Finance
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The first Boeing 737 Max crash happened a year ago today — here’s how the saga unfolded, and the ongoing fallout as the plane remains grounded worldwide (BA)
The legacy for Boeing and the FAA FILE PHOTO: Employees walk by the end of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing...
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AT&T survived round one with activist hedge fund Elliott. Now, the company has to fill a board seat and weigh spin-offs under the fund’s close watch.
Elliott’s $3.2 billion stake in AT&T has pushed the telecom giant to add two new board members and split the chairman and...
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Entrepreneur Chris Cunningham has recruited media and tech names like Complex’s Rich Antoniello and Beeswax’s Ari Paparo to raise $10 million to invest in startups
Marketing entrepreneur and veteran Chris Cunningham is starting a private investment fund called C2V Capital Partners with 25 media and technology investors...
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Major hospitality chains are buying up independent boutique hotels, and it’s creating a new challenge that’s at odds with the main reason people travel in the first place
Independently run hotels are on the decline, Julie Weed wrote for the New York Times. Boutique hotels are joining or becoming affiliates...
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A major Trump supporter has a $1 billion startup building attack drones and a virtual border wall. Here’s why a ‘lifelong Democrat’ took the job of running it.
Everyone in tech knows Palmer Luckey, the virtual-reality wunderkind who said he was fired from Facebook after he supported an anti-Hillary Clinton...
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Uber is launching ‘Uber Money,’ a financial services team that could help it save money and pay drivers more quickly (UBER)
Uber has launched “Uber Money,” a program focused on financial services like payments and banking. Peter Hazelhurst, head of the division, told...
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UBS studied 50 years of history to pinpoint the single biggest risk to stocks — and its conclusion spells imminent trouble for the market
The single-biggest risk to stocks over the past 50 years is deteriorating again, according to equity strategists at UBS. They explained why...
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The digital trends disrupting the banking industry in 2019
FILE PHOTO: A combination file photo shows Wells Fargo, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs from...
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S&P 500 propelled to record high by strong earnings season
The S&P 500 index climbed as much as 0.6% on Monday to an intraday record high of 3,041.81, beating its previous record...
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San Francisco’s housing market is so expensive that, on average, a million-dollar home will get you less than 1,200 square feet of space
A new analysis by real-estate listing website Zillow found that in the US, the average million-dollar, single-family home boasts around 2,200 square...