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Friday Film Wrap: 'Panga,' 'Street Dancer 3D' big releases of the week
livemint.com - 24 Jan 2020 09:10
Cashing in on the Republic Day weekend, it's a fairly crowded time at the movies
Farewell to Fairway? Beloved New York food market files for bankruptcy protection, looks to sell stores
USA Today - 24 Jan 2020 05:04
New York grocery chain Fairway Market filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, a day after denying a report that it planned to liquidate.
Behind Wells Fargo's ploy to pin sales misconduct on 1% of employees
American Banker - 24 Jan 2020 04:07
Documents released by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Thursday allege that senior leaders had reason to know that the wrongdoing was widespread but failed to act.
How Office Depot Mobile Computing Deployment Enhances Store And Supply Chain Operations
Retail Touch Points - 24 Jan 2020 13:06
Office Depot has rolled out a total of 11,000 Zebra mobile computing devices to its stores, warehouses and delivery fleets. Jonas Stillman, Director of Retail Systems at Office Depot, and Rob Armstrong, VP of Portfolio M...
Oil falls below $61, heads for weekly loss on China virus concerns
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 17:06
Oil extended losses on Friday to trade below $61 a barrel, heading for a weekly decline as concern that the coronavirus in China may spread, curbing travel and oil demand, outweighed the impact of cuts to supply.
TAP Air Portugal Offers Cheap Business Class Prices, Flat Bed Seats, Good Food And Shortcomings
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 16:00
Turkish Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, and now TAP Air Portugal come to mind as three airlines that now have modern fleets on transatlantic routes and have built up solid hubs with good connecting options - at least on p...
Oil steadies, but concern over spreading China virus weighs
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 04:32
Oil prices were steady on Friday, but on track for a fall of up to 5% for the week on growing concern that fuel demand will weaken as the spread of a respiratory virus from China that has killed 25 so far dents travel an...
Brands That Promote Social Values Face Conflicted Consumers
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 04:09
American consumers do and don't want companies to extol their social values. That's the confusing and contradictory message from two new surveys on consumer preferences and trust.
Rémy Cointreau Offers Investors a Dry Few Months
Wall Street Journal - 24 Jan 2020 16:47
Rémy Cointreau has blamed a dismal end to 2019 on a series of one-offs, and it won't be clear whether the problems go deeper until the new boss lays out his strategy in June.
Whitley Heights home with star-studded past seeks $1.995 million
L.A. Times - 24 Jan 2020 18:00
In the historic Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Whitley Heights, a Mediterranean-style stunner with Hollywood pedigree is on the market for $1.995 million.
Comcast cable prices likely to go higher in advance of streaming Peacock launch
USA Today - 24 Jan 2020 04:41
Xfinity had a nationwide outage Thursday hours after Comcast had a quarterly earnings call where company officials talked about losing TV customers.
Reports Identify Leader Of Neo-Nazi ‘Base’ Group After Week Of Arrests Damage Org
TPM - 24 Jan 2020 17:57
The founder and leader of the neo-Nazi group "The Base" has been identified in news reports, days after seven alleged...
George Soros warns the US economy under Trump is headed for peril
Business Insider - 24 Jan 2020 16:50
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Liberal billionaire investor George Soros warned guests at an informal dinner at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland that the US economy under Trump is headed in a perilous direction...
U.S. to unveil crackdown on counterfeit, pirated e-commerce goods
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 03:26
The Trump administration plans to unveil efforts on Friday to crack down on counterfeit and pirated goods sold on major e-commerce sites and urge companies to do more to vet third-party sellers and increase self-policing...
FICO just updated its credit scores -- here's how to improve yours
Market Watch - 24 Jan 2020 20:50
The credit-score company will roll out its latest versions -- FICO Score 10 and 10 T-- this summer.
Positive eurozone data pushes global equity markets higher
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 17:06
Global equity markets rebounded on Friday, with the U.S. Nasdaq Composite Index hitting a record high, as investors took in positive economic data from Europe and worried less about the potential economic toll of the cor...
After the wedding, should you marry your money in a joint account? Here are 3 approaches.
USA Today - 24 Jan 2020 16:57
As families blend and people marry in different stages of life - saying "I do" to joint accounts is not always the right answer for all.
10 Top Picks Financial Newsletter Advisors Love For 2020
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 16:52
Looking for a shopping list of stocks to add to your portfolio? Each year, MoneyShow asks the nation's leading financial newsletter advisors for their top stock ideas for the year. Here are 10 ideas that were selected fo...
J.D. Power's annual performance study finds Verizon customers experience the fewest network interruptions
Business Insider - 24 Jan 2020 16:51
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Fed Adds $55.3 Billion in Weekend Liquidity
Wall Street Journal - 24 Jan 2020 16:50
The New York Fed intervened in financial markets with a $55.3 billion weekend repurchase agreement, or repo, adding to the temporary amount of liquidity the central bank has pumped into the financial system.
Euro near seven-week low after ECB; virus fears support yen
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 03:31
The euro hovered near a seven-week low against the dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank was seen as more dovish than expected, while anxiety over China's coronavirus outbreak propped up the safe-haven yen.
Brent logs worst weekly loss in a year as China virus fears swell
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 23:46
Crude prices sank more than 2% on Friday and Brent logged its biggest weekly decline in more than a year as concerns that a coronavirus will spread farther in China, the world's second-largest oil consumer, curbing trave...