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Getting In Early: SEC Sees Growth In Equity Crowdfunding

Financial Advisor | John Bowens | Nov 20, 2019 Like the small businesses it was designed to help, equity crowdfunding is still in its start-up stage. But the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports that it’s rapidly growing into a viable source of financing – and a new investment option for those who want to

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CBS and Viacom to close merger on Dec. 4

The all-stock merger of CBS Corp and Viacom Inc is expected to close on Dec. 4, the companies said on Monday.



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Wall Street opens higher as report sparks trade deal hopes

U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as expectations of a U.S.-China trade truce were strengthened by a report that the two sides were nearing an agreement, while a raft of blockbuster deals also lifted sentiment.



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Why PayPal’s Acquisition of Rewards Platform Honey Is a Big Deal

Fortune | Polina Marinova | Nov 21, 2019 PayPal’s got a lot going on. It has agreed to acquire Honey, a Los Angeles-based provider of a deal-finding browser add-on and mobile app, for $4 billion. This is PayPal’s largest acquisition to date and the largest acquisition of a tech company in L.A. history. Just yesterday,

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Tesla shares rise as Musk says Cybertruck orders hit 200,000

Tesla Inc shares rose 4% on Monday after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted over the weekend that the company had already received 200,000 orders for its futuristic Cybertruck pickup.



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Why a digital dollar isn’t coming anytime soon (or so the Fed says)

MIT Tech Review | Mike Orcutt | Nov 21, 2019 While central bank digital currencies may address problems in other countries, the US doesn’t have those problems, according to Fed chair Jerome Powell. A digital dollar is a solution in search of a problem. Well, at least in the US, according to Jerome Powell, chair

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'Unfit' Uber loses London license over safety failures

Uber was stripped of its license to carry paying passengers in London on Monday for the second time in just over two years, pending an appeal, over a "pattern of failures" on safety and security.



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MSCI arms all investors with ESG ratings of 2,800 top firms

MSCI published the environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings of more than 2,800 companies on Monday, giving all asset managers more detail to make their investment decisions.



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Just Eat urges shareholders to shun Prosus and stick with Takeaway deal

Britain's Just Eat urged shareholders on Monday to shun a $6.3 billion cash offer from Prosus , saying a currently lower valued deal with Takeaway.com was a better bet as it would create the largest food delivery firm outside China.



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Saudi Aramco meets ADIA, Abu Dhabi funds in IPO pitch: sources

Saudi Aramco's executives met officials of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) on Monday to discuss a potential investment in the oil giant's share sale that could raise as much as $25.6 billion, three sources familiar with the talks said.



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Charles Schwab to buy TD Ameritrade in $26-billion blockbuster brokerage deal

Charles Schwab Corp agreed on Monday to buy TD Ameritrade Holding Corp in an all-stock deal valued at $26 billion, creating a brokerage giant in a market that has been ravaged by price wars.



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'China is the enemy' on trade, not Trump — Cramer blasts media over love of Chinese leader Xi

CNBC's Jim Cramer says the mainstream media wrongly thinks that "'Xi is a great Chinese man with great Democratic leanings; member of the WTO. And we have a madman as president.'"

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Eight electric pickup truck manufacturers to load up U.S. market by 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his spacy Cybertruck have ignited a frenzy over electric pickups, and at least seven other U.S. automakers expect to build new battery-powered trucks by 2021.



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Texas settles with T-Mobile, Sprint over merger: statement

Texas' attorney general has settled with T-Mobile Inc and Sprint Corp and will drop its opposition to a merger of the third and fourth largest U.S. wireless carriers.



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Factbox: M&As in vogue for luxury retailers seeking growth

Louis Vuitton owner LVMH snapped up U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co on Monday for $16.2 billion in its largest buyout ever, adding America's biggest luxury name to its stable of brands.



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