicle that acquires companies “too small for Berkshire,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
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FedEx Chairman and CEO Fred Smith expressed extreme pessimism about the global economy on the delivery giant’s post-earnings conference call with analysts. “This is the most dispiriting call about the economy I’ve heard in a very long time,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. Smith was “basically implying that we’re going to import that slowdown,” the “Mad Money” host
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TransferWise co-founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise booked a profit for the third year in a row, a rare show of growth for an industry littered with start-ups that have struggled to break even. The London-based company said on Wednesday that its net profit after tax climbed to £10.3 million
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Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration is barring California from setting its own auto emissions standards,
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