People walk past colorful stores in a pedestrian area of downtown Ithaca, New York on a sunny day. benedek | iStock Unreleased | Getty Images Far from Glasgow and COP26, Ithaca, New York, just made an unprecedented move to tackle climate change and the city’s carbon footprint. In a unanimous vote on Wednesday night, Ithaca’s
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In this article PTON A Peloton Bike Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Peloton is set to report its fiscal first-quarter financials after the market closes on Thursday. Here’s what analysts polled by Refinitiv are expecting: Loss per share: Loss of $1.07, adjusted Revenue: $810.7 million Beyond the quarterly results, investors will be paying close attention to
Michael Godek | Moment | Getty Images House Democrats proposed several rules to curb retirement accounts of the rich, part of a broad restructuring of the tax code tied to the party’s Build Back Better social and climate spending package. Wealthy individuals with more than $10 million in retirement savings would have to draw down
Quartr A new start-up is attempting to modernize the investor relations industry to meet the surge of new retail investors. Swedish start-up Quartr recently raised $4.5 million to help build out its product, which includes recordings of earnings calls and financial documents from major companies. Investors in Quartr include executives at the Ritholtz Group —
vitapix | E+ | Getty Images It can be tricky figuring out how much income your retirement savings actually could deliver in your golden years. That may now become easier. As mandated in the 2019 Secure Act, 401(k) plan administrators will start providing illustrations on quarterly or annual statements showing an estimate of how much
Gov. Mike DeWine, Republican of Ohio, on the campaign trail in 2018. DeWine just signed mandatory personal finance education for high schoolers into state law. Kirk Irwin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill mandating all high-schoolers in the state take a half-credit, standalone personal finance course
In an effort to raise revenue, House Democrats have proposed increasing federal tobacco taxes and creating a new tax on other nicotine products in the Build Back Better Act. While the proposed increase on cigarettes is dramatic, it is relatively simple: an additional dollar per pack of 20 cigarettes. On the other hand, simplicity is
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told CNBC the “warning signs are there” on inflation, but the central bank will need to see further evidence from the labor market before hiking rates. The Bank surprised markets somewhat by keeping interest
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In this article FIXX Medicine pill is seen with Merck logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 4, 2021. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — An antiviral pill found to be effective at treating Covid-19 has been approved by Britain’s medicines regulator Thursday,
Moderna’s sign is seen outside of their headquarters in Cambridge, MA on March 11, 2021. Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna shares fell by more than 11% on Thursday after it cut its Covid-19 vaccine sales forecast for the year and missed earnings and revenue expectations for the third quarter. The company said some doses
Jeff Bezos speaks at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, United Kingdom on November 2, 2021. Paul Ellis | Pool | Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has pledged $2 billion in funding to help restore nature and transform food systems. The funding, which will come from the Bezos Earth Fund, is part of the
In this article ETH.CM= BTC.CM= Global investor Mark Mobius on Wednesday called cryptocurrencies a religion, joining a chorus of digital coin skeptics at a time when bitcoin and ether are trading near all-time highs. “It’s a not an investment it’s a religion,” the founder of Mobius Capital Partners said on “Squawk Box.” “People should not
andreswd | E+ | Getty Images Inflation keeps rising and doesn’t look like it will be coming down anytime soon. Consumer prices jumped in September, a 5.4% increase from September — nearly hitting a 30-year high. That means you’re paying more for energy and housing costs, as well as groceries and other goods. With the
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on Sept. 22. Text removed from the September statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both
Freddie Freeman #5 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates with Joc Pederson #22 after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning in Game Six of the World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 02, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato | Getty Images The Atlanta Braves captured their first
In this article ROKU Roku shares dropped in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported a third-quarter revenue that missed expectations. The company’s revenue came in at $680 million, just below a Refinitiv forecast of $683.4 million. That’s still up 51% from a year earlier. Roku’s earnings per share of 48 cents, however, topped expectations
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(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) While much of the world has been focused on environmental, social, and governance issues over the past few years, more recently, cracks are starting to show in the way companies are working to solve ESG challenges. Eileen Murray is the chairperson at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks with reporters in the Senate Subway on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images House Democrats have proposed increasing the federal deduction for state and local taxes to $72,500 from $10,000, according to a draft of the bill released by the