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Investors Cast Their Votes for Companies Trashed by Trump
Wall Street Journal - 8 Nov 2016 19:03
Shares of companies Donald Trump has directly attacked had an even bigger relief rally than the broader market on Monday.
National Health Investors (NHI) Passes Through 5% Yield Mark
Forbes - 8 Nov 2016 22:17
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, shares of National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to ...
China's first online insurer has opened a new tech company
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 18:57
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Fintech Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. ZhongAn, China's first online insurer, which is jointlyowned by tech giants Ant ...
The core question of the 2016 election is stupidly simple
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 18:43
Reuters/Carlo Allegri What is left to say? This election has been exhausting and it has made all of us dumber, but I don't agree with Matt Yglesias that we've overlooked key policy implications of the election. The core ...
Trades, signings could be slowed by lack of labor contract
News Observer - 8 Nov 2016 04:29
With baseball's collective bargaining agreement set to expire Dec. 1, trade talk and free-agent signings could go slowly this offseason. Major league general managers gathered Monday for the start of …
3 Ways the Economy is Already Preparing for AI Disruption
inc - 8 Nov 2016 22:29
AI is coming and you better be prepared
Assange Defends WikiLeaks Against Allegations It's Interfering In US Election
TPM - 8 Nov 2016 19:10
Julian Assange released a statement Tuesday pushing back on accusations that WikiLeaks is interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The first time the US tested an EMP weapon was a doozy
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 18:59
Wikimedia Commons It was 1962 and only four days after Independence Day, but people living on the islands dotting the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to New Zealand wereabout to see a light show brighter than any July Fourth f...
CVS Is the Latest Sick Company in Health Care
Wall Street Journal - 8 Nov 2016 18:31
CVS results cap a poor earnings season for the whole industry.
The Latest: Treasurer says glitch led to goof on poll time
Miami Herald - 8 Nov 2016 23:39
The Latest on Election Day activity around Arizona (all times local): 2:36 p.m. State treasurer and Donald Trump surrogate Jeff DeWit says a system glitch led to him sending an …
How Sports Franchise Owners Get Public Tax Dollars to Fund their New Stadiums
inc - 8 Nov 2016 15:50
Despite bringing in record revenues, America's most profitable sports owners still let taxpayers foot the bill for new stadiums.
How to Use the Single, Most Powerful Word in Business (Without Feeling Guilty)
inc - 8 Nov 2016 13:00
Two letters, at just the right time, make all the difference in the world.
Bloomberg backs Cook County soda tax proposal with ad spend
News Observer - 8 Nov 2016 12:48
New York City's former mayor is spending $1 million in Illinois to support the effort to impose a penny-an-ounce tax on sugary drinks in Cook County. Michael Bloomberg is paying …
Mexican tech CEO: Benefits of NAFTA go both ways
CBSNews - 8 Nov 2016 07:21
Donald Trump is deeply unpopular in Mexico, and not just because of his rhetoric on immigration. He has promised to significantly alter NAFTA, or throw it out all together. Blanca Trevino, CEO of Mexican tech firm Softte...
Trump won't release his tax returns, but in these countries, every citizen does.
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 07:08
Chip Somodevilla/Getty For months, Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns has loomed over his candidacy. It’s not just the allegations that he avoided paying millions in taxes, but that he’s the first pr...
China's trade performance remained weak in October
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 06:03
Getty Images Chinese trade data missed to the downside in October with the value of exports and imports both undershooting expectations, at least in US dollar terms. According to China’s Customs Bureau, the value of US...
It's hard to take OPEC seriously anymore
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 04:44
Thomson Reuters In the midst of a week of bad to terrible news for oil prices, OPEC tried to alleviate concerns that its meeting this November will, in fact, produce a meaningful deal on production cuts. “We remain dee...
Russia has a 'pipe dream' of replacing the US as the world's dominant naval power
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 22:02
In the November issue of the US Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine,Commander Daniel Thomassen of the Royal Norwegian Navy argued that Russia's dream to build a blue water, or global, navy remains a "pipe dream." Russ...
9 proven strategies to become more charismatic
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 20:51
Samantha Lee/Business Insider For those of us who are introverted or have trouble communicating with others, there's hope. Charisma is not something you're born with; it is the result of learned behaviors. Here are a few...
Seth Meyers looks at the ridiculous highs and lows of the presidential campaign's last days
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 18:52
"Late Night with Seth Meyers"/NBC; YouTube Seth Meyers sized up the final days of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns in the latest "A Closer Look" segment on Monday's "Late Night," and found t...
What happens -- psychologically -- when you build a wall
Business Insider - 8 Nov 2016 18:20
Thomson Reuters My friend Yaakov and I sat on a low concrete wall in the West Bank, peering into the darkness. When the twin beams of headlights appeared around a hill a few hundred yards away, we would squint. Then Yaak...
Zions, DOJ in Talks Over Payment-Processing Practices
American Banker - 8 Nov 2016 17:34
Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City disclosed that it had entered into a "substantive settlement discussion" with the Justice Department regarding an probe into its payment-processing practices.