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Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., at a press conference following the House GOP leadership elections on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Republicans aim to gain ground in the House next year in part by trying to reclaim dozens of seats lost in November’s …
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Silicon Valley VC Confidence Index most pessimistic since 2009
Eric Risberg | AP A woman walks in the rain at a vista point with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, near Sausalito, Calif. Storms brought rain to California on Monday and increased the risk of mudslides in fire-ravaged communities in devastated northern wine country …
Read More »Goodyear Tire, Skechers, Mattel & more
Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images A mechanic stacks used tires outside the service bay of a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. auto garage in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Skechers — The shoemaker’s stock jumped 18 percent after the company gave strong profit …
Read More »Amazon analysts shrug off Bezos-Enquirer saga, see no impact on the stock
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stunned everyone with his revealing post accusing National Enquirer of extortion and …
Read More »Sony announces first share buyback of $910m, stock rises 5 percent
Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage for Sony Corp. is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Sony announced on Friday a share buyback of 100 billion yen ($910 million) — its first ever aimed at boosting shareholder returns — sending the …
Read More »Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to get rid of farting cows?
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and US Senator Ed Markey (R), Democrat of Massachusetts, speak during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 7, 2019. …
Read More »John Dingell, longest-serving member of US Congress, dies at 92
Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Representative John Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan. John Dingell, a gruff Michigan Democrat who entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1955 to finish his late father’s term and became a legislative heavyweight and longest-serving member of Congress, died on Thursday. He …
Read More »Wirecard sues FT for ‘unethical reporting,’ shares jump
CHRISTOF STACHE | AFP | Getty Images Markus Braun, CEO of the technology and financial services company Wirecard, poses in the company headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2018. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) Shares of Wirecard jumped …
Read More »Trump may reportedly ban Chinese telecom equipment on US networks
Josep Lago | AFP | Getty Images People walk by a 5G stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s biggest mobile fair, on February 26, 2018 in Barcelona. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order next week that would ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from U.S. …
Read More »If the market drops tomorrow, buy this stock
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Joey Levin, chief executive officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Thursday, July 12, 2018. IAC/InterActive Corp., the holding company behind Vimeo, CollegeHumor, The Daily …
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