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Disney, Nestle and “Fortnite” maker Epic Games have paused advertising on YouTube. Advertisers including Peloton and Grammarly are urging YouTube to resolve the latest content challenge. The move is a … Read more
by howmuch The most innovative fintech companies have two things in common. They’re getting a lot of attention from investors, and they’re using technology to dramatically simplify financial transactions. That’s … Read more
by gingerwittasoul I just received “debt consolidation” offers from Crisp Funds and Whistler Funding. I found it odd they were essentially identical, seemed to offer too good to be true … Read more
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Many companies across the United States are reeling from the tariffs imposed by China and president Donald Trump during the ongoing trade war. Even though there’s been a … Read more
via caixinglobal: China is encouraging insurance companies to invest more of their $2.65 trillion of assets in securities as part of the government’s efforts to bolster liquidity and revitalize the gloomy … Read more
via @OccupyWisdom : 1/ INDEX INVESTING (Log scale & inflation adjusted) All the investment “experts” tout index investing: blindly buying 100s-1000s of minuscule positions, as ideal for the average investor. The below … Read more
Notable companies that have lowered guidance so far this month: AppleSamsungLGDelta SkyworksMacy’sKohl’sAmerican AirlinesConstellation BrandsLindtGoodyearFordSignet JewelersBungeStanley Black & DeckerIntel — Hipster (@Hipster_Trader) January 24, 2019 Sad part is that even these … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Painful moment of truth for banks & investors. “Uncertainty over the accuracy of the companies’ books and disclosure of pertinent information”: Fitch Ratings. Defaults by Chinese … Read more
via drmalcolmkendrick: Sometimes you read a thing quickly, and then you have to read it again to make sure you read it right. Yesterday I was sent a copy of a … Read more
The ever decreasing right to privacy on the Internet is entirely by design, we need the right to compensation for gross violations by companies like Facebook and Google to slow … Read more
Sean Higgins for the Washington Examiner reports, Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett predicted Thursday that other companies would follow Apple in taking collateral damage in the ongoing trade war between … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Although there are rules preventing banks and credit-card companies from seeing what customers are buying, if the New York Times has its way, those financial companies would begin to do just that. … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. To the white-knuckle end, 2018 has been a terrible roller coaster ride for Spanish supermarket chain Dia, … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “It now appears bike sharing is the stupidest business, but the smartest brains of China all tried to get in,” Wu Shenghua, founder of 3Vbike, one … Read more
The cannabis industry is projected to grow by more than 400% by 2021. It is the single fastest growing industry, with more than $40 billion in revenue expected. With so … Read more
