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Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 22:30Dollar Stores Start Moving Upmarket
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2020 21:22
Dollar General and Dollar Tree are raising their sights to higher-margin items such as party goods and home accessories.
A fintech's novel bank charter application draws industry's ire
American Banker - 3 Dec 2020 04:00
Figure Technologies would only accept uninsured deposits, so it would not be subject to Fed or FDIC oversight. A major concern for banks is that the effort could open the door to incursions by bigger tech companies.
International Oil Benchmark Weighs Adding U.S. Crude to Mix
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2020 23:47
Brent crude, the international gauge for oil prices, may be overhauled to reflect the growing importance of U.S. exports in global energy markets.
Snowflake's Cloud is Particularly Dense
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2020 19:56
Fast-growing company's business model based on cloud-based data makes forecasting a challenge, and its nosebleed valuation risky.
Alarmists are pushing a false narrative on the US economy. Here are the clear and obvious reasons to be hopeful about an American bounce back.
Business Insider - 3 Dec 2020 15:18ESA: Games directly contributed $40.9 billion to U.S. economy and employed 143,045 people in 2019
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2020 15:00
The ESA said the U.S. game industry generated economic output of $40.9 billion in 2019 and provided direct employment to 143,045 people.
Pfizer CEO Is 'Confident' In Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout And Looking Beyond The Pandemic
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 23:03After Sweeping The Elections, What Comes Next For Cannabis?
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 20:57PINs and text messages can be inferred from smart speaker recordings, study shows
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2020 16:30
A study from researchers at the University of Cambridge shows that smartphone PINs and texts could be inferred by smart speaker recordings.
Game of Thrones: Conquest introduces Heroes update to juice mobile game
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2020 16:00
Heroes have arrived in Game of Thrones: Conquest, the mobile game created by Warner Bros. Games and HBO. It's the biggest update in years.
The Boeing 737 MAX Question Is About Price, Not Sales
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2020 21:01
Ryanair's decision to buy another 75 units of the recently ungrounded plane is good news for Boeing, but the deal is probably happening at a heavily discounted price.
Top Stocks To Buy Today As Jobless Claims Improve And Markets Rise
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 19:39Will Houston Rockets Star James Harden Publicly Demand Trade?
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 14:00Top Consumer Stocks For December
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 23:44A real estate limited partnership is like a private fund that lets you profit passively from large property investments
Business Insider - 3 Dec 2020 23:25
A real estate limited partnership (RELP) is a private investment that pools investors' funds to buy and develop properties. Payouts come from sales.
Energy Trader Vitol Paying $90 Million to Settle U.S. Corruption Charges
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2020 21:25
A U.S. subsidiary of Swiss-based energy firm Vitol Group agreed to pay $90 million to settle criminal charges that its employees paid bribes to gain an advantage when bidding for oil in Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador.
Meet The World's Newest--And Youngest--Self-Made Billionaire: Luminar's Austin Russell
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 16:41If HSBC's selling its branches, who's buying?
American Banker - 3 Dec 2020 16:36
The U.K. banking giant is reportedly mulling an exit from retail banking in the United States. It could attract more interest if it tries to sell its network in pieces instead of looking for a single buyer, analysts say.
Column: Beware of 'debt parking' -- fake debt planted by collectors in your credit file
L.A. Times - 3 Dec 2020 16:00
Debt parking is when a collector places dubious obligations on your credit file so they'll surface when you apply for a loan or seek a job, making it likely you'll pay just to make the problem go away.
5 Solutions To Your Legacy Technology Transformation Woes
Forbes - 3 Dec 2020 13:00'Nobody Sees Us': Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand
The New York Times - 3 Dec 2020 12:00
Laboratory technologists have been working nonstop to help the nation diagnose an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases.