Description: Stocks traded slightly higher on Friday as investors weighed better-than-expected economic data against a mixed batch of quarterly earnings.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Apr 26, 2019
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Description: Oil prices tumbled as much as 4% on Friday, extending early losses after President Donald Trump said he told OPEC to take action to temper fuel costs.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Apr 26, 2019
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Description: Ride-hailing startup will report some nontraditional metrics as it seeks to provide information on much more than ride hailing
Source: MarketWatch.com – video report
Date: Apr 26, 2019
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Description: (Bloomberg) — Memo to traders back from the most bruising bout of the bull market. If the past is any precedent, the rewards of sticking around can be high.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Apr 16, 2019
Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bullish-history-near-death-experiences-110500656.html
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Description: How America’s obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: Apr 26, 2019
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/upshot/women-long-hours-greedy-professions.html
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Description: The company plans to apply the entire proceeds from the Chapada mine sale to reduce its $1.6 billion debt pile
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: April 15, 2019
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Description: When Tiger Woods won The Masters on Sunday, it was an instant boon to everyone in business with him, directly or even indirectly, from sponsors like Nike and Monster Beverage to broadcaster CBS.
Source: YahooFinance.com – video report
Date: Apr 16, 2019
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Description: Apple and Qualcomm have settled their royalty dispute, the companies announced in a press release. The settlement includes a payment from Apple to Qualcomm as well as a chipset supply agreement, suggesting that Apple will buy Qualcomm chips for future iPhones. The companies did not say how much the payment will be.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Apr 16, 2019
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/16/apple-qualcomm-settle-royalty-dispute-sources-say.html
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Description: Netflix is set to report earnings after the bell Tuesday. BK Asset Management’s Boris Schlossberg says investors only care about one thing and it has him seeing flashbacks to Amazon’s early years.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Apr 16, 2019
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Description: Currency-only hedge funds were once a hot corner of the investment world. From 2000 to 2008 the tally of currency funds tracked by the BarclayHedge Currency Traders Index almost tripled, to 145. Now they’re looking more like an endangered species, with just 49 in operation.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Apr 16, 2019
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