Japanese retail sales rose 2.0 percent in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday, compared with economists’ median estimate of a 2.6 percent increase. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more details. Follow CNBC International on Twitter and Facebook. Source: cnbc china Japan May retail sales rise 2.0 […]
Read moreEvery night, Jim Cramer goes on “Mad Money” with a mission to help people become better investors. Over the past 12 years of the show, that mission has transformed to match the surrounding environment. The show first began as an outgrowth of Cramer’s radio show called “Real Money.” Back then, people craved specific investment ideas. […]
Read moreWhen Jim Cramer first started investing, he was determined to do it the right way — by researching stocks and getting an edge on that research. “Where was I going to get that edge? I figured, why not read all of the periodicals that covered stocks?” the “Mad Money” host said. When Cramer graduated from […]
Read moreIt’s well-known that Facebook paid a hefty sum to buy messaging app WhatsApp. But in the process, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently outbid a rival who had fallen ill, according to a new report in Bloomberg Businessweek. Tencent, the maker of WeChat, was interested in buying WhatsApp in early 2014, a deal that would have […]
Read moreJim Cramer wants investors to know that it’s possible to get ahead, but it requires doing homework before picking individual stocks. “I think this show can play a role in your financial education and get you to the point where you make fewer errors and have more of a chance to make money longer term […]
Read moreEvery night, Jim Cramer goes on “Mad Money” with the mission of helping people become better investors. Over the past 12 years of the show, that mission has transformed to match the surrounding environment. The show first began as an outgrowth of Cramer’s radio show called “Real Money.” Back then, people craved specific investment ideas. […]
Read moreBlue Apron has priced its initial public offering at $10 per share, according to a person familiar with the matter. With an offering of 30 million shares, the company is looking to raise about $300 million in its IPO. On Wednesday morning, the company slashed its IPO range in an amended filing. The company said […]
Read moreSeveral big banks announced significant increases in their plans to return capital to shareholders after passing the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test. Financial shares jumped in extended trading. Citigroup was the highlight after hours, doubling its quarterly dividend to 32 cents per common share and announcing a common stock repurchase program of up to $15.6 […]
Read moreIn the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims. “Hunt them, identify them, and kill them,” declared U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican. “Kill them all. For the sake of all that is good […]
Read moreResearchers at Google’s experimental unit, Area 120, say they’ve built their first version of a digital advertising format designed specifically for mobile, virtual-reality applications. The unit showed a prototype of the still-nameless product in a blog post co-authored by Google product manager Aayush Upadhyay and associate project manager Neel Rao. The demonstration video showed a […]
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