Month: November 2022

Alibaba broke tradition by not releasing total sales for its Singles’ Day shopping festival this year. Pictured here are advertisements for the festival in a Shanghai subway station on Nov. 10, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s Covid controls disrupted Alibaba‘s ability to deliver packages, the company said, dragging down the
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Taylor Swift accepts an award onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 on Nov. 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Kevin Mazur | Wireimage | Getty Images Taylor Swift fans are not having a “Love Story” with Ticketmaster — and may fall victim to scams if they’re not careful when looking for affordable concert tickets.
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In this article GRAB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Singapore technology ride-sharing and food delivery service company Grab logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Budrul Chukrut | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Singapore-based ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab narrowed losses and broke even in its deliveries segment for the first
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Getty Images Walmart‘s stock surged this week. Target‘s shares plunged. The rival big-box players are both known for selling an array of products including food, clothing, home goods and kitchen appliances. Both their CEOs — Walmart’s Doug McMillon and Target’s Brian Cornell — stepped into their roles in 2014. related investing news As consumer spending
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In an economy that has produced the highest inflation rate since the early 1980s, Americans are struggling to keep up with day-to-day expenses. More consumers are now relying on credit cards to get by, which has helped propel total credit card debt to $930 billion in the third quarter, just shy of the all-time record, according to
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damircudic | Getty After a rough year for cryptocurrency, taxes may not be a top priority for digital currency investors battered by steep losses. But the falling crypto market and the recent collapse of digital currency exchange FTX may affect next year’s tax bill — and beyond, according to financial experts. Despite recent losses, “gains
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In this article LYV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Taylor Swift accepts an award onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on November 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Jeff Kravitz | Filmmagic | Getty Images There’s something about Taylor Swift and breakups. Activists and lawmakers are renewing calls
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Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Student loan default rates could dramatically spike if the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness plan is blocked, a top official at the U.S. Department of Education said
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Jeff Bezos finally said he plans to give away the “majority” of his $122 billion fortune during his lifetime. The announcement, in an interview with CNN released on Monday, came after years of Bezos facing questions and criticism over his relative lack of philanthropic donations, especially compared to fellow high profile billionaires like Bill Gates,
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In this article LOW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Lowe’s said Wednesday that high inflation isn’t hurting sales as it reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. The company also upped its guidance for its full-year earnings. Shares of Lowe’s rose more than 3% Wednesday. related investing news Analysts see one retailer winning
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Marcos Elihu Castillo Ramirez | iStock | Getty Images For some individuals, signing up for Medicare hasn’t translated into coverage starting right away. That’s poised to change: Beginning next year, current months-long delays in certain Medicare enrollment situations will be eliminated. Additionally, would-be beneficiaries who missed signing up when they were supposed to due to
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In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger spoke highly of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company, Tesla, calling it an amazing feat in the American auto industry. “I was certainly surprised that Tesla did as well as it did,” Munger said in an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick that
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In this article GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Goldman Sachs logo displayed on a smartphone. Omar Marques | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Goldman Sachs paid more than $12 million to a former female partner to settle claims that senior executives created a hostile environment for women, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Top
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