Finance
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My smart idea to make $400 a month as a landlord ending up costing me instead. Here’s what I wish I’d known before I rented out my house.
When we became landlords, we expected to make $400 a month above our mortgage payment, but we ended up losing money. Our...
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More layoffs at SoftBank-backed companies, Salesforce faces questions, and another alt-data shakeup
Hello! I’m advertising/media editor Lucia Moses, filling in for Matt Turner while he’s on paternity leave. Welcome to your weekly roundup of...
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Meet EQRx, a startup that just raised $200 million to take on Big Pharma by making drugs cheaper
Meet EQRx, a company that’s developing new drugs it plans to charge less for that’ll compete for some of the highest priced...
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394How the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow stretch of water where ships carry $1.2 billion of oil every day, is at the heart of spiraling tensions with Iran
Recent tensions between Iran and the US are threatening the safety of the world’s ships and movement oil in the Strait of...
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A gauge of stock-market euphoria is surging past the highs it reached before the 2008 financial crisis — and it’s convinced one Wall Street bull that a meltdown is near
A gauge of the bullish stock-market wagers made by institutional investors like pension funds and insurance companies has exceeded the highs it...
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2019 broke the record for biggest global box office year of all time with $42.5 billion
The 2019 box office hit some major milestones, according to Comscore. The global box office for the year finished at $42.5 billion,...
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Private-equity firms are sitting on tons of cash after dealmaking dipped in 2019 — and that could force them to lower their standards to spend money
Private equity executives appear to have had a harder time investing in 2019, with fewer deals clinched than the year before despite...
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432I reluctantly followed my father-in-law’s advice to purchase life insurance 23 years ago, but looking back my only regret is not buying a bigger policy
When I moved in with my boyfriend at 22, his father advised us to get renters’ insurance. I thought the advice was...
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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author is launching a $125 million VC fund in America’s heartland with backing from Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen
JD Vance, the bestselling author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” has launched a new venture-capital fund as part of his continued efforts to restore...
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Marching band sendoffs at Goldman Sachs; another twist in the alt-data story
Dan DeFrancesco, Business Insider’s financial technology reporter, pinch-hitting for Meredith. It’s fitting that I’m filling in for Meredith this week, as...