Star Wars’ creator George Lucas has bought a beachfront property next to his villa in Carpinteria, … [+] California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Getty Images Legendary director George Lucas is expanding his beachfront villa in Carpinteria, California, after the purchase of a 2-acre site next door for $28 million. The property acquired by Lucas,
Guzman Y Gomez’s co-founder and CEO Steven Marks. Guzman Y Gomez SYDNEY — When Steven Marks landed a job at a top Wall Street hedge fund, he thought he had it made. Marks, then 23-years-old, was one of just two grads in his year to earn a place on legendary U.S. investor Steve Cohen’s New
Marc Benioff, Co-CEO of SalesForce speaking at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2019. Adam Galica | CNBC Salesforce shares bounced around in extended trading on Tuesday after the cloud software company reported better-than-expected results. The stock initially rose about 1% and then fell 2%. Here are the key numbers of the fiscal
Robinhood grew its user based tenfold in about three years by bringing in younger generations to the finance world, co-CEO of the mobile stock trading app, Vladimir Tenev, told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday. The start-up earlier that day announced that it has registered more than 10 million accounts to its platform, up from 1 million
In the late 1990s Andy Jassy pitched a wild idea to his boss and mentor, Jeff Bezos: what if Amazon developed another business…this one, in the cloud. Two decades later, it’s Amazon’s most profitable division – one that Jassy continues to head up as the CEO of Amazon Web Services. Jon Fortt sat down with
A trader, center, wears a Citigroup jacket while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. stock markets are near record high levels and UBS strategists are predicting a continued slowdown in the economy, which the firm expects will pressure the S&P 500 until the
Customers pay at a cashier station in a JCpenney Store at the Newport Mall in Jersey City, New Jersey. Kena Betancur | Getty Images Going big on those holiday purchases will cost you — especially if you’re in New Mexico. Residents in the Land of Enchantment take 17 months to pay off an average credit
Daniel Goldman (L), attorney and director of investigations with the House Intelligence Committee, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (C) (D-CA), and U.S. House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R) (R-CA), arrive to the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 13, 2019 in Washington, DC.
An intensified focus on elder financial abuse by federal and state agencies is being seen as a potential cause for the tripling of reports from financial institutions of suspected cases over the past six years to the Financial Crimes Financial Network (FinCEN). FinCEN is the Treasury Department’s anti-domestic and anti-international terrorism financing unit. Monthly Suspicious
MIAMI, FL – APRIL 15: Hermando La Roza holds a sign indicating that there are zero day left to … [+] file taxes as he stands in front of a Liberty Tax office on April 15, 2019 in Miami, Florida . April 15 is the deadline in the United States for residents to file their