Month: March 2019

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Switch shares surged as much as 8 percent after hours Tuesday after the telecommunications company reported mixed fourth-quarter earnings. The company earned $103 million in revenue, missing estimated of $104 million, according to Refinitiv. Earnings per share were 5 cents, beating expectations by 2 cents. The
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Denver-based D.A. Davidson & Co. will acquire Wells Nelson & Associates, an Oklahoma-based public finance and wealth management firm. The deal strengthens D.A. Davidson’s fixed-income presence in Oklahoma and Texas and unites two firms whose expertise and market leadership are aligned, company officials said “Wells Nelson has a great reputation, deep expertise and solid relationships
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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Stitch Fix surged more than 20 percent in extended trading Monday following the release of the personal styling company’s better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and strong full-year outlook. Stitch Fix posted earnings per share of 12 cents on revenues of $370 million. Wall Street expected earnings
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For decades now, Silicon Valley has been considered the center of the tech world when it comes to innovation.Propy Major brands including Uber, Lyft, Slack, Pinterest, and Airbnb are predicted to IPO this year which could result in new wealth, not only for cities where these companies are headquartered but surrounding cities as well. The
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View Bitcoin has established a higher low near $3,300 in the last two months, signaling bearish exhaustion. However, a break above the Christmas Day lower high of $4,236 is needed to confirm a bearish to bullish trend change. Bitcoin (BTC) needs to climb at least anther $350 to confirm a long-term bullish reversal, technical charts
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says his proposal will boost the city’s pension and reserve levels while avoiding any tax increases. Kenney outlined a $5 billion 2020 fiscal year spending plan last week that would increase the city’s pension funding by 4.17%, or $29.8 million, after an estimated 3.4% decrease from 2018 to 2019. The city’s
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This 550 SF house in Sagle Idaho feels larger than its’ petite footprint due to the large outdoor space, high ceilings and massive windows. The house was designed by FabCab Architects and built by Selle Valley Construction using timber frame and SIPs.Photo courtesy of FabCab Architects for Prefabulous Small Houses, published by Taunton Press People often build
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A South Carolina school district has sued its former financial advisors and bond counsel alleging that representatives of the firms knew or should have known about the fraudulent activities of the district’s former chief financial officer. Brantley Thomas, the former Berkeley County School District CFO who is now serving a more than five-year-sentence for embezzling
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Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Big Lots — Shares of Big Lots jumped 15.33 percent after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings. The retailer’s earnings came in at $2.68 earnings per share, 38 cents higher than a Refinitiv forecast. The company’s same-store sales were up 3.1 percent, nearly triple Refinitiv’s estimate of
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U.S. homebuilding increased more than expected in January as construction of single-family housing rebounded after four straight monthly declines, but building permits for these units fell to the lowest level since mid-2017. Housing starts jumped 18.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.230 million units in January, the Commerce Department said on Friday.
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Global index provider MSCI recently announced it would quadruple the percentage of China A shares—shares of companies that trade on mainland exchanges like Shanghai and Shenzhen and were previously available only to Chinese investors—in its China, global and emerging market indexes by November 2019. By then, A shares will have what MSCI calls a 20%
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