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AMTD Digital Plunges Nearly 30%—Stay Away From This ‘Absolute Scam,’ Expert Warns
Topline Shares of Hong Kong fintech firm AMTD Digital continued to plunge on Thursday, crashing for a second day in a row after rising more than 21,000% since its July IPO, with experts calling it a new meme stock and warning investors to stay away from the stock as its valuation looks like “an absolute… More
August 4, 2022, 9:33 am
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Home Prices Finally Cooling Off? Market Slows In April But Demand Remains High Despite Rising Mortgage Rates
Topline Home prices, which have been shooting up since last year, grew at a slower pace in April, showing signs of a potential cool down in the red-hot housing market, according to new data from S&P Case-Shiller on Tuesday. Home prices are up significantly from last year but could cool by later in 2022 thanks… More
June 28, 2022, 7:15 am
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Dow Falls Nearly 300 Points, Treasury Yields Surge As Experts Warn Of A Hard Economic Landing
Topline Stocks fell and rates on government bonds surged on Wednesday as investor concerns about a slowdown in economic growth continued to weigh on markets, while oil jumped to a 13-week high on the back of climbing U.S. gas prices. Stocks will struggle for direction until there are “clear signs” that the Fed is taming… More
June 8, 2022, 1:09 pm
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Buffett Buys More Occidental Shares—Here’s How His Top Holdings Have Fared In This Year’s Brutal Market
Topline Billionaire investor Warren Buffett continues to see opportunities in the stock market despite a selloff in recent months, recently snapping up more shares of energy company Occidental Petroleum, as some of his biggest holdings continue to outperform despite surging volatility this year. Some of the billionaire investor’s big bets in energy and consumer-related stocks… More
March 17, 2022, 12:30 pm
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Successful Small Brick And Mortar Retailers Use Online Sales To Leverage Their Expertise And Expand Their Customer Base
While the metastasization of Amazon AMZN , the global internet retailer with a market cap approaching two trillion dollars, has led many to decry that its ability to leverage its technology and the internet will result in it completely taking over retailing, the reality is a bit more complicated—and good news for nimble small and… More
October 28, 2021, 7:05 pm
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Judge Hanen’s Opinion Against DACA Is Legally Wrong
Federal Judge Andrew Hanen agreed Friday with Texas and similarly conservative states to strike down the immigration program known as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) or as the one for “Dreamers.” The opinion and its consequences are well and fully described in the piece by Forbes staff writer Joe Walsh (“Texas Judge Cuts Off New… More
July 16, 2021, 8:38 pm
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Retired Veteran Beaten By Police Urges Supreme Court To Close Loophole That Let Cops Choke Him
Shortly after he graduated from high school in El Paso, José Oliva served in Vietnam, spending the war’s deadliest year in charge of 12 men, all of whom survived. When he came home, Oliva spent decades working in law enforcement. But Oliva suffered his most dangerous engagement after he retired, when he was brutally choked… More
February 1, 2021, 9:00 am
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Labor Department Action On Guidance Documents Portends Trouble For The Rule Of Law
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – JANUARY 08: U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (L) looks on as Bostan … [+] Mayor Marty Walsh (R) delivers remarks after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced him as his Labor Secretary nominee at The Queen theater on January 08, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden announced he is nominating Rhode Island Gov. Gina… More
January 28, 2021, 10:08 am
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How Financial Disclosure Helps Companies Tell Their Story And Build Their Brand
People visit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) booth during 2020 World Semiconductor … [+] Conference at the Nanjing International Expo Center on August 27, 2020 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images As we ring in the new year, Asian companies should consider better environmental disclosure, including exposure to risk from the… More
December 31, 2020, 12:45 am
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Trump Signs Bill That Could Delist Chinese Companies From U.S. Stock Exchanges
President Donald Trump listens to a reporter’s question in the Oval Office of the White House, on … [+] December 7, 2020, in Washington. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that could remove Chinese companies from U.S. exchanges if American regulators are not allowed to review their financial audits. The “Holding… More
December 18, 2020, 8:30 pm
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Lawyers Won’t Represent Steve Bannon In Criminal Fraud Case After His Shocking Video
Topline Steve Bannon’s lawyers on Friday told a federal judge they plan to withdraw from representing Bannon in his criminal case, Law & Crime reported Friday, hours after the political strategist was widely condemned for saying he’d like to see Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray beheaded as a “warning to federal bureaucrats.”… More
November 6, 2020, 11:50 am
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The 2000 Election Wasn’t Decided Until December After A Recount–Here’s What Happened To The Stock Market
Topline The Trump campaign on Wednesday vowed to demand a recount in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin, confirming Wall Street’s contested election warnings that have drawn comparisons to the 2000 Bush-Gore presidential race, when results were decided by the Supreme Court in December of that year; here’s how that delay tanked markets. George W.… More
November 4, 2020, 10:35 am
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Trump Pivots From Free Trade Agreements; U.S. Business Left Behind
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer walks with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and Treasury … [+] Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Shanghai 2019. NG HAN GUAN/AFP via Getty Images The United States Trade Representative has just made a sharp reversal, declaring that the traditional model of trade liberalization—working with like-minded countries—was dead, and asserting countries instead should… More
August 27, 2020, 6:05 pm

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