May 19, 2024
Finance

Edible Garden Finance Chief James Retires, Dafoulas Appointed Interim CFO

Published: Jan. 26, 2024 at 6:05 p.m. ET By Dean Seal The chief financial officer of Edible Garden has retired and will be succeeded on an interim basis by a company consultant. The controlled environment agriculture produce grower disclosed Friday that Michael James retired from his positions as CFO as well as treasurer, secretary and

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Finance

How to finance a car when you have bad credit

Quick facts about bad-credit car financing: Even borrowers with numbers in the lowest credit score categories may find auto loan financing. You should dispute errors on your credit report when you find inaccurate information that lowers your credit score. Increasing your down payment on the car helps convince potential lenders that you are serious about your finances. Financing a car with

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Investment

Capital gains taxes: What to know when you sell your home or other asset

Capital-gains taxes occur when you sell an asset, like your home or a stock. They are paid to both the state and federal government. The government collects a percentage tax on the gain or profit of the asset while in your possession. As you think ahead to tax season, understand that taxes on capital gains were lowered

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Investment

Northern Star Investment to Liquidate Trust Account, Keep Operating

Published: Jan. 25, 2024 at 5:19 p.m. ET By Sabela Ojea Northern Star Investment is liquidating its trust account after failing to consummate an initial business combination by its deadline, but it intends to continue operating. The blank check company on Thursday said it will allow shareholders to continue to retain their shares so they

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Mortgage

Mortgage rates inch up to highest level in six weeks

Published: Jan. 25, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. ET U.S. mortgage rates rose to the highest level in six weeks, but have stayed well below 7%, offering some stability to home buyers. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose and averaged 6.69% as of January 25, according to data released by Freddie Mac FMCC on Thursday.  It’s up

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Investors

This is the mistake investors are making in thinking about a second Trump term, says UBS strategists

Published: Jan. 24, 2024 at 8:20 a.m. ET Donald Trump, the Republican former president, has won the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary and is leading Nikki Haley by a substantial margin in South Carolina, where she was governor from 2011 to 2017. So it’s highly likely that Trump will be the Republican presidential

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Funds

Brooks Macdonald Sees In-Line Profit as Funds Under Management Rise

Published: Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:08 a.m. ET By Elena Vardon Brooks Macdonald Group said it expects momentum on gross inflows to continue across its products over the second half of fiscal 2024 as it posted a rise in funds under management for the second quarter. The U.K. asset manager on Wednesday said that the

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Investors

Disney board nominates slate of dozen directors that excludes activist investors

Published: Jan. 16, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. ET Walt Disney Co.’s board on Tuesday nominated a slate of 12 directors that notably left out activist investors from Trian Fund Management (Nelson Peltz, James Rasulo) and Blackwells Group (Craig Hatkoff, Jessica Schell, Leah Solivan), both of which have been highly critical of Disney Chief Executive Robert

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Finance

Bajaj Finance underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors

Published: Jan. 16, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. ET Bajaj Finance Ltd. 500034 shares inched down 0.05% to 7,472.70 Indian rupees Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P BSE Sensex Index 1 falling 0.27% to 73,128.77. Bajaj Finance Ltd. closed 717.30 rupees below its 52-week

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Investment

Why Microsoft’s stock is a better investment than Apple

Apple Inc. has long been the most valuable U.S. company, but Microsoft Corp. seems poised to overtake it. A look back at the companies’ financial performance and a look ahead at expected revenue and profits make the case that Apple is no longer a growth stock and that Microsoft is the better long-term investment. Late

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