Finance
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911This peer-to-peer founder thinks 2017 will be a crunch year for the industry and firms could fail
Chirag Shah, CEO Nucleus Commercial Finance.Nucleus Commercial Finance LONDON — The founder of a British peer-to-peer lender believes more platforms will go...
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954Even biggest doomsayers now think a Brexit recession is dead in the water
Johann Konig/Flickr When Britain voted to leave the European Union on June 23, economists almost universally predicted one thing — a technical...
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1.1KUber is wrong to compare its self-driving cars to Tesla’s Autopilot — here’s why (TSLA)
Uber Uber is arguing that its self-proclaimed self-driving cars really aren’t all that self-driving to justify its decision to forego an autonomous...
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811Passive investing is not as great as it’s made out to be
Carl Court/GettyImages If the passive management crowd is to be believed, actual stock picking will soon be an anachronism that belongs alongside...
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795A small Wall Street firm is crushing it in dealmaking (EVR)
Ralph Schlosstein, president of Evercore PartnersBloomberg Evercore is set to finish 2016 with Wall Street bragging rights. The small firm is on...
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940The Honda Ridgeline is still the best pickup truck for people who don’t like pickup trucks
A heckuva truck.Honda The United States of America is a pickup-truck nation. No people on Earth adore their bed-in-the-back vehicles more than...
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874Feeling guilty about spending money can be productive — here’s why
Do you feel guilty about dropping $60 on that new pair of shoes?John Sciulli/Getty Images Whether it’s a wince when you see...
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1.0KThe Turkish lira is tumbling after reports that Russia’s ambassador to Turkey has been shot in Ankara
Markets Insider The Turkish lira is tumbling after reports that Russia’s ambassador to Turkey has been shot in Ankara. The currency is...
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820The Volvo V60 Polestar didn’t win Car of the Year — but this Swedish wagon has race-car soul
But as soon as I fired up the Swedish beast and went for a drive, those concerns quickly dissipated. The V60 Polestar...
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, DIS, AAPL)
Here is what you need to know. The world’s oldest bank is trying to save itself. Monte Paschi is trying to sell...