Andrea Orcel, chief executive officer of Unicredit, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Divided between two takeover courtships, UniCredit’s Andrea Orcel still has room to sweeten his bid for Italy’s Banco BPM, analysts say, while political turmoil stalls a deal with Germany’s Commerzbank. Once a key architect
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A driver for an independent contractor to FedEx delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Holiday shopping is expected to reach record levels this year. But a growing share of those purchases will be sent back. Returns in 2024 are expected to
Miniseries | E+ | Getty Images Housing is not cheap — whether you’re buying or renting. In October, the median sales price for a single-family home in the U.S. was $437,300, up from $426,800 a month prior, according to the latest data by the U.S. Census. Meanwhile, the median rent price in the U.S. was
Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Source: NYPD UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday doing something countless other American executives routinely do: Walking unaccompanied to an investor event held by his company. But Thompson’s death this week in the heart of corporate America’s capital has sent
Shares of Salesforce surged in extended trading Tuesday after the enterprise software giant reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and issued a solid forecast for the current period. But most importantly, the company showed that Agentforce, its new AI platform, may kickstart revenue growth in the future. Revenue in the fiscal 2025 third quarter increased 8% year
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In this article HTA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Healthcare Realty Trust building in in Nashville, Tennessee. Source: Google Maps Company: Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) Business: Healthcare Realty Trust is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around hospital campuses. The company selectively grows
Grace Cary | Moment | Getty Images After decades of building your nest egg, you will eventually have to start taking required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from pretax retirement accounts. The first RMD can be tricky, according to financial experts. Since 2023, most retirees must begin RMDs at age 73. The first deadline is April
Mithrl is among a wave of startups coming back to San Francisco and working in person four days or more each week. Courtesy: Mithrl When Noah Jackson began his search for a new software engineering job at the start of 2024, there was one quality he knew he wanted in his next employer: office culture.
Extending the Tax Cuts: Budgetary Impact Discussion Skip to content Home • Blog • All About That Base(line) If Congress does not act, taxes will rise for millions of Americans on January 1, 2026, as the individual provisions of the TaxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments
In this article LULU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer exits a Lululemon store in New York on Aug. 22, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lululemon’s U.S. growth is continuing to slow, but the athletic apparel retailer is making big gains abroad, leading to a 9% increase in sales year