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Gregg Lemkau, co-head of investment banking for Goldman Sachs & Co. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is losing one of its top dealmakers. Gregg Lemkau, a nearly-three decade veteran of the bank and co-head of its powerhouse investment banking division, is leaving Goldman at the end of the year, according to
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“I’m going to spend less this month.” We’ve all said these words at some point in our lives. But changing your bad money habits isn’t easy. Most of our impulsive spending happens when our brain is on autopilot. The solution is to implement both short-term and long-term strategies which upend our reactive spending routine.  From
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal | AP Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced a “two-week freeze” on most activities and non-essential business across the state to curb what she described as an “alarming spike” in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The new
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CEO of Cisco Chuck Robbins speaks during the VivaTech (Viva Technology) trade fair in Paris on May 24, 2018. Gerard Julien | AFP | Getty Images Cisco shares moved as much as 9% higher in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings and an upbeat forecast that exceeded analysts’ expectations. Here’s
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Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Company: F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV) Business: F5 is a leading provider of multi-cloud application services that allow its customers to develop, deploy, operate, secure and govern applications in any architecture, from on-premises to public cloud. the Company’s Traffic Management Operating System (TMOS) based offerings
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Volunteers distribute food to the needy in Orlando, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Continuing claims Continuing claims for unemployment benefits are the best available proxy for the total number of people receiving jobless aid. Claims have fallen by more than 10 million since the early summer. There were around 21 million continuing claims through
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Jamie Grill | Blend Images | Getty Images Retirement savers appear to be taking advantage of relaxed rules around 401(k) withdrawals during the coronavirus pandemic. The typical 401(k) investor pulled $12,000 from their account in the form of a “coronavirus-related distribution,” according to a new Vanguard analysis of its client data. This figure represents the
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Medical staff members check on a patient at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Go Nakamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s been an “unprecedented spike” in Covid-19 hospital admissions in Ohio. ICU beds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are full. North Dakota’s
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Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence conference November 5, 2019, in Washington Alex Wong | Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been approved to become a citizen of Cyprus, according to a report Monday from Recode. An October notice in Alithia, a Cypriot publication, apparently announced Schmidt and
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Since Tuesday, MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki has been running on fumes, living off Diet Coke with little sleep. Late Thursday night, Kornacki tweeted, “Forget grabbing sleep, there’s still votes coming in in PA. I’m heading back to the studio.” Twitter users urging Kornacki to take a break and change his clothes (he’s know
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bymuratdeniz | E+ | Getty Images The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will be $148.50 in 2021, officials announced Friday. The $3.90 increase is 2.7% more than the 2020 figure of $144.60, according to information released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The deductible for Part B, which covers outpatient care,
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