Good things come in threes, it’s often said. But what happens when a formerly tight trio becomes dominated by a power couple? In the asset-manager world, BlackRock BLK, +0.09%, State Street Global Advisors STT, +1.51%, and Vanguard have been known for the past several years as the “Big Three” behemoths, …
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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fallBeneath the music from a farther room.So how should I presume? “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot Dear Moneyist, My wife and I purchased a home a year ago. I …
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Cisco has reported a year-over-year decline in revenue for four consecutive quarters. AFP via Getty Images Cisco Systems Inc. shares surged in the extended session Thursday after the maker of network services, videoconferencing tools and security software’s quarterly results and outlook topped Wall Street estimates, and it announced a new …
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Both Target and Ulta will benefit from the beauty partnership they’ve announced, analysts say Target Ulta Beauty Inc. ULTA, -1.48% shares jumped 7.4% in Tuesday trading after the retailer and Target Corp. TGT, +0.19% announced a partnership that would bring Ulta shops to Target locations. Ulta Beauty stock has rallied …
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The U.S. economy is recovering but there’s still a long way before it comes back to even. With the overhang of the presidential election largely behind us, Congress should quickly pass another stimulus bill. Although U.S. GDP rose 7.4% in the third quarter of 2020, the economy is still more …
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Hi there, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Why Major Biden becoming the first shelter dog in the White House is a big deal 2020 has seen a ‘massive surge’ in animal fosters and adoptions, and a rescued First Pet could inspire even more. Yankees legend Andy Pettitte …
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Gold futures declined in Wednesday dealings, with the precious metal relinquishing some of the modest recovery from the previous session amid a trifecta of headwinds: a stronger U.S. dollar, rising stocks and higher bond yields. “Higher yields in the US are continuing to provide some support for the dollar which, …
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Dear Moneyist, I have three children ages 16, 18 and 20 and also eight nieces and nephews ranging in age from 12 to 32. My sticky situation involves the holidays, namely Christmas. We don’t exchange gifts for the kids anymore, but still give them cards and money. I don’t believe …
Read More » Fox News/”The Daily Show” Two years later, and the partisan shoe is on the other foot. Witness this compilation by Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” of conservative figures taking aim at the Democrats for complaining of irregularities in the conduct of 2018’s midterm elections. Stacey Abrams, notably, did not explicitly …
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