A man walks through the subway sign on Wall Street on March 23, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Futures contracts tied with major U.S. stock indices ticked lower at the start of extended trading Wednesday night. Dow Jones futures hit 4 points at …
Read More »Stock market ignores restrictions of Trump administration. Here’s why it should not.
Text size Kevin Frayer / Getty Images Brands responded calmly to the recent escalation of the Trump administration’s war on Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Maybe too calm. U.S. Commerce Department regulations issued Aug. 17 will in theory prevent Huawei from purchasing any hardware or software that has all inputs of …
Read More »Home Depot reports income. Here’s what to expect.
Text size People do not spend money on travel, entertainment and dining, and have used that money to make their homes more comfortable. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Because the pandemic has kept everyone in their homes, many of us have become Tim “The Toolman” Taylor. Home improvement is suddenly …
Read More »Another EV company goes public. What separates it from Tesla and everything else.
Text size The Canoo is aimed at young professionals interested in a subscription model. Courtesy Canoo Yet another company with electric cars is publicly traded through a purchase through a special purpose purchase company, or SPAC. This time it’s the Hennessy Capital Acquisition that buys Canoo. Canoo is a self-described …
Read More »Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the rest of the Oligarchic Dozens’ just reached a ‘disturbing milestone’
“The rich get richer” does not even begin to tell the story today. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, the wealth of the top 12 billionaires in the US recently exploded to more than one trillion dollars – yes, 13 figures. The statistic is obviously an eye-popping figure on …
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