Before you start counting all the ways you’d use the $211 million Mega Millions jackpot if you’re lucky enough to win, remember that a hefty chunk of the bonanza goes to Uncle Sam. The game’s top prize has been climbing since late July, when a single ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers
Month: September 2019
Billionaire Robert Smith said young Americans need a better understanding and appreciation of capitalism, as wealth and success come under attack on the Democratic campaign trail. “This country needs to make sure that our young people understand the importance of capitalism,” he told CNBC. Smith was in New York to celebrate the IPO of Ping
General Mills’ Cheerios for sale on a store shelf. Lisa Baertlein | Reuters Cheerios maker General Mills Inc’s quarterly sales fell short of Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, hit by weak demand for its baking products and snacks in the United States and challenges in key emerging markets such as Brazil and India. The company,
Like vast wealth, the view from the 123rd floor of the tallest apartment building in the world can quickly warp your perspective on life. At nearly 1,400 feet, looking down on the Empire State Building, you aren’t just above New York City — you lord over it. Cars become toys and people become dots. Central Park
TransferWise co-founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise booked a profit for the third year in a row, a rare show of growth for an industry littered with start-ups that have struggled to break even. The London-based company said on Wednesday that its net profit after tax climbed to £10.3 million
Chewy shares fell 2% in extended trading Tuesday despite reporting a narrower-than-expected second quarter loss. The pet food and product retailer posted net sales of $1.15 billion, topping estimates of $1.13 billion, according to a survey of analysts by Refinitiv. Sales also grew 43% from last year. The company’s second quarter loss widened to $82.9
Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, attends a media event in Mumbai on May 3, 2017. Abhijit Bhatlekar | Mint | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Adobe shares fell as much as 4% on Tuesday after hours, as the company reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings and soft quarterly guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings:
Shares of FedEx fell more than 9% during after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company missed quarterly earnings estimates and lowered its 2020 guidance. Here’s how the company did for its fiscal first quarter, ended Aug. 31, compared with Wall Street expectations: Adjusted EPS: $3.05 per share vs. $3.15 per share, according to Refinitiv Revenue:
Bill Gates Chesnot/Getty Images Bill Gates is not taking a defensive approach with his billions of dollars of wealth. The founder of Microsoft added $16 billion to his net worth this year, despite giving away over $35 billion to charity, according to Bloomberg. That brings Gates’ total wealth to $106 billion, the second largest fortune
Ms. Monopoly game. Source: Hasbro The typical 8-year-old probably doesn’t know much about the gender pay gap. Now the topic could come up if she or he plays the new game, Ms. Monopoly. Some critics are skeptical, however, of how helpful those conversations will be. Toymaker Hasbro announced this week the rollout of the board
Apple‘s iPhone extravaganza is still the biggest product event of the year for a simple reason: The iPhone remains the single most successful hardware product of the PC era. So what happened this week? Three new iPhones were announced: The iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max. A new Apple Watch with a screen
French economist Thomas Piketty poses during a photo session in Paris on September 10, 2019. Joel Sagat | AFP | Getty Images A popular French economist says billionaires are harmful to economic growth and would be effectively abolished under his tax plan, according to an interview. Thomas Piketty, whose 2013 book on inequality, “Capital in
Oracle said Mark Hurd, one of the software vendor’s two CEOs, is taking a leave of absence for health reasons, nine years after joining the company from Hewlett-Packard. The stock dropped in extended trading after the announcement. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s founder and chief technology officer, will handle Hurd’s responsibilities along with Safra Catz, the other
T. Boone Pickens, the wildcatter “Oracle of Oil,” hedge fund founder and philanthropist who rewrote the playbook for corporate raiders, has died. He was 91. He died Wednesday of natural causes. Pickens had been in declining health, suffering from a series of strokes and a serious fall in 2017. In late 2017, he put his
Customers outside a Game Stop store. Guido Krzikowski | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of GameStop fell more than 15% in extended trading Tuesday after the company reported second quarter earnings and sales that missed analysts’ expectations while significantly lowering its same-store sales forecast. The company has been struggling to grow sales as consumers increasingly
Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 Source: Lamborghini Fans of the famous flux capacitor in the 1985 movie “Back to the Future” will love the new Lamborghini. The Italian automaker unveiled its fastest car ever Tuesday morning at the Frankfurt Motor Show — a geometric fantasy of speed and engineering called the Sian FKP 37. It is
Petri Oeschger | Moment | Getty Images One of the best ways financial advisors can bolster their credibility and reach potential clients is available for free. It’s called social media. However, merely joining Twitter and Facebook won’t cut it, according to Dasarte Yarnway, founder of Berknell Financial Group in San Francisco. He shared his views
There’s luxury travel and then there’s super-luxury travel. And by any measure, touring the world on a specially outfitted private jet with 15 to 50 like-minded passengers, all on the same financial playing field, falls into the “ultra-luxe” category. For well-to-do, worldly travelers with destinations and experiences still on their bucket lists, joining a private
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Chad Chubb, a certified financial planner, walked a 66-year-old client through four premium increases on her long-term-care insurance policy. In all, the retiree, who is single, has seen her annual premiums rise by more than 60% over the last six years. Her cost in 2018 was $2,721, up from
Jill Fromer | E+ | Getty Images While you might feel numb to data breaches due to their increasing frequency, experts say you shouldn’t be indifferent to the possibility of one actually causing you harm. Two years after the announcement of the massive Equifax breach — a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of about
The cost of care has become so onerous that some people have ditched going to the doctor altogether. To save on health care, a third of people aged 25 to 45 avoided seeing a medical professional, hoping instead that their condition will eventually resolve, according to data from the Nationwide Retirement Institute. The institute performed
DocuSign CEO Dan Springer. Source: DocuSign Shares of enterprise cloud company DocuSign shot up 21.7% Friday after the company reported better-than-expected revenue and strong guidance. The rally added about $1.7 billion to the company’s market cap, bringing it to $9.8 billion. For its second quarter of 2020, DocuSign reported $236 million in revenue, well above
Just under a quarter of Americans are “very confident” they’ll have enough money to retire comfortably. And many expect to delay retirement at least until age 65, according to recent studies. So what’s a person who’s ready to call it quits at the office to do? Relocating to more affordable climes is one option. Personal
As U.S. colleges and universities brace for a drop in high-paying Chinese students this fall, one university has discovered a potential hedge: insurance. The University of Illinois’s Gies College of Business and its Grainer College of Engineering took out an insurance policy two years ago to protect the schools from a possible drop in revenue
Three of Wall Street’s top-performing IPO stocks in 2019 tumbled late on Thursday after the companies’ quarterly results failed to satisfy investors and justify their high valuations. Zoom Video Communications dropped 2% in extended trade, even after the videoconferencing provider’s quarterly results and full-year outlook beat analysts’ expectations. Cybersecurity company Crowdstrike tumbled 8.7% after it
A woman jogs past a Lululemon retail store. Bloomberg | Getty Images Lululemon on Thursday reported second quarter earnings that topped analysts’ expectations, sending the athletic apparel retailer’s shares up as much as 5% in after-hours trading. The company also hiked its full-year outlook. CEO Calvin McDonald said in a statement he sees “significant runway”
For tennis great Andy Roddick, there’s one important rule that works both on the court and in the world of investing. “Even if you’re intimidated by words like ‘volatility’ and you think the world’s going mad … be disciplined with what you put away monthly,” the one-time U.S. Open champ told CNBC’s “Fast Money: Halftime
Lululemon is doing some heavy lifting after reporting earnings. The yoga apparel stock was up more than 7% after the bell Thursday following a profit and revenue beat in its recent quarter. Shares have surged more than 50% this year, one of the top performers on the Nasdaq 100. Miller Tabak equity strategist Matt Maley says
Even after a significant infusion of cash, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is doing little in the way of forgiveness. Just 661 out of about 54,000 applicants, or roughly 1%, of loans have been discharged under the expanded program, a government report has found. “It’s not surprising,” said student loan expert Mark Kantrowitz. “The
If you feel like spending on your kids took a toll on your summer budget, you’re not alone. A new survey from TD Ameritrade finds that 52% of parents with children under 18 spent more than they intended to this summer. Hero Images | Getty Images The average summer debt for those parents is $1,960