Month: September 2019

The Republican-led Michigan legislature approved $59.9 billion in state spending in budget bills, axing a controversial 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax hike proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer, a Democrat who won election last year, said the tax would have generated $2.1 billion for roads and bridges. Instead lawmakers proposed spending $400 million in general funds to
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Will the WeWork fiasco change the governance structure of upcoming unicorns? WeWork’s IPO implosion centers partly on themes that are at the heart of a hot investment strategy — Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), which emphasizes relations with employees, customers, and stakeholders, as well as the importance of proper corporate governance–leadership, pay, shareholder rights, and
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Floor-to-ceiling windows at Summit in Midtown East frame the Chrysler Building. QuallsBenson There’s no question that high-end art can drive luxury sales and that many collectors design their homes around important acquisitions. But some developers have used windows as their canvas to frame views of the
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As U.S. stocks climb and fall in response to President Donald Trump‘s words (and tweets), some traders are voicing skepticism over the
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The municipal market had no trouble digesting the sizable issuance on Tuesday, with one deal garnering $4 billion of orders. Bank of America priced Texas Water Development Board’s ( /AAA/AAA) $876.94 million of state water implementation revenue fund master trust taxable bonds on Tuesday. “We had a great market environment for this transaction, and saw
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People walk past a Nike store in New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Nike hit an all-time high, surging more than 5.5% during extended trade, following strong first-quarter earnings. CEO Mark Parker credited the earnings beat to product innovation and stronger e-commerce business. The footwear
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Results show significant increases in Revenue, Investments, Cash and Working Capital Year highlighted by investment and acquisition of 11 new private companies in 2018 $10,000,000 convertible note to build, develop and create long-term value for portfolio companies and VST shareholders. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Victory Square Technologies Inc. (CSE:VST)(FWB: 6F6)(OTC:VSQTF) successfully
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modern businesswoman replaces several people at once Getty We’ve discussed the topic of real estate-as-a-service in this column enough that all readers will by now know what I’m talking about. Providing the right services to end users of real estate (be they residential tenants, office workers, or shoppers) has two very positive outcomes: greater customer satisfaction which
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Over the years, cryptocurrency has developed at a remarkable pace, and an investment instrument like Bitcoin options would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. However, the march of Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies has been relentless. Hence, it is not really a surprise that options are at last going to be launched for the
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Binance.US, the American arm of cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance, has announced it will start trading fiat-crypto and crypto-crypto trading pairs on Tuesday. The trading platform will list seven cryptocurrencies immediately upon the launch, including bitcoin, Binance coin (BNB), ethereum, XRP, bitcoin cash, litecoin and Tether’s USDT. Binance.us also revealed it will soon open deposits for another
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