President Donald Trump held a conference call with the CEOs of the three biggest U.S. banks as the stock market plunged Wednesday. Trump held the call with J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Bank of America‘s Brian Moynihan and Citigroup‘s Michael Corbat, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Dow plunged 800 points, or 3%, in
For anyone holding a long-term-care insurance policy, new allegations of financial trouble at one insurer may make you wonder what would happen to your policy if your underwriter went belly up. While insurance companies have been bolstering their reserves to cover future claims and raising premiums to counteract inaccurate pricing when the policies were first
At the beginning of the year, the Fed was expected to increase interest rates in the midst of a booming economy. Now, just months later, it has reversed course, not just maintaining interest rates, but dropping them. They seem to know something we don’t know. Or, perhaps, the writing is on the wall and we’re
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses taking benefits early to invest them in a 401k, whether filing a restricted application was a mistake, taking retirement benefits before spousal benefits, when to file to get the
Mall of America, Minneapolis, MN. Sanford Stein Triple Five Group, the owner of the Mall of America, has put up Minnesota’s signature retail destination as collateral in a high-stakes gamble on a big dream. Specifically, the American Dream, a new mega-attraction near the New Jersey Meadowlands sports complex. City officials in Bloomington MN, where the
Home to more than 1 billion people, India is a huge economic, political and cultural force and when it comes to renewable energy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has ambitious plans. In June 2019, Anand Kumar, the secretary of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said the country planned to have 500 gigawatts of
A customer pushes a full cart at a Walmart store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart is set to report second-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. Here’s what analysts are expecting, based on Refinitiv data: Earnings per share, adjusted: $1.22 Revenue: $130.11 billion Same-store sales: up 2.1% Additional
Larry Culp, CEO, General Electric Scott Mlyn | CNBC General Electric CEO Larry Culp bought nearly $2 million worth of the company’s stock after Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos called the company “a bigger fraud than Enron.” A Thursday evening filing with the SEC revealed that Culp bought 252,200 shares for about $7.93 each. Culp, who
The General Electric Co. logo is seen on the company’s corporate headquarters building in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. July 23, 2019 Alwyn Scott | Reuters Enron whistleblower Harry Markopolos released a report on General Electric on Thursday alleging the company is hiding financial problems. Before the report was made public, GE said, in a statement, “we
For older Americans, Social Security promises guaranteed monthly income. Except when you have certain kinds of unpaid debt. While most creditors — i.e., credit-card companies or other lenders — can’t touch your Social Security payments, some types of delinquent debt can reduce those monthly checks. And when they do, look out. “If you’re actively paying