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The U.S. Treasury Department has cut its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, after a former contractor who worked for the firm was charged and subsequently imprisoned for leaking tax information…
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U.S. stock indexes ticked higher Monday, while other markets made louder moves, including another record-breaking rush for the price of gold. Recommended Video The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and won…
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The price of gold has gone up 85.56% in the past 12 months—it currently sits at over $5,100 on the Comex continuous contract—so if you bought some a year ago,…
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Sometime in the early 1970s, a young Rick Rieder sat in his elementary school cafeteria, not eating. Instead, he stared at his lunch money—a quarter—and weighed the probability of an…
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Wall Street is flirting with a record on Tuesday, as stocks zigzag under the market’s surface following mixed profit reports from UnitedHealth, General Motors and other big companies. Recommended Video…
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Howard Buffett, the 71-year-old son of Warren Buffett, the 95-year-old “Oracle of Omaha” himself, has a new message for philanthropists: You can’t fight poverty without proper rule of law. Recommended…
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UnitedHealth is reeling from a roughly 20% stock rout after warning investors it expects its first annual revenue decline in more than three decades, a stunning reversal for a company…
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Perhaps we should not have been surprised. In what now looks like a well-worn negotiating tactic, yesterday President Trump did a complete U-turn on threats he made relating to the…
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You might know Corning for its iconic kitchen brands, like Pyrex and CorningWare. You might remember that Thomas Edison relied on the company to develop glass for the light bulb,…
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General Motors shares surged as much as 9% on Tuesday, adding over $7 billion to the company’s market capitalization, after the biggest automaker in Detroit reported earnings. Disclosing a massive $7.6 billion…
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