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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?
Harvard Business Review - 22 Aug 2018 19:00
A CFO wonders how to turn around a struggling division.
Freed-up Flagstar ponders more M&A, other growth moves
American Banker - 22 Aug 2018 03:08
The Troy, Mich., company is operating unfettered by regulatory orders for the first time in a decade, and its CEO says Flagstar now has the flexibility to pull the trigger faster on deals and accelerate its diversificati...
An ATM attack the FBI warned of came to pass. Expect more.
American Banker - 23 Aug 2018 00:08
A heist in India appears to be the very thing U.S. law enforcement had foretold. But banks shouldn't let their guard down, because cybercrooks have raised raids on cash machines to an art form.
Bitcoin spiked after a major trading platform went down, and it created a golden opportunity for traders
Business Insider - 22 Aug 2018 07:04
Orbital ATK Bitcoin prices jumped by as much as 7% almost instantly at around 9 p.m. EST. The move coincided directly with a scheduled shutdown of trading platform BitMEX for maintenance purposes. Insiders say the shutdo...
Economic Report: Existing-home sales tumble to a 2½-year low as buyers give up
Market Watch - 22 Aug 2018 18:53
Sales of previously-owned homes fell for the fourth straight month and ran at the slowest pace since February as housing headwinds proved too much for would-be buyers.
A photo of Asia Argento in bed with the 17-year-old actor she is accused of sexually assaulting has been published by TMZ
Business Insider - 22 Aug 2018 18:41
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images TMZpublished a photo of the actress Asia Argento in bed with Jimmy Bennett, the 17-year-old actor whom she is accused of sexually assaulting. Argento was accused of sexually assaulting Be...
Trump says he threatened EU commissioner with 25% tariffs on auto imports
Market Watch - 22 Aug 2018 07:15
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that he had threatened to slap a 25% tariff on every car imported into the U.S. from the European Union.
Serta Simmons merges with rival in bid to boost e-commerce biz
New York Post - 22 Aug 2018 05:36
Serta Simmons, the nation's largest mattress maker, is trying to reverse declining sales by merging with a rival in the red-hot bed-in-a box sector as the company announced the deal to acquire Tuft & Needle on Tuesday. T...
Tim Cook donated nearly $5 million worth of Apple shares to charity (AAPL)
Business Insider - 22 Aug 2018 04:32
Getty Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated23,215 Apple shares to an unspecified charity, according to an SEC filing on Tuesday. At Tuesday's closing price of $215.04, the donated shares are valued at $4,992,153. He still contr...
Zynga inks deal with Disney for 'Star Wars' mobile game
Market Watch - 22 Aug 2018 04:09
The half-billion-dollar bet Zynga Inc. made three chief executives ago may have just paid off.
Reg reform hasn't translated into relaxed enforcement
American Banker - 23 Aug 2018 00:08
Enforcement actions are on the rise despite recent rollbacks of regulations. Fair lending, money laundering compliance and CRA remain focal points for examiners.
Rauner signs expansive mental health care laws
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2018 22:14
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed five laws expanding mental health and addiction-treatment services and Medicaid coverage of them. Advocates say the Republican's action Wednesday at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield …...
Bank of Baroda's chief P.S. Jayakumar likely to get an extension
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USA Today - 22 Aug 2018 20:10
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Trump's Resignation: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Forbes - 22 Aug 2018 19:45
Thanks to Michael Cohen's guilty plea, President Trump has effectively become an unindicted co-conspirator in a crime. Resignation may now be his best option. This column presents a benefit-cost analysis to help the Pres...
Literary Classics Come to Instagram With This Lovely New Project by the New York Public Library
AdWeek - 22 Aug 2018 19:44
For many, Instagram remains a place primarily to document our travels and brunch escapades, but the New York Public Library is out to elevate the medium by infusing it with some classic literature. Today, the library's I...
JPM breaks free; Merrill to sweep uninvested funds away from MMFs
American Banker - 22 Aug 2018 19:08
Bank to offer 100 free stock or ETF trades to customers; the BofA unit will deposit uninvested client cash in banks, not money market funds.
Lowe's new chief shuts Orchard stores, promises streamlining
Reuters - 22 Aug 2018 19:05
Lowe's Cos Inc on Wednesday promised to cut back slow-moving products and unsuccessful business projects as new Chief Executive Marvin Ellison seeks to turn around a company that has trailed bigger rival Home Depot for y...
New Mexico state government is awash in money from oil boom
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2018 19:01
New Mexico's state government income is surging amid an oil boom that may give legislators an extra $1.2 billion to work with as they craft the next annual budget. Economists …
Target posts best comparable sales growth in 13 years, shares hit record
Reuters - 22 Aug 2018 18:56
Target Corp reported its best comparable-sales growth in 13 years and said a strong economy lifted customer visits to the most in a decade, sending its stock to a record high on Wednesday.
Credit Suisse freezes $5 billion of Russian money due to U.S. sanctions
Reuters - 22 Aug 2018 18:52
One of Switzerland's largest banks, Credit Suisse, has frozen roughly 5 billion Swiss francs ($5 billion) of money linked to Russia to avoid falling foul of U.S. sanctions, according to its accounts, further increasing p...
Metals Stocks: Gold holds above $1,200 as dollar adds to weekly decline
Market Watch - 22 Aug 2018 16:30
Gold prices were clinging to a narrow gain above the closely watched $1,200 level on Wednesday as the leading dollar index struggled again.