Howard Stern Kevin Mazur | Getty Images Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei believes the company is well positioned to capitalize on the growing popularity of podcasts and other audio content. Maffei, who joined CNBC’s David Faber from Liberty’s investor day in New York, said that while there is competition for audio content, exclusive agreements should
Pedestrians pass in front of a Charles Schwab bank branch in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Financial advisors who hold their clients’ assets at TD Ameritrade are about to face a shake-up. Charles Schwab is in talks to purchase TD Ameritrade for $25 billion, and a deal could be announced
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The monster deal could see the two biggest brokerages combine. Elise Amendola/ASSOCIATED PRESS Topline: As the brokerage industry looks to recover lost revenue from eliminating trading fees last month, two of the leading firms could be merging to create a brokerage giant, with Charles Schwab in
Getty You’ve heard about the wealth tax proposed by presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Her wealth tax would target high-net-worth individuals and is intended to address income inequality. But do you know about the other version of a wealth tax that’s getting some buzz? In a recent article in Tax Notes Federal, Dan Palmon and Jay Soled,
Stealth storage is just one go-to. Domus Venus x Uliana Gluckova There’s something that always stands out when a room or home has an interior designer’s touch. It’s generally because they have showstopping pieces of furniture and accessories that make the space feel complete. While most designers work on a variety of projects, they often
Anti-government protesters with their faces covered stand at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which has been taken over by anti-government protesters, on November 21, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. Laurel Chor | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S.–China relations will worsen if President Donald Trump signs a pro-Hong Kong rights bill into law, a former
Large crowds gather to hear Arielle Zuckerberg, partner at Kleiner Perkins, speak onstage during the Slush start-ups event in Helsinki, Finland, on Nov. 30, 2016. Tomi Setala | Bloomberg via Getty Images European start-ups have raised a record amount of funding so far this year, with $34.3 billion of venture capital flowing into the continent’s
The new movie “Dark Waters” may be about an attorney’s battle against chemical company DuPont, but the film could shine a sharper spotlight on the industry in general, hurting companies like 3M, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Wednesday. The film, which hits theaters on Friday and stars Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim
Despite the partisan noise swirling around the impeachment hearings in Washington, DC, supporters of at least one bill remain hopeful that the divide won’t derail its passage. The Secure Act, as the measure is called, aims to increase the ranks of retirement savers and the amount they put away. While it cleared the House in
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The latest setback took a toll on the market. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Topline: Stocks pulled back from near record highs and plummeted on Wednesday, following a report that the phase one trade deal between China and the U.S. was again delayed, and now won’t be completed