Would you trust a technology company like Apple, Amazon or Google with your health data? More than 1,000 people participated in my Twitter poll on the topic, and the majority of people responding that they would. Only 37 percent of people responded that they would not share their data. Among those who opted to share […]
Read moreBill Miller’s Income Strategy investment fund has dumped its stake in a high-flying jail operator and placed a bet on malls, despite the threat e-commerce giant Amazon.com poses on the retail industry. “We think the narrative reflected in current prices has outpaced reality,” one of the fund’s portfolio managers, Bill Miller IV, said in a […]
Read moreHertz‘s luck may be turning around, but investors will need to wait longer to see results. Shares of the rental-car company soared nearly 20 percent on Wednesday after positive comments by CEO Kathryn Marinello. “We have made significant progress in the first half of the year, executing on our operating turnaround plan,” Marinello said in […]
Read moreIf tensions between the U.S. and North Korea escalate, a flood into safe havens will be the first warning sign, closely followed trader Art Cashin told CNBC on Wednesday. “You’re going to have to watch those safe havens. If they begin to move very rapidly, then we’re going to go into a different kind of […]
Read moreThere is one Trump trade still working even as some on Wall Street fret the White House is getting “nothing done.” Defense stocks rallied a day after President Donald Trump warned that threats from North Korea “will be met with fire and fury” on Tuesday. The gain in the stocks came as the rest of […]
Read moreYvonne Meyer is no Luddite. The 81-year-old not only uses a computer; she gave up her landline for a cellphone long ago. Still, she was skeptical when her home health aides gave her an Amazon Echo Dot to try. “I didn’t understand why I needed this” but soon became a fan, said the former teacher, […]
Read moreBirchbox has recently been discussing a potential sale with several retailers, multiple sources told Recode. One potential acquirer who has spoken with the beauty subscription startup is Walmart, these people said, with conversations taking place between Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce chief Marc Lore and Birchbox co-founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp. It’s not clear how far along […]
Read moreTen years ago Wednesday, French bank BNP Paribas blocked withdrawals from hedge funds that specialized in U.S. mortgage debt. That Aug. 9, 2007, marked the beginning of a credit crisis that caused investment bank Lehman Brothers to collapse a year later and usher in the Great Recession of 2007-09. “It’s true that the subprime mortgage […]
Read moreNvidia is the best performing stock over the past year. But even after the big run, one Wall Street analyst predicts the chipmaker will beat expectations later this week. For the July quarter earnings we “see upside to estimates in gaming and data center. We think core PC Gaming will benefit from increased demand for […]
Read moreInvestors have built up a large short position in investor Carl Icahn’s oil refining company, CVR Energy, in the past three months, according to Reuters data, as evidence mounts that the company’s gamble on the biofuels market is going sour. Icahn has been one of the loudest critics of the federal biofuels program. CVR, in […]
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