Month: February 2024

In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The “Bobs” from the film Office Space Source: 20th Century Fox | YouTube Listening to Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav speak on Friday’s fourth-quarter earnings calls, I couldn’t help but think of a scene in the movie “Office Space.” An employee named
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In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday posted a surprise quarterly profit, boosted by deferred revenue and cost cuts, even as the company saw slumping sales from its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product. The results cap a rocky year for the biotech
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an event at Culver City Julian Dixon Library, in Culver City, California, U.S. February 21, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters When Marlon Fox, a chiropractor in North Charleston, South Carolina, got his student debt forgiven last year, he was thrilled. His $119,500 balance was reset to zero. But the
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For a growing number of families, financial aid is crucial when it comes to paying for college. But students must first fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to access most forms of assistance. And this year, the new 2024-25 form has been plagued by problems. There is a bit of good news for families who have saved,
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A SolarEdge Technologies logo is seen on a smartphone and a PC. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images SolarEdge‘s stock tumbled Tuesday after the company gave weak guidance for the first quarter, as the residential solar market continues to face headwinds from high interest rates and depressed demand. SolarEdge expects revenues
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WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials indicated at their last meeting that they were in no hurry to cut interest rates and expressed both optimism and caution on inflation, according to minutes from the session released Wednesday. The discussion came as policymakers not only decided to leave their key overnight borrowing rate unchanged but also altered
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In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks past an unpainted Boeing 737-8 MAX parked at Renton Municipal Airport adjacent to Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington on January 25, 2024.  Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing is replacing the head of its 737 Max program less than two
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Outbound passengers queue up to check in at Yantai Penglai International Airport on February 9, 2023 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.  Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific’s travel sector is seeing strong growth, with demand for flights set to match pre-pandemic levels this year — thanks to Chinese tourists. The region’s
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Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor of the exchequer, holding the despatch box as he stands with treasury colleagues outside 11 Downing Street in London, UK.. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. logged a record £16.7 billion ($21.1 billion) net budget surplus in January, according to official figures released on Wednesday. The Office
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In this article DFS COF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Capital One CEO and Chairman, Richard Fairbank. Marvin Joseph| The Washington Post | Getty Images Capital One’s recently announced $35.3 billion acquisition of Discover Financial isn’t just about getting bigger — gaining “scale” in Wall Street-speak — it’s a bid to protect itself against
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President Joe Biden speaks about his economic plan at the Flex LTD manufacturing plant in West Columbia, South Carolina, on July 6, 2023. Sean Rayford | Getty Images Since the Biden administration’s first student loan forgiveness plan was rejected at the Supreme Court, it has been working on creating a new, legally viable relief package.
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In this article HSBA-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Customers use automated teller machines (ATM) at an HSBC Holdings Plc bank branch at night in Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, Feb 16, 2019. Anthony Kwan | Bloomberg | Getty Images HSBC‘s full-year 2023 pre-tax profit missed analysts’ estimates on Wednesday, hit by impairment costs
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Barclays Bank’s UK headquarters in Canary Wharf, London. Matt Crossick/PA Images via Getty Images LONDON — Barclays on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter net loss of £111 million ($139.8 million) as the British lender announced an extensive strategic overhaul. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected net profit attributable to shareholders of £60.95 million for the quarter,
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