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Herman Miller reported fiscal first quarter earnings per share of $1.24, blowing past the earnings of 26 cents per share expected by Wall Street, according to Refinitiv.

Counting the four IPOs this week, software IPOs will have raised roughly $7.8 billion year to date.

Yelp on Wednesday released its latest Economic Average Report, revealing business closures across the U.S. are increasing as a result of the coronavirus.

If you're late to the game, now is the time to nail down a solid retirement strategy.

Savers were allowed to skip the 2020 required minimum distribution from their retirement accounts. Those who already took the withdrawal had until Aug. 31 to return it. What to do if you missed the deadline.

The market caps of payment stocks like Visa and MasterCard have eclipsed the value of the biggest banks, even as their balance sheets remain significantly smaller in comparison. 

Former "Shark Tank" contestant Kelsey Moreira, the owner of Doughp, recently had to lay off most of the staff she had furloughed in the spring. 

Details of the pressure the New York-based bank faced from its activist investor hadn't been reported until now. The lessons from this episode will likely inform how Corbat's successor interacts with the bank's large investors.

Brookings | Landry Signé, Mark Esposito, and Sanjeev Khagram | Sep 10, 2020 Pandemic lockdowns, digitalization, and the acceleration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are all driving a shift in global governance. Since the world’s technological leaders will also be geopolitical leaders, the competition for dominance in cutting-edge sectors like artificial intelligence is intensifying. The

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McKinsey & Company | Chandana Asif, Max Flötotto, Tunde Olanrewaju, and Giuseppe Sofo | Sep 9, 2020 To navigate the economic fall-out from COVID-19, Europe’s fintechs will need to adjust their playbook. Fintechs have been on a roll. Fueled by generous amounts of venture capital funding, last year 24 financial services startups hit a valuation

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made the investment despite his aversion to IPOs.

The coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, a new FlexJobs survey finds. Women have been disproportionately hit, with 17% having to quit their jobs, compared to 10% of men.

Thanks to the central bank, short-term borrowing rates will stay near rock bottom but you may have to act quickly to get the most benefit. 

Investment Executive | Rudy Mezzetta | Sep 2, 2020 Increasing compliance requirements — such as enhanced know-your-product rules — provided cover for Canada’s banks to focus ever more exclusively on selling their in-house investment products, shutting out independent products and limiting client choice, says Sheila Murray, a corporate director and former president of CI Financial.  “Under the guise of compliance and risk aversion, and doing the right

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made the investment despite his aversion to IPOs.