Freddie Freeman #5 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates with Joc Pederson #22 after hitting a solo home run against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning in Game Six of the World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 02, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato | Getty Images The Atlanta Braves captured their first
In this article ROKU Roku shares dropped in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported a third-quarter revenue that missed expectations. The company’s revenue came in at $680 million, just below a Refinitiv forecast of $683.4 million. That’s still up 51% from a year earlier. Roku’s earnings per share of 48 cents, however, topped expectations
U.S. stock index futures were steady during overnight trading on Wednesday after the major averages closed at records following commentary from the Federal Reserve. The central bank said it will begin to slow its bond-buying program, signaling that the economy can now handle an unwinding of pandemic stimulus. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones
When I started my first side hustle eight years ago, I didn’t realize I was creating the foundation of a business that earns six figures, which is centered around my Latina heritage. But that’s exactly what happened. I’ve created a business that is going to help me become the first millionaire in my family, and
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) While much of the world has been focused on environmental, social, and governance issues over the past few years, more recently, cracks are starting to show in the way companies are working to solve ESG challenges. Eileen Murray is the chairperson at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and
dusanpetkovic | iStock | Getty Images Improvements to Medicare’s coverage could be on the horizon for the health insurance program’s 63.3 million beneficiaries. Under the latest version of congressional Democrats’ $1.75 trillion spending bill, the federal government would be permitted to negotiate the price of certain drugs with pharmaceutical companies, a move expected to result
Early in 2020, Sam Lyon’s new job fell through because of a coronavirus hiring freeze. That’s when Lyon decided to create what he calls the “Uber Eats Challenge.” The Salem, Oregon, resident committed to delivering food for 12 hours per day every day in June, aiming for a pace that would amount to $100,000 a
The latest version of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better reconciliation package reintroduces a policy that has been tried before—and abandoned: a corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT). It would be a mistake to revive this complex and poorly designed policy. Instead, lawmakers should consider directly reducing corporate tax expenditures. The corporate alternative minimum tax was first introduced
A ten year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images Young children with Covid antibodies due to a prior infection should still get fully vaccinated, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr.
In this article QCOM Cristiano Amon, president of Qualcomm and Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, responds to a question during a panel discussion on 5G wireless broadband technology during the 2018 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2018. Steve Marcus | Reuters Qualcomm stock rose more than 6% at one point in extended trading on
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on Sept. 22. Text removed from the September statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both
Ether, the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, hit another all-time high of $4,634 on Wednesday, according to CoinGecko. In terms of growth, the price of ether has largely outperformed bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, this year. It also has some well-known fans, including billionaire investor Mark Cuban. “I have my fair share of bitcoin,