Noel Hendrickson | Getty Images The milk industry is under pressure.  The latest sign of upheaval: Dean Foods, the nation’s largest milk maker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday. The Dallas-based company is engaged in discussions with the Dairy Farmers of America, the biggest dairy co-operative, to sell all or part of its business. That deal
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The president spoke on trade, the Fed and the economy, among other topics. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Topline: Speaking at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve, touted the health of the U.S. economy and spoke about international trade—particularly
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There is plenty of talk these days about whether there was a quid pro quo concerning the President’s interactions with Ukraine. As the hearings and testimony unfold, could the IRS care about this too? The IRS’s concern isn’t about politics, of course, but surprisingly, the concept of a quid pro quo comes up regularly in
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Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of 2U Inc. surged more than 15% during extended trading after the cloud-based software company reported third-quarter earnings and updated its full-year revenue and net loss outlook. 2U expects revenue between $570 million and $575 million for the year, narrower than
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Patrick Smith | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images “Don’t fight the Fed.” This oft-cited wisdom from the late investment guru Marty Zweig holds that when the Federal Reserve cuts rates, investors should double down on stock investments. The theory is that lower rates encourage businesses and consumers to borrow and spend, boosting corporate profits.
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By Fred Riccardi, Medicare Rights Center President and Next Avenue Contributor Getty Beginning this year and continuing into 2020, Medicare Advantage plans (ones from private insurers) have increased flexibility to provide coverage for what the government calls supplemental benefits. These are services otherwise excluded by law from what’s known as Original Medicare coverage. And Medicare
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Getty Winston Shrout has been apprehended. The former fugitive and tax fraud promoter had been on the run from law enforcement for months, but he was caught in Arizona this month by the U.S. Marshals Service. Shrout, 70, was convicted in April 2017 on six misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file tax returns and 13
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Military veterans often possess skills that can fortify a financial technology company’s workforce, which is why PayPal has committed to hiring former service members, Chief Financial Officer John Rainey told CNBC Tuesday. Since 2017, PayPal has added more than 180 veterans to its payroll in large part from the help of partnerships with organizations, such
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China’s Tencent Music Entertainment reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, as the streaming company added more paying users. However, it recorded the slowest rise in a widely watched metric for its biggest business, social entertainment services, which executives attributed to growing competition. Tencent Music’s U.S.-listed shares rose as much as 2% before trading down about
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