Posted on 8/24/20
Liberty Mutual Insurance Wins Prestigious Innovation Award
Liberty Mutual Insurance has been awarded an Innovation Award for its new Injured Worker Portal and Workers Compensation Guide.The award was presented by Business Insurance magazine, . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
Curaleaf Opens New Cannabis Dispensary in Clearwater, Florida
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF), a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States and one of the largest cannabis operators in Florida, . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
Smith & Wesson Brands Completes Spin-off of American Outdoor Brands
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), a U.S.-based leader in firearm manufacturing and design, today announced that it has completed the previously announced . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
2020’s Best & Worst States for Women's Equality – WalletHub Study
With Women’s Equality Day around the corner and women losing their jobs at a greater rate than men during the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
Weekly Jobless Claims Exceed 1 Million as Hopes of a Swift Economic Recovery Are Dashed
The U.S. unemployment rate has been utterly dreadful since the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold, plunging the economy deep into a recession. Last week, there was . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
12 Tax Changes Joe Biden Wants to Make
Though it can be hard to look past the unprecedented disruption brought on by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Americans across the country are just . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
3 Private Unicorn Companies We'd Love to See IPO
Despite pandemic-related turbulence in 2020, it has been an exciting year for new market entrants.Companies including DraftKings, Virgin Galactic, Nikola, and Lemonade have made a splash . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
GE Extends CEO Contract Through 2024
General Electric (NYSE:GE) has added two years to Larry Culp's employment contract, an endorsement of the CEO's turnaround strategy and an important step toward stabilizing the . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
Better Buy: Berkshire Hathaway or Bank of America
The past several years haven't been great for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B) investors. Berkshire underperformed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT:SPY) over the past one, three, . . .
Posted on 8/24/20
Planet Fitness' Unit Economics Show Signs of a Bright Future
As one of the leading franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States, Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) had quite the run of success up until . . .
Posted on 8/23/20
Embracing Change: LGBTQ+ Community Gets Creative to Engage With Teen Population Amid Pandemic
By D’Mychal Norwood, MSW, Counselor & LGBTQ+ Program Coordinator, Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services Because the LGBTQIA+ community is already a vulnerable one, the pandemic . . .
Posted on 8/23/20
Wayfair And The 24% Risk Of 2-Year Default
Even though Wayfair (W) posted a strong prior quarter due to the transition to e-commerce and also its first quarterly profit in years, it's tacked with . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
South Shore Chamber Announces New Transportation Advisory Group
The South Shore Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to announce a new Transportation Advisory Group that will focus on transportation priorities that promote economic growth for the . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
Horizon Acquisition Corporation Announces Pricing of $500 Million Initial Public Offering
GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon Acquisition Corporation, a newly incorporated blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
States Whose July Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most – WalletHub Study
With the U.S. gaining 1.8 million jobs in July and the national unemployment rate at 10.2% compared to the nearly historic high of 14.7% at the . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
GE Inks Iraq Deals Worth Over $1.2 Billion
General Electric (NYSE:GE) announced a power agreement with the government of Iraq on Wednesday to upgrade, maintain and reinforce Iraq's electricity transmission network. The agreement is . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
TJX Companies: Bullish Between Short-Term Pain And Long-Term Gain
SummaryTJX's 2Q sales looked decent enough for as long as its stores remained open. But the outlook for the third quarter was discouraging.Even off-price players will . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
Why Warren Buffett May Already Be Feeling Better About the Banking Sector
Famed investor Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) went negative on bank stocks in the second quarter. We learned last week in Berkshire's quarterly 13F . . .
Posted on 8/21/20
TJX Earnings: Hopeful Signs of Stabilization
Unlike its two biggest rivals in the off-price retail landscape, TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) does have an e-commerce business. That said, e-commerce accounted for just 2% of . . .
Posted on 8/20/20
South Shore Conservatory Announces that Both Campuses are Opening in the Fall
SSC also offers students more flexible lesson schedules for the 2020/2021 school yearSouth Shore Conservatory (SSC) announces that both of its campuses, at One Conservatory Drive, . . .
Posted on 8/20/20
The Hanover Insurance Group Prices $300M Senior Notes Offering
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) today announced it has priced a registered offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior, unsecured 2.50% notes . . .
Posted on 8/20/20
Keurig Dr Pepper Closes Secondary Offering of Common Stock
Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE: KDP) announced today the completion of its previously-announced registered public secondary offering of 45.0 million shares of the Company's outstanding common stock, . . .
Posted on 8/20/20
States Whose Weekly Unemployment Claims Are Recovering the Fastest – WalletHub Study
With COVID-19’s continued grip on the U.S., new unemployment claims increased week-over-week on August 10, but were still 84% below the peak during the COVID-19 pandemic. . . .
Posted on 8/20/20
GE Signs Deals To Add 1.5 GW To Iraq's Power Grid
General Electric (NYSE:GE) says it signed new agreements valued at more than $1.2B with Iraq's government to undertake maintenance programs across key power plants in the . . .
Posted on 8/20/20
How Berkshire Is Hedging Against Disaster
In this episode of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill and analyst Bill Mann discuss the latest headlines and quarterly reports from Wall Street. The duo dive into . . .
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