Finance
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Electric-vehicle ads made up nearly half of this year’s Super Bowl car commercials, but account for less than 2% of US car sales
Commercials for electric vehicles made up about 45% of the car ads that aired during this year’s Super Bowl. The cars featured...
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614Tesla’s stock surge adds $15 billion to Elon Musk’s fortune, the biggest increase for anyone this year
AP Tesla’s surging stock means Elon Musk has grown his net worth the most of anyone this year. The electric carmaker’s boss...
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A startup aimed at disrupting payments and taking on Square and Plaid just raised a $35 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital
Finix, a startup that enables other startups to manage their payments stack in-house, just nabbed $35 million in a Series B led...
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390‘This doesn’t sound right’: Mastercard’s CEO ditched Facebook’s Libra after multiple red flags
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Mastercard’s CEO withdrew from Facebook’s Libra over concerns about compliance, making money, and wallets, he told the Financial Times....
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489Sundar Pichai made a big statement about the future of Alphabet under his reign, but he left out a few key things (GOOG)
Alphabet for the first time on Monday disclosed the amount of revenue it gets from selling ads on YouTube and from its...
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I opened a high-yield savings account for each of my 2020 New Year’s resolutions and I’m on track to achieve all of them
I set several goals for myself this year, including traveling to Machu Picchu and writing a book. All of my goals either...
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Inside the life of Bill Gates’ daughter Jennifer, an elite equestrian who stands to inherit ‘a minuscule portion’ of her father’s $110 billion fortune and is engaged to accomplished Egyptian equestrian Nayel Nassar
Jennifer Gates is the eldest child of philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. She’s an accomplished equestrian, just like Steve Jobs’ daughter Eve....
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384Traders should brace for sharp price swings on Tuesday after the Iowa caucuses
REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev Markets expect a 1.3% swing in the S&P 500 the day after the Iowa caucus, according to Cornerstone Research. Analysts...
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361Here’s why one expert says the US has been immune to the latest coronavirus stock meltdown (NKE, DIS, MRK)
Brendan McDermid/Reuters Major US stock indices all traded higher Monday morning, in stark contrast to China where markets saw their worst day...
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The ultimate guide to getting hired as a financial adviser trainee at Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Merrill Lynch, and how to succeed in their ultra-competitive training programs
We spoke with executives and reviewed training materials from some of the world’s largest wealth managers for an inside look at how...