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Saudi Aramco isn't the best-performing stock debut of the day. Brazilian finance firm XP skyrocketed 24% in its multibillion-dollar IPO

Brazilian financial services company XP Inc. surged as much as 26% Wednesday after its initial public offering raised nearly $2 billion. The stock jump establishes XP as...
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I travel 4 months of the year, and my bank reimburses all my ATM fees no matter where I am

5 hours ago | Business Insider

While SoFi is well known for its student loan products , the company branched out into the personal finance space this year with SoFi Invest and SoFi Money. SoFi Money is a...
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American CEOs To Slow Hiring As They Sour On Economy

6 hours ago | Fortune

Despite the economy sitting at a 50-year low for the unemployment rate , the heads of American business just lowered their economic outlooks for the seventh consecutive...
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Sproutt raises $12 million to find your best life insurance policy with AI

6 hours ago | Venture Beat

Sproutt, a tech startup using AI to match people with life insurance policies, has secured $12 million in venture capital.
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Macerich lands nearly $500M refi for Kings Plaza Shopping Center

7 hours ago | The Real Deal New York

Retail giant Macerich has landed a $487 million refinancing for its Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn from JPMorgan Chase amidst a still bleak environment for malls. The...
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Outgoing Bridgewater co-CEO Eileen Murray explains how she smashed the hedge fund world's glass ceiling and why her biggest early-career mistake was not asking for help

8 hours ago | Business Insider

Bridgewater co-CEO Eileen Murray, who will leave the $160 billion hedge fund next year, told attendees at the Project Punch Card conference on Wednesday that she is "definitely...
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Square Mile Capital provides $180M loan for Brooklyn tower

8 hours ago | The Real Deal New York

Square Mile Capital Management has provided a $180 million construction loan to the developer behind a planned 29-story tower in Brooklyn. The financing will allow...
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Blockchain's Wild Ride Is Far From Over

9 hours ago | Fortune

It's become somewhat of a cliché when prominent finance types say they can see a future for blockchain technology, but they're not so sure about Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a...
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The Finance 202: USMCA isn't expected to have a big impact on the economy

12 hours ago | The Washington Post

Trump and Pelosi are calling it a political win, though.
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Unbanked population: RT's Boom Bust looks into whether online banking is disenfranchising the poor

13 hours ago | RT

The global banking sector has been experiencing a major shakeup lately, with banks cutting jobs and closing branches to save money. Boom Bust is joined by Bartlett Naylor...
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5 of the most controversial choices for Time magazine's Person of the Year

Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year for her climate activism that inspired millions of young people to protest and push for change. In past years... Read more ...

Deadly New Jersey shootout started with 'targeted' attack on kosher market...

Jersey City investigators don't yet know why the shooters attacked a Jewish kosher deli, and therefore they aren't labeling the attack as anti-Semitic. Read more ...

Jersey City's mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market

The mayor of a New Jersey city says gunmen targeted a kosher market during a shooting that killed six people Tuesday. Read more ...

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, signals it will pause through 2020

The Federal Reserve left borrowing costs unchanged at its last policy meeting of the year on Wednesday. Policymakers signaled they saw little to no need to boost the economy... Read more ...

The Patriots signed a 'trick-shot' kicker who can kick an 80-yard field goal

The New England Patriots signed trick-shot kicker Josh Gable to their practice squad. Gable has never kicked in the NFL but has posted videos of himself making wild kicks from... Read more ...

Amazon gifts must be ordered by these holiday shipping deadlines to...

You've spent time curating the perfect list of gifts , now you just have to make sure they get here on time. Many retailers, like Amazon , offer detailed delivery calendars... Read more ...

WeWork, SmileDirectClub, and Peloton: Here are the 5 biggest 'unicorn' IPO...

2019 was a tough year for unicorn startups - privately held companies valued at more than $1 billion - going public through an initial public offering process. Though the first... Read more ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Fox News and Tucker Carlson, saying she won't...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Fox News and primetime host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday after a conservative policy analyst made comments widely perceived as racist on... Read more ...

Twitter is trying to build a new decentralized social media service that...

Twitter is trying to build a new decentralized social media protocol, CEO Jack Dorsey said. Developed by a new team called "Bluesky," it will take inspiration from email and... Read more ...

The two shooters who 'targeted' a Jewish grocery store, killing 4, have been...

The shooters in the Tuesday attack at a Jersey City, New Jersey Jewish grocery store have been identified as David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50. Law enforcement... Read more ...