A General Electric (GE) sign is seen at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters General Electric shares rose after a new analyst at UBS assumed coverage on the troubled conglomerate with a buy rating. “We believe the stock is at a positive inflection point
The Federal Reserve‘s decision Wednesday to keep interest rates steady put the cap on a tumultuous year for consumers. After raising the federal funds rate nine times in three years, with the last hike just one year ago as financial markets were melting down, concerns about a slowing economy and a looming U.S.-China trade war
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Getty The Forbes 100 Top Charities for 2019 collectively received more than $51.5 billion in private donations in their most recent fiscal years. That’s up an impressive 4.9% from the year earlier and accounts for 12% of the estimated $427.7 billion received in contributions by all of the country’s one million-plus charities according to Giving
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Healthfield House in London’s Highgate asks $52 million KNIGHT FRANK/SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY On the eve of a general election in the United Kingdom that will almost certainly impact the direction of Brexit as well as London’s property trends (which had been on the decline), a home
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, December 10, 2019. Mark Wilson | Getty Images Washington D.C. — Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday took to the podium at a national gathering of attorneys general in Washington D.C. to attack one of the few bipartisan targets in Washington D.C: big technology. The speech took place at the
Scott Mlyn | CNBC Home Depot on Wednesday forecast fiscal 2020 sales growth below Wall Street expectations, three weeks after the home improvement chain cut its 2019 sales forecast. The company said last month that its One Home Depot strategy, which aims to improve the online and brick-and-mortar businesses, was not yet generating as much
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Chevron. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Disney. Dan Nathan was a seller of Netflix. Guy Adami was a buyer of Roku. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Guy Adami is long CELG, EXAS, GDX, INTC. Guy Adami’s wife, Linda
Colin Anderson | Getty Images A new venture capital firm that will invest in companies that are fundamentally shifting how the energy sector operates said it has raised $250 million for its first fund. San Francisco-based Piva on Wednesday announced in a press release that its sole limited partner is Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and
PeskyMonkey | iStock | Getty Images The bull market in U.S. stocks rolls on. From the trade war between the U.S. and China and the slowdown in global economic growth, to Britain’s messy exit from the European Union and the potential impeachment of President Trump, nothing has dampened the enthusiasm for stocks. The American economy