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

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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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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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.

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

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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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. 

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.

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.

"After you know you have a product, you know you can distribute it. Now, how do you get it to the masses? [Lowe's] wanted to give people this vehicle to do so, without taking any percentage of their company," Daymond John told CNBC.

People with federal student loans have been told they don't need to make payments until next year. But those with private student loans find themselves in a trickier situation.

As the slow-moving storm heads toward several states along the Gulf of Mexico, there may be steps you can take to prepare yourself for the possibility of having to file an insurance claim due to damage to your home.