Month: November 2021

In this article ABNB Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Airbnb reported strong third-quarter profit growth and a beat on revenue estimates Thursday, as the company continues its recovery from Covid-19 and travel returns as vaccinations efforts ramp up worldwide. Shares briefly rose more than 3% in after-hours trading before paring gains. Here’s how
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Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal. John Lamparski | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Democrats seem to have spared wealthy Americans like billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel from big tax bills on their vast Roth retirement savings in legislation unveiled this week. That break is courtesy of new language in a $1.75 trillion
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A pedestrian stands in front of a Manhattan condominium building in New York. Mark Abramson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wealthy real-estate buyers from overseas are expected to descend on the nation’s luxury housing markets Monday, giving a second boost to demand for high-priced apartments and mansions. The U.S. will lift the travel ban on
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In this article BA ASTR AMZN Rocket 3.1 launches from Kodiak, Alaska. Astra / John Kraus A flurry of space companies filed requests with the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for new or expanded broadband networks, asking the regulator for approval of nearly 38,000 total satellites. Amazon, Astra, Boeing, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Hughes Network, OneWeb, SpinLaunch,
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People walk past colorful stores in a pedestrian area of downtown Ithaca, New York on a sunny day. benedek | iStock Unreleased | Getty Images Far from Glasgow and COP26, Ithaca, New York, just made an unprecedented move to tackle climate change and the city’s carbon footprint. In a unanimous vote on Wednesday night, Ithaca’s
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In this article .STI DBSM-SG SINGAPORE — There are signs that higher prices will become “more entrenched” and harder to reverse, according to the chief executive of Singapore’s largest bank.   “You’re beginning to see more entrenched inflation coming through,” Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Group Holdings, told CNBC’s “Capital Connection” Friday. “Some of the
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In this article MAXR A close look at the primary mirror of a Worldview Legion satellite during assembly and inspection. Maxar Maxar Technologies‘ stock jumped on Thursday after reporting third-quarter results, with Wall Street analysts welcoming the space company’s progress toward the launch of key satellites next year. The company reported an adjusted EBITDA profit
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Topline Democrats’ social spending bill, the Build Back Better proposal, currently comes with a price tag of $1.8 trillion, but a nonpartisan report Thursday said the package will also raise about $1.5 trillion in revenue through a slew of new taxes targeting corporations and ultra-wealthy Americans—findings that could help the package find the support it
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For the past two years, housing supply has barely kept pace with the growth in housing demand. But there are signs that the market is turning a corner. A new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage, shows the supply of America’s most affordable homes for sale jumped a record 13% year over year in the third quarter as mortgage forbearance
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From Jeff Bezos to Tencent, entrepreneur Nipun Mehra has a wealth of investors backing his Indonesian e-commerce start-up, Ula. But as a former start-up investor himself, he had a head start when it came to pitching for funding. Having been an early backer of Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Gojek and other regional start-ups during his
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