Gender equality can lead companies to make more money, Bank of America says
There is one simple solution for companies to make more money, Bank of America Merrill Lynch research shows: Hire more women. Haim Israel, an equity strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said in a note to clients Wednesday that...
The Fed doesn’t have to worry about high inflation anymore, and that’s a problem
There was a time not so long ago that defeating inflation would have been considered a huge victory for the Federal Reserve. No more: The lack of price and wage pressures in the economy these days is perhaps the central...
US productivity rose a modest 1.9% in the fourth quarter
U.S. productivity grew at a rate of 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter, a slight improvement over the third quarter. Labor costs rose 2 percent, the strongest gain since the beginning of 2018. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the...
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: American Eagle, Allergan and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: American Eagle Outfitters shares fell more than 4 percent after hours Wednesday based on mixed fourth-quarter earnings and light first-quarter guidance. The retailer posted $1.24 billion in revenue, missing Refinitiv estimates...
This $1.3 trillion asset manager wants to end quarterly earnings and buybacks
Firms should stop share buybacks and end a fixation on short-term earnings, the chief executive of one of the world’s largest financial services companies told CNBC. In the United States, announced buybacks for 2018 hit a record $1.1 trillion as...
US trade deficit surges to 10-year high in December, ends 2018 at $621 billion despite tariffs
The U.S. trade deficit ballooned in December to a 10-year high of $59.8 billion, well ahead of expectations, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce the number, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had been looking for...
Private payrolls up 183,000, but Moody’s economist says jobs may have peaked
Job creation at the company level cooled in February after a sizzling start to 2019, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody’s Analytics. Private companies added 183,000 workers for the month, about in line with Dow Jones estimates...
Square Capital head: Leveraging data to extend credit to small businesses that lack access to loans
Square Capital, the lending arm of Square Inc., has taken advantage of a market of small- and medium-sized businesses that lack access to traditional financing, the subsidiary’s head Jackie Reses told CNBC Tuesday. In a sit-down interview with Jim Cramer...
Ex-Obama advisor Larry Summers rips ‘dangerous’ economics backed by Ocasio-Cortez and other Dems
Advocating the government print money without worrying about paying the bills to guarantee jobs for everyone, Medicare-for-all, or the Green New Deal is a dangerous approach being pushed by far-left Democrats, former Barack Obama economic advisor Larry Summers told CNBC...
Hedge fund manager Dan Niles says he went short on Netflix shares ‘very, very recently’
AlphaOne Capital Partners founding partner Dan Niles just started shorting Netflix. “Netflix was actually one of our best profit generators last year on the short side. A lot of this is timing… we weren’t short on Netflix on Dec. 24....
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