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In this article LYFT Signage for Lyft is seen displayed at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in celebration of its initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ Stock Market in New York, U.S., March 29, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Lyft reported second quarter financial results after-the-bell Tuesday, easily beating on both the top

SpaceX rolls out Super Heavy Booster 4 in preparation for the company’s first orbital Starship launch. Elon Musk SpaceX on Tuesday rolled out the rocket booster that the company plans to use to launch the first Starship orbital flight, and Elon Musk shared photos of the enormous vehicle. A look inside SpaceX’s high bay after

In this article MSFT Bill and Melinda French Gates Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have gotten divorced after 27 years of marriage. A Monday filing with the King County Superior Court of Washington made the move official, three months after the couple announced their plan

In this article .STI OCBC-SG UOBH-SG DBSM-SG Aerial view of Singapore’s central business district and bayfront area. BNBB Studio | Moment | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s top three banks are due to report second-quarter earnings this week, and investors will be watching for any announcements on dividend payments. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas

A man inquires about a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a mobile testing van in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 2, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The seven-day average of daily coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed the peak seen last summer when the nation didn’t have an authorized Covid-19 vaccine, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Most individual investors — 67% — think they have a responsibility to put money toward companies that have a positive impact on the world, new research shows. That doesn’t mean they are necessarily acting on the sentiment. While more than half (51%) of retail investors avoid investing

In this article KMB PG View of Dawn dish soap liquid at Stop & Shop Supermarket. Ron Adar | LightRocket | Getty Images Procter & Gamble is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings results before the market opens on Friday. Here’s what Wall Street is anticipating, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv:

Tesla’s Model Y compact crossover vehicles at a showroom in Shanghai, China, on January 18, 2021. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Earnings season is well underway, as a number of mega-cap tech names released their financial results this past week. However, there’s still plenty more to come as several companies have yet

Travelers may not be able attend this year’s Summer Olympic Games, but they can still experience Japan virtually. As the global pandemic marches on, tourist attractions and enterprising tour guides are finding ways to emulate the look, feel and taste of a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. Sightseeing and shopping For 2,000

Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images The IRS began issuing another 1.5 million tax refunds this week to people who received unemployment benefits in 2020. That adds to the nearly 9 million refunds, worth about $10 billion, the agency sent since May. Funds delivered by direct deposit this week started hitting bank accounts on Wednesday, and

In this article Rauf Karimov | iStock | Getty Images With the national eviction ban expiring today, Leopold expects he and his wife, Vivia, and their six young children, will be forced out of their home in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where they’ve lived for the past three years. They’re one of millions of families in

In this article QSR-CA Jose Cil, CEO of Restaurant Brands International, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., November 6, 2019. Brendan McDermid I Reuters Restaurant Brands International on Friday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street’s expectations, fueled in part by strong growth

Jeff Bezos, owner of Blue Origin, introduces a new lunar landing module called Blue Moon during an event at the Washington Convention Center, May 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Friday denied protests from companies affiliated with Jeff Bezos that NASA wrongly awarded a lucrative

In this article GOOGL Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google Inc. JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google founders and controlling Alphabet stakeholders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have sold more than $1 billion worth of stock combined since May of this year. Beginning in May of this year, the two

In this article XOM CVX Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chevron reported a second straight quarter of profits Friday as improving demand for petroleum products and a jump in oil prices boosted operations. The

A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measures against Covid-19 walks along an empty street in Chinatown. Wong Fok Loy| SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images The Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia has become one of the worst globally. On a seven-day moving average basis, Malaysia recorded 483.72 confirmed Covid infections per million

Image source: Eric Audras | ONOKY | Getty Images There appears to be a lack of understanding among investors about some of the fees they pay. Nearly half (47%) of investors mistakenly think the cost of investments like mutual funds and exchange traded funds generally are included in the fee they pay to their advisor

In this article CMCSA CEO of Comcast Brian Roberts arrives for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Comcast is set to report second-quarter financial results before-the-bell Thursday. Here are the key numbers: Adjusted earnings per share: 67 cents expected in a Refinitiv

Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images The U.S. Marshals Service, one of the primary law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice, has hired custodian Anchorage Digital for cryptocurrency seized or forfeited in various criminal cases. The Marshals Service has spent more than a year seeking a custodian and financial services provider for its stockpile of

In this article GSBD BLK GS Eric Adams, Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, speaks during a campaign appearance in Brooklyn, New York, June 11, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eric Adams may not be the mayor of New York, but he is already starting to privately seek an alliance with several of the

Barclays and HSBC buildings are seen amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain October 20, 2020. Matthew Childs | Reuters Barclays beat second-quarter profit expectations on Wednesday and boosted returns to shareholders, with its investment banking and equities businesses posting record incomes. The British lender posted a quarterly attributable profit of

Shannon Miller, the most decorated U.S. female gymnast in Olympics history, delivered perspective that only a fellow gymnast could give, when it came to Simone Biles’s decision to withdraw from the team final competition Tuesday due to mental health concerns.  “What I think is really important here is, you have Simone, who clearly knew something

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Workers saw their hourly pay in June jump at the fastest clip in over a decade. Yet some of them saw those gains erased by high levels of inflation. “Real wages” — a measure of income after accounting for the cost of goods and services people buy — fell

In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Tesla reports second-quarter results after the bell on Monday. Here’s what analysts are expecting, according to estimates compiled by Refinitiv: Earnings: 98 cents per share, adjusted, expected

Jeff Bezos holds the aviation glasses that belonged to Amelia Earhart as he speaks during a press conference about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover billions of dollars of

Getty Images The U.K.’s University of Exeter is offering students who want to study medicine a £10,000 ($13,735) bursary and free first-year accommodation to defer their place, due to increased demand to study at the medical school.  In addition to offering students a financial incentive to defer their spot to study medicine at the university,

Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), today, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Source: NYSE Stock futures opened little changed after the major averages finished the previous session at record closing highs and ahead of a heavy week of earnings reports from technology’s heaviest hitters. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased by 5 points,

In this article DIS Signage outside Caesars Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, May 02, 2021. Roger Kisby | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walt Disney executives won’t be traveling to Las Vegas next month to attend the National Association of Theatre Owners’ CinemaCon. The company cited growing concerns over the Covid-19

Hispanolistic It looks like the combination of stimulus checks and at least two expanded tax credits will be a boon to most U.S. households. Between cash hitting bank accounts — in the form of stimulus payments and advance child tax credits — and the expanded earned income tax credit, the value is an average of

CEO of Snap Inc. Evan Spiegel walks to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 07, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Snap‘s stock rose more than 13% on Thursday after the company reported its second-quarter earnings, beating expectations across the board for earnings, revenue