Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is once again calling for more regulation of Big Tech, even if it affects his company’s bottom line. “I believe good regulation may hurt Facebook’s business in the near term but it will be better for everyone, including us, over the long term.” That’s what Facebook’s …
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With tax filing season now underway, we have two full years of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) changes in the rearview mirror: 2018 and 2019. Are you better off than before? Is the country better off than before? Good questions. Not surprisingly, the answers depend on your specific …
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It was a goddess that inspired Sunny Bertollini to move to Italy. The 50-year-old herbalist, and her husband, Mark Hinshaw, a 72-year-old retired architect, had been coming to Italy on vacation for years. On one trip, they visited an ancient temple to Salus, a Roman goddess of health and well-being …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Look at Applied Materials See full story. Why Canopy Growth’s sales grew as Aurora Cannabis struggled to sell more weed Canopy Growth Corp. reported earnings early Friday that gave investors a few reasons to cheer: In short, it wasn’t a total disaster. See full story. Delta’s CEO …
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Dear Moneyist, I am a former creative director for a global ad agency and now a freelance writer who bills at $ 125 an hour. My husband owns a graphic design firm that bills at $ 175 per hour. Last year, my in-laws, who have always been deeply involved in …
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Dear Moneyist, We’ve been married for five years — happily, or so I thought. We have shared all our assets prior to our marriage, including our current accounts and bank accounts, etc. I continued to work for five years after we married, and I just retired at 65. My husband …
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Kraft Heinz Co., the company that makes Kool-Aid and Velveeta, saw its bonds lose their investment-grade status and fall into “junk” territory after two credit ratings firms on Friday downgraded the debt. The moves by Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings turned Kraft’s debt into a “fallen angel,” a term …
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Nvidia Corp.’s stock surged Friday as analysts practically wrote Valentine’s Day notes for the company and raised their price targets after the chip company barreled past expectations in data-center sales following a tough year of revenue declines. Nvidia NVDA, +8.30% stock surged to an intraday high of $ 294.40, and …
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Pernod Ricard, the maker of Jameson whiskey and Absolut vodka, cut its annual profit growth outlook for 2019-2020 on Thursday, as it said China’s coronavirus epidemic was likely to have a “severe” impact on its third-quarter performance. The French spirits maker, which generates 10% of its global sales in China, …
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