In this video Louisiana Senator Kennedy talks about how the new tax reforms will actually benefit all Americans, not just the rich. Continue Reading
In this video Louisiana Senator Kennedy talks about how the new tax reforms will actually benefit all Americans, not just the rich. Continue Reading
Facebook has been working on a new service for small businesses that advertise on their platform: business loans. Working with Toronto-based Clearbanc, the social media network has created a plan called Chrged in which Facebook Ad accounts can be linked with the firm for offers of up to half a million dollars in growth capital.… Continue Reading
Warren Buffett hat 700 Millionen Anteile an der Bank of America zu einem signifikant reduzierten Preis gekauft, und mehr als $11 Milliarden dazugewonnen. Der Schritt folgt seiner Investition von $5 Milliarden in 2011 als die Bank am Schwanken war, welche ihm die Option gab, Anteile zum reduzierten Preis bis 2021 zu kaufen. “Ich bin sehr… Continue Reading
Warren Buffett has bought 700 million shares of Bank of America at a significantly reduced price, gaining more than $11 billion. The move comes after his $5 billion investment in 2011 when the bank was floundering, which left him with the option to purchase discounted shares by 2021. “I am impressed with the profit-generating abilities… Continue Reading
Lloyd’s of London partnered with risk-modeling firm Cyence to publish a report examining the potential economic losses which would be incurred from a major hack of a cloud service provider or a cyber-attack on computer operating systems which are used by business across the planet. The report estimated that a major, global cyber-attack could result… Continue Reading
Softbank Vision Fund, the world’s largest private equity fund, recently said that it has raised over $93 billion to invest in technology. As they said in a statement, “The next stage of the Information Revolution is under way, and building the businesses that will make this possible will require unprecedented large-scale, long-term investment.” The fund… Continue Reading
First Quarter figures are in, and they are not pretty. The country’s GDP grew at a three-year low rate of only 0.7 percent during the first three months of 2017, the slowest growth since January-March 2014. The news of the poor economic performance comes in stark contrast to the great expectations held by newly elected… Continue Reading
The Commerce Department reported factory goods orders up by 1.2 percent in January. That increase followed a similar increase of 1.3 percent in December. The two data points signal that the recovery in the manufacturing sector is accelerating due to the rise in prices for commodities fuel a greater demand for machinery. Factory orders are… Continue Reading
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures” that President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will refrain from any cuts to government entitlement programs. He also said that Trump’s scheduled address to the joint session of Congress this coming Tuesday will announce the new administration’s far-reaching plans to cut taxes… Continue Reading
The Department of Commerce reported that US business inventories were up better than expected in December, while sales rose by their biggest percentage since 2011. The announcement said that inventories went up by 0.4 percent, while November’s figure had to be re-stated as 0.8 percent in place of the previously announced 0.7 percent. Business inventories… Continue Reading