Finance
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A 77-year-old Scottish oil tycoon used his time on stage at a high-profile NYC philanthropy event to reprimand American billionaires for failing to donate money to countries outside the US
American billionaires don’t do enough to help underprivileged people outside the United States, billionaire philanthropist Sir Ian Wood said at the Carnegie...
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388GrubHub short-sellers made $504 million Tuesday when shares fell 42% (GRUB)
Thomson Reuters GrubHub short-sellers made $504 million when shares of the company fell 42% Tuesday following lackluster third-quarter earnings, data from financial-analytics...
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Here’s why one analyst thinks YouTube could be worth $300 billion as a standalone company, making it more valuable than AT&T, Exxon Mobil, and Bank of America (GOOGL)
Alphabet-owned YouTube could be worth as much as $300 billion if it were a standalone company, according to Needham & Company analyst...
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‘They were in flying coffins’: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg testified before the Senate over the 737 Max crashes in an emotional and scathing hearing (BA)
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday — he’ll also appear before the House committee on transportation...
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Lyft’s slumping stock price cost General Motors $214 million last quarter (LYFT, GM)
General Motors’ third-quarter financials were adversely impacted by Lyft’s struggling stock price. The stock’s 28% rout during the three-month period cost GM...
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434A financial adviser who retired with $3.5 million asked wealthy clients the same question to figure out where their retirement money should go
A 71-year-old who was featured on the blog ESI Money said he retired from a 31-year career in financial planning when he...
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Some advertisers worry that Roku’s $150 million acquisition of adtech firm Dataxu will make it more of a walled garden
Roku announced that it plans to acquire Boston-based adtech firm Dataxu for $150 million in cash and stock to build a bigger...
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439A mounting ‘techlash’ is hurting Alphabet’s profits, and one analyst says spinning off YouTube could be the answer (GOOGL)
Google parent Alphabet reported third-quarter profits that missed Wall Street estimates on Monday. Some analysts expect the tech conglomerate’s earnings to suffer...
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397Saudi Aramco is reportedly kicking off its massive IPO this Sunday and plans to debut trading on December 11
Reuters Saudi Aramco has been preparing for a mammoth IPO, and the process could get underway as soon as Sunday according to...
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An investor who turned $15 million of firmwide assets into $200 million explains his 3-part process for picking stocks — and breaks down a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity he sees in uranium
Joseph Boskovich Jr. — cofounder and partner at Old West Investment Management — uses a three-pronged approach to stock selection that’s helped...