Finance
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495Barclays CEO Jes Staley is being investigated by UK regulators over his ties to Epstein — ‘I wonder if he can survive this’
REUTERS/Peter Nicholls Barclays says its CEO is being probed by UK regulators over his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein. The board is backing...
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386The FTC’s focus on ‘small’ acquisitions by tech companies is the first shot in a big new battle (GOOG, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, FB)
The Federal Trade Commission’s move to probe past acquisitions by the big tech firms is one more regulatory worry for those companies....
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Jeff Bezos reportedly dropped $165 million on a mansion that broke the LA real-estate record. Here are the 17 most expensive homes sold in the US over the past decade.
Business Insider teamed up with Jonathan Miller, the president and CEO of the real estate and consulting firm Miller Samuel Inc., to...
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Bill Simmons scores massive sale as Spotify buys his publication, The Ringer, for nearly $200 million
Spotify will spend nearly $200 million over the next few years to acquire The Ringer, an online publication for sports and pop...
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One of the busiest days of tax season is fast approaching, and there’s a simple way to beat the rush
The IRS began accepting tax returns at the end of January. By now, you should have everything you need to file. Last...
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It probably doesn’t matter where you go to college if you’re a well-off white man, but the stakes are much higher for everyone else
Studies suggest that where you go to college doesn’t matter that much if you’re a relatively wealthy white man. But graduating from...
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All the companies and divisions under Google’s parent company, Alphabet, which just made yet another shake-up to its structure (GOOG, GOOGL)
Google reorganized to become Alphabet in 2015, but the way the company is structured is still rather confusing. Alphabet is organized in...
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376OPEC cuts oil demand outlook for the year, citing the coronavirus outbreak in China as a ‘major factor’
REUTERS/Jim Urquhart The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday slashed its forecast for oil demand growth in 2020, citing the...
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Ex-Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein laid into Bernie Sanders after his New Hampshire win, saying he’ll wreck the economy and let Russia ‘screw up the US’
The former chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, took to Twitter on Tuesday to warn Democrats that Bernie Sanders is “just...
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480Bitcoin rockets past $10,000 after the Fed says it’s ‘taking a deep look’ at a government cryptocurrency
Bitcoin surged past $10,000 on Wednesday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was exploring a government cryptocurrency. “Every major...