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Ecommerce Glitches Frustrate 40% of Shoppers, But Clearer, Proactive Guidance Can Mitigate Problems
Retail Touch Points - 5 Oct 2020 14:02
Friction is an ecommerce sales killer, and retailers have room to improve: 40% of shoppers have recently struggled to complete a transaction online, according to a survey by GoMoxie. Among these customers, 62% abandoned ...
President's Health, Covid-19, Remain Front And Center As Market Stays Focused On Headlines
Forbes - 5 Oct 2020 15:34This Student Loan Forgiveness Dropped From Stimulus Bill
Forbes - 5 Oct 2020 15:30New Oceana Report Suggests Shady Fishing Practices By Large Fleet Near Galápagos
Forbes - 5 Oct 2020 03:21U.S.-Stock Funds Rose 7.5% in a Choppy Quarter
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 02:39
Quarterly Monitor: Third-quarter gains for the stock market have pushed the average U.S.-stock fund slightly into the black for the year to date.
Denver suddenly has one of the most competitive housing markets in America
CNBC - 5 Oct 2020 18:11
Denver is experiencing its most competitive housing market in history, largely driven by the new work-from-anywhere culture of the coronavirus pandemic.
After Banning ICOs China's Defi Ecosystem Grows Exponential This Year
Bitcoin.com - 5 Oct 2020 16:00
The decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has become a multi-billion dollar industry and quite a bit of the popularity is stemming from China. While a number of defi projects from the West like Uniswap, Compound, and Ma...
Anecdotes on President's Treatment Trump Data on Wall Street
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 15:54
Investors took notice of President Trump's evident improvement, as two companies supplying drugs for his treatment are seeing their shares rise. But it is impossible to say whether the drugs elicited the recovery.
Europe's Nexi Agrees to Acquire SIA for Almost $5.4 Billion in Stock
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 15:35
Italy's Nexi agreed to acquire crosstown fintech rival SIA for about almost $5.4 billion in a stock deal that creates a European giant in the fast-consolidating payments sector.
And the No. 1 Stock-Fund Managers Are...
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 02:37
Winners' Circle: A five-person team at Zevenbergen Genea Fund wins the stock-picking crown for the past 12 months, riding Tesla's shares.
401(k)s Could Become Even Less Welcoming to 'Do Good' ESG Funds
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 02:34
A proposed Labor Department regulation would make it harder for these funds to be offered in retirement accounts.
Icahn, ex-protege fuel trucking-merge drama
New York Post - 5 Oct 2020 00:09
This big-rig truck merger could be headed for a collision course. Carl Icahn and other key investors in trucking giant Navistar are willing to sell it to a Volkswagen subsidiary for around $50 a share, valuing the maker ...
97% of Freelancers Plan for Long-term Gig Work
Small Business Trends - 5 Oct 2020 18:00
A new survey of Bunny Studio freelancers find that nearly all of them plan to keep freelancing on a long-term basis.
Tesla Stock, MyoKardia, Regeneron: What to Watch When the Market Opens Today
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 15:05
S&P 500 futures ticked higher as markets cheered reports of Trump's improving condition and Biden's widening lead, both of which signal less political uncertainty
Nvida claims Cambridge-1 is the U.K.'s fastest supercomputer
Venture Beat - 5 Oct 2020 15:00
During its annual GTC conference, Nvidia unveiled a number of health care innovations, including a supercomputer dubbed Cambridge-1.
It's Profitable To Be Patient With Citigroup Stock
Forbes - 5 Oct 2020 15:00Synopsys' Stock has Rallied 90%, Should You Enter?
Forbes - 5 Oct 2020 14:00Stock futures climb as Wall Street eyes Trump's COVID-19 recovery
New York Post - 5 Oct 2020 13:53
US stock futures rose early Monday as investors welcomed signs that President Trump was recovering from the coronavirus. Futures contracts for the Dow Jones industrial average were up 202 points, or about 0.7 percent, at...
New PPP Notice Gives Borrowers Transfer Guidelines And Procedures
Forbes - 5 Oct 2020 02:58Frontier and Emerging Markets: What's Behind the Lower Long-Term Returns
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 02:33
Much of the struggle for frontier and emerging-markets funds it is due to exchange-rate risk for U.S.-based investors.
Five Reasons Why Investors Might Buy Negative-Yielding Debt
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 02:32
From currency fluctuations to deflation, there are several scenarios in which purchasers of negative-yielding bonds can come out ahead.
Former Bridgewater Co-CEO Eileen Murray Settles Pay Dispute With Hedge Fund
Wall Street Journal - 5 Oct 2020 23:25
A suit alleged Bridgewater was withholding up to $100 million in deferred compensation because Ms. Murray disclosed to a third party that she had a gender-discrimination dispute with the hedge fund.