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With the dollar diving, these stocks are set to cash in, Goldman says

Goldman Sachs expects Boeing, Tiffany and some health care companies to benefit from the diving U.S. dollar. “The ripple effects of a weaker dollar benefit US stocks with overseas sales,” David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, said in a report published late Tuesday with other analysts. The …

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Square earnings Q2 2017

Yana Paskova | Bloomberg | Getty Images Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Square shares climbed in after hours following the company reporting second-quarter results that bested analyst expectations. Here’s how the company did compared to …

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Matthew Williams, Renaissance Man – The New York Times

They live in an apartment in the city center and commute, in a borrowed Land Rover, to the factories where their clothes are made. They are learning to live without the 24/7 creature comforts of New York: little ethnic food, no takeout, hummus at only one grocery store across town. …

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As Apple surges to all-time high, analyst sees troubling sign for tech

By some measures, investors are more crowded into technology stocks than ever before. Information technology is the best-performing sector this year. Shares of Apple just surged on its earnings Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to new heights. And according to a new Bank of America Merrill Lynch report, …

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Dollar dives vs euro in sudden move, hits lowest level since 2015

The dollar dropped 0.77 percent against the euro on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level against the common currency in more than two-and-a-half years. The euro traded at $1.1876 against the greenback as of 2:06 p.m. in New York. The euro also broke above $1.19 for the first time since Jan. …

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Is It Jazz? Improvisation? Tyshawn Sorey Is Obliterating the Lines

It was after dinner on a recent Wednesday evening, and he was wearing all black: a button-down shirt, loose slacks. I’ve never seen him in any other outfit; when he performs, he almost always wears sunglasses. It’s as if he knew that to be seen is to be categorized. To …

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This small-cap tech is a great derivative play off Apple’s blowout earnings, JPMorgan says

Jim Stem | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee works on a circuit board at Jabil Circuit’s facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. Analysts at JPMorgan initiated coverage of Apple supplier Jabil Circuit at overweight, forecasting added gains ahead of the iPhone 8’s so-called super cycle. Jabil supplies Apple with the …

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Volcker rule is a step closer to getting watered down

Getty Images Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) (L) and former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) talk about their hallmark and namesake legislation, the Dodd-Frank reform law, on the fifth anniversary of the law at the Newseum July 20, 2015 in Washington. The government is asking the public for its input on …

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So Many Shows, So Many Hits: For ‘Prince of Broadway,’ the Challenge Is What to Leave Out

The intervening years made for plenty more frustration, as one announced production of “Prince” after another fell by the wayside. An earlier version finally reached Japan in 2015. “I’m told it played better in Osaka than Tokyo,” Mr. Prince said of that production, “because the theater was so much smaller.” …

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