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Wells Fargo downgrades Netflix: 'If content is king, then cash is queen'

Wells Fargo lowered its rating on Netflix to underperform from market perform and said the company will need to spend more.

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Charles Schwab to buy TD Ameritrade in $26 billion all-stock deal

Charles Schwab Corp will buy TD Ameritrade Holding Corp in an all-stock deal valued at $26 billion, the two largest U.S. discount brokerages said on Monday, as they try to fend off competition from newer rivals.



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General Electric grabs finance chief from shipping group Maersk

A.P. Moller-Maersk's finance chief Carolina Dybeck Happe will leave the shipping group to take up a similar position at General Electric early next year, the companies said on Monday.



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How to have a difficult money conversation with a family member: just start talking

Though financial conversations are not easy, not fun and even frightening, people still know they need to have them.

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Black Friday darker for some retail stocks than others

The U.S. holiday shopping period kicking off on Friday may heighten Wall Street's perception of a growing divide between retailers adapting to online sales and those unable to shake their reliance on dwindling shopping mall traffic.



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Blackstone to invest $400 million in gene therapy venture with Ferring

Blackstone Group Inc said on Monday it will invest $400 million in a joint venture with Swiss drug company Ferring that is working on an experimental gene therapy for bladder cancer, the private equity giant's largest ever bet on drug development.



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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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