Park Guell, Barcelona, Spain. Ihor_Tailwind | iStock | Getty Images When Petra Ahmann decided to uproot her life in New York and move to Barcelona, she was motivated by the same reason as many other expatriates. She fell in love with the city. “I felt like I could live here,” Ahmann said. An initial trip
If you dream of working for yourself one day, entrepreneurship may be the right path for you. But running a business is not as easy as a walk in the park. Take this quiz, created by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, to test your entrepreneurial knowledge so you can find out if you are on
Monica Schipper | Getty Images Reynolds Consumer Products is best known for its aluminum foil and Hefty trash bags, but that could soon change. The company’s net sales in 2018 were $3.1 billion. More than a fifth of that revenue came from products that are less than three years old. CEO Lance Mitchell said that the
A reception desk at Amazon offices in downtown Seattle, Washington. Glen Chapman | AFP | Getty Images Amazon‘s advertising segment was just one factor in the company’s blowout fourth quarter, but the company outlined where it sees growth for the high-margin business. Amazon’s “other” category, which is mostly made up of its advertising business, generated
A Columbia Sportswear Company sign hangs in front of their store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets shopping mall on November 17, 2019 in Central Valley, New York. Gary Hershorn | Corbis | Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM) signage displayed on the side of a grain storage bin at an ADM grain elevator in Niantic, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oxford Industries This week Needham raised its rating on the stock to buy from hold. The company is best known as the maker of apparel brands like
Home concept,Businessmen holding home keys krisanapong detraphiphat Many people entering the traditional home-buying years already have debt – student loans, of course. And those loans can make landing in a new house trickier. “Although many Americans have student loans, mortgage companies will still evaluate these outstanding debts while making their decision to approve or deny
A charter flight from Wuhan, China, carrying approximately 200 U.S. citizens, taxis to a stop at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Wednesday morning Jan. 29, 2020. Will Lester | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images U.S. health officials have quarantined 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, taking the rare step of issuing
Exxon earned $5.69 billion in the fourth quarter, down from $6 billion in the same period as weakness in the company’s chemicals and downstream divisions, as well as consistently lower oil prices pressured profits. The company’s quarter was boosted by one-time events, including a $3.7 billion gain from Exxon’s Norway divestment. Excluding these items, profit
The stock sell-off deepened on the last day of January on concerns that the deadly coronavirus will disrupt the global economy, and in the process ruin an old market indicator that was signaling a positive year. As goes January, so goes the year — this Wall Street saying from the widely watched “January barometer” suggests