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“At least they paid better than a Chinese restaurant in New Haven,” he recalled to laughter during an interview at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech International conference in Guangzhou, China on Wednesday. There, he translated Yale chief investment officer David Swensen's book, Pioneering Portfolio
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“The global banking sector will benefit from favorable credit conditions that include improving economic growth and a supportive funding environment,” said Robard Williams, a Senior Vice President at Moody's. “However, broadly stronger economic growth is not expected to translate into material
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Walt Disney has already delayed the departure of longtime chairman and CEO Bob Iger a few times. But if a much-hyped (and, currently, only rumored) acquisition of 21st Century Fox actually does happen, then Iger reportedly could extend his tenure beyond his currently planned July 2019 retirement
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The morning sun shines through the statue of Wampanoag Indian chief Massasoit which stands atop a hill overlooking Plymouth Rock in Plymouth,
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… on the campaigns pale in comparison to their billions in annual sales. This essay appears in today's edition of the Fortune Brainstorm Health Daily.
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… two years in 2014 when they were blindsided by the Echo, a smart speaker from Amazon.com Inc. with a voice-activated assistant named Alexa.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional plan to ease banking rules for some large institutions goes too far and could endanger the financial
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Monzo, one of a number of “challenger” banks in the U.K. aiming to re-invent the current account, is assembling quite an array of backers, many with a
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ValuEngine lowered International Paper from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 15th. Jefferies Group LLC
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In a copy of a statement obtained by Bloomberg News, the Sugar Association—the current lobbying arm for the industry—called the new report “a
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The housing market has been underperforming its potential since May, and October's performance gap was the largest it's been since November of
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Rothschild Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of …. Lenders Title Company, an Arkansas-chartered title insurance and closing
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Hatri, who has more than 30 years experience in the local housing market, said that while hard to gauge how much more prices would increase by a
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Or is this a machine for real professional photographers? … This is a really great display that makes use of the extra real estate atop the GFX'x large
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Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has denied allegations of sexual harassment detailed in an article published by BuzzFeed on Monday that revealed his
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Over 229,000 past due mortgages are attributed to the two storms, said Black Knight in its first look report. Most of the late loans were secured by
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A new theme park of sorts focused on all things pasta has officially opened in Italy. FICO Eataly World opened its doors in Bologna, Italy this month,
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B&Q and John Lewis warn of tough market as inflation and Brexit bite … kitchen and bathroom business was suffering in the cooling housing market.
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A store in Carytown, Virginia canceled the release of a highly-anticipated shoe after hundreds of people swarmed the store in order to get it.
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“Open Banking will make a transformational change to banking for personal customers and small businesses,” said Alasdair Smith, the CMA's
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