Shares of furniture retailer Herman Miller soar 35% as home office sales surge
Herman Miller reported fiscal first quarter earnings per share of $1.24, blowing past the earnings of 26 cents per share expected by Wall Street, according to...
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Snowflake's first-day pop means IPO left $3.8 billion on the table, the most in 12 years
Critics of the IPO process say that's capital that could have otherwise been invested by Snowflake in the business.
Cramer to investors: If Congress approves a stimulus bill, 'you can't be out of this market'
"If we get a stimulus package and you're out of the market, you will feel awful," CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Thursday.
Op-ed: What matters for cannabis investors heading into the November elections
Markets often reward those who sit at the table early for major secular investment themes like cannabis.
Nearly 8 million people may get a piece of $2.7 billion in health insurance rebates this year
The amount that insurers are refunding to policyholders this fall would be almost double the $1.4 billion or so refunded a year ago, with about 7.9...
Former 'Shark Tank' contestant reaches a breaking point as federal aid runs out
Former "Shark Tank" contestant Kelsey Moreira, the owner of Doughp, recently had to lay off most of the staff she had furloughed in the spring.
Market value of big fintech companies rises to $1 trillion, more than the largest banks
The market caps of payment stocks like Visa and MasterCard have eclipsed the value of the biggest banks, even as their balance sheets remain significantly smaller...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just made a fast $800 million on Snowflake's surging IPO
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made the investment despite his aversion to IPOs.
KYC and KYP led banks to push in-house products more, exec says
Investment Executive Rudy Mezzetta Sep 2, 2020 Increasing compliance requirements — such as enhanced know-your-product rules — provided cover for Canada’s banks to focus ever more...
The Fed keeps rate steady. Here’s how that benefits short-term borrowers
Thanks to the central bank, short-term borrowing rates will stay near rock bottom but you may have to act quickly to get the most benefit.
Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds
The coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, a new FlexJobs survey finds. Women have been disproportionately hit, with 17% having to...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just made a fast $1 billion on Snowflake's surging IPO
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made the investment despite his aversion to IPOs.
Detour: An altered path to profit for European fintechs
McKinsey Company Chandana Asif, Max Flötotto, Tunde Olanrewaju, and Giuseppe Sofo Sep 9, 2020 To navigate the economic fall-out from COVID-19, Europe’s fintechs will need to...
The new urgency of global tech governance
Brookings Landry Signé, Mark Esposito, and Sanjeev Khagram Sep 10, 2020 Pandemic lockdowns, digitalization, and the acceleration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are all driving...
Yelp data shows 60% of business closures due to the coronavirus pandemic are now permanent
Yelp on Wednesday released its latest Economic Average Report, revealing business closures across the U.S. are increasing as a result of the coronavirus.