Charles Ergen, chairman and co-founder of Dish Network Corp Jonathan Alcorn | Bloomberg | Getty Images For nearly a decade, Dish Network hasn’t really had a plan. Today, it has one. Yes, Dish has had ideas about a plan. It has bought billions of dollars of wireless spectrum but hasn’t actually put it to use.
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Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images If you own bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you might want to check your mailbox. The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of sending letters to U.S. citizens who own virtual currency and potentially failed to pay the necessary taxes and to those who improperly reported taxes on
Traders work the floor at the NYSE. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade Wednesday, a pre-emptive move as concerns rise about the impact of the trade wars and a slowing global economy. Friday’s July jobs report should show that the
A dog sits in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during Chewy Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 14, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images In his most recent letter to investors, David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital wrote that today’s market bears resemblance to the
Eric Trump, third from left, and Donald Trump Jr., second from right, talk with guests at the opening of the Trump Golf Links clubhouse, Monday, June 11, 2018, in the Bronx, New York. Mark Lennihan | AP Trump Ferry Point, the Bronx golf course operated by President Donald Trump’s company, lost more than $122,000 in
A trader works ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 19, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images U.S. consumer spending, the biggest part of the economy, saved the day for the record-long expansion, but a big decline in business investments raised concerns about
People walk past the Public Credit Information Service Hall in Suzhou, China, on May 6, 2019. Suzhou was one of several places chosen in 2018 by the Chinese government to run a social credit trial, which can reward or punish citizens for their behavior. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Chinese government is
The silhouettes of attendees are seen at the Google booth during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Alphabet rose 9% in extended trading after the Google-parent company reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s
If you use Robinhood to trade stocks, you might want to consider changing your password. The popular stock-trading app emailed some of its users Wednesday to warn that private log-ins were stored in an unsecured way. These passwords were kept in an internal company log in “plaintext,” meaning they were not encrypted because of a
Employees have lunch at the canteen at Facebook’s new headquarters, designed by Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry, at Rathbone Place in central London on December 4, 2017. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Facebook jumped 3.5% in after-hours trading, before falling into the