Jeffrey M. Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Wed. Feb. 22, 2017.
Day: February 26, 2017
Hastings City Council Addressing Novak Study Concerns
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Childhood Workforce Commission Holds First Meeting
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This watch company is the perfect example of why Trump’s ‘made…
Los Angeles-based workshop, Weiss watches is the perfect example. Its founder Cameron Weiss, is passionate about reviving US mechanical watch manufacturing.
Here are all the winners of the 2017 Oscars
The 89th Academy Awards are taking place Sunday night, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC. Critical darlings and hits including “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” and “Hidden Figures” are vying to take the top honors in Hollywood.
All the looks from the 2017 Oscars red carpet
Hollywood’s finest came out for the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Stars on the red carpet include Scarlett Johansson, Michelle Williams, Janelle Mone , Ryan Gosling, and Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel.
Twin Records for Hong Kong Property Flout Bid to Tame Market
Hong Kong’s property market is setting new records, quashing attempts by the city’s leaders to tame surging home prices. Existing home prices reached an all-time high in the week ended Feb. 19, according to the Centaline Property Centa-City Leading Index, which tracks sales of secondary homes.
Lawmaker: ‘I got confirmation’ my Russia-Ukraine plan was…
The Ukrainian lawmaker who met with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and businessman Felix Sater in New York last month to discuss a controversial peace plan for Ukraine “got confirmation” from Sater that his plan was delivered to the White House, he told Business Insider. Andrey Artemenko, a member of Ukrainian parliament and former member of the country’s far-right Radical Party, said he met with Cohen and Sater at the Loews Regency New York on January 27 to discuss Artemenko’s proposal for solving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
A hot new hedge fund is gearing up for one of this year’s…
Brandon Haley’s Holocene Advisors is planning to launch with about $1 billion on April 3, according to people familiar with the situation. The hedge fund firm is in capital-raising mode, with Haley appearing at a Goldman Sachs emerging managers’ conference in Florida earlier this month, according to attendees.
A ‘complex moment’ – Mexico is looking to strike back…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly visited Mexico this week , where they met with the country’s president, Enrique Pea Nieto, and other senior officials. Mexicans’ ire with US President Donald Trump has been inflamed by his hardline stance on issues like immigration and border control, as well as by his administration’s inconsistencies on some of those policies.
A Hedge Fund Giant in Samsung Empire Finds Hurdles Close to Home
For Samsung’s $1 billion hedge fund, the looming presence of Samsung Electronics Co. — and even the Korean conglomerate’s name — can be part of the challenge.
Dinner and a Movie Planned at Hastings Salvation Army
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Winter Weather Bearing Down on Central Nebraska
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LSE says regulators likely to block Deutsche Boerse merger
The London Stock Exchange says its planned merger with the Deutsche Boerse is likely to be blocked after the European Commission raised antitrust concerns. The merger, announced almost a year ago, would have given the German financial exchange a majority stake in the combined company.
Buffett Stings Hedge Funds Anew Over Their `Misbegotten’ Rewards
Warren Buffett’s sweeping endorsement of index investing is sure to sting the hedge-fund industry and encourage the stampede into assets that passively track the market. In his well-read annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders on Saturday, he estimated that investors wasted more than $100 billion on high-fee Wall Street money managers over the past 10 years.
Innovation, Ikea style
It was dreamed up in 1978 by an Ikea designer called Gillis Lundgren who sketched it on the back of a napkin, worried that he would forget it. Now there are 60-odd million in the world, nearly one for every 100 people – not bad for a humble bookcase.
LSE Says Deutsche Boerse Deal Unlikely After Year-Long Try
London Stock Exchange Group Plc said its $13 billion tie-up with Deutsche Boerse AG is unlikely to proceed after a new regulatory hurdle signaled a potential end to the companies’ efforts to create a champion European exchange. European Union officials had requested that LSE divest MTS, an electronic trading platform for European government bonds.
The Fed is worried about a key measure in the stock market
The Chicago Board Options Exchange volatility index, which gauges investor anxiety and is widely known as the VIX index , has been trending down. The Fed minutes said: “They also expressed concern that the low level of implied volatility in equity markets appeared inconsistent with the considerable uncertainty attending the outlook for such policy initiatives.”
Motorola’s hot new phone is impressive, but it’s totally soulless
It’s all brushed aluminium and black mirrors, sweeping curves and endless gleaming glass. They’re like a miniature model of the City of London in your pocket.
Buffett Riffs on Colonoscopy Swap, Airlines, Wealthy in Letter
Or he makes a self-depreciating joke while admitting to blunders that he hopes not to repeat. On Saturday, he showed off his wit again, with an annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders that built on some of his favorite themes and added new ones.
J.C. Penney and Macy’s Are Turning America’s Malls Into Ghost Towns
At the rate department store chains are shuttering locations, your neighborhood shopping mall will soon look like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie. On Friday, J.C. Penney became the latest chain to announce a strenuous round of store closures and buyouts for as many as 6,000 members of its workforce in a bid to cut costs.
Internet privacy rules headed for showdown
In a showdown over Internet privacy, the newly conservative Federal Communications Commission and the Republican-led Congress are trying to block tough Obama administration rules that limit how broadband Internet providers use their customers’ personal information. At stake is the way Internet service providers such as Comcast Corp., AT&T Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc. use and store the sensitive data they collect, including customers’ locations, their financial information, Social Security numbers, and Internet browsing habits.
A Billion India Identities at Risk as Modi Widens Digital Reach
Shivam Shankar Singh woke last month to an e-mail from an Indian government department. It had a name, address, mobile phone number and bank account with a code for money transfers and investments made in a dairy farm.
Snapchat’s earliest employees: Where are they now?
In the last five years, Snapchat has gone from a sexting app built in a Stanford dorm to a business that could soon be worth $22 billion on the public market. Back in 2013 , Business Insider rounded up 20 of Snapchat’s earliest employees.
Father of Navy SEAL killed in Yemen raid to Trump…
The father of William “Ryan” Owens, the Navy SEAL Team 6 member who was the first US combat death during US President Donald Trump’s presidency in January, urged the Trump administration to not “hide behind my son’s death” and provide answers. In an interview with the Miami Herald , Bill Owens, also a Navy veteran, called for an investigation into the raid that left his son, an eight-year-old girl, and as many as 29 civilians dead.
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In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed ways the Trump administration plans to tackle issues hampering economic growth in America. “The American economy has been too slow for too long and we’re going to start with tax reform.
Samsung announces two new tablets, one of which runs Windows 10
Samsung announced two new tablets during its MWC event in Barcelona, and one of them can run the full version of Windows 10. The Galaxy Tab S3 is a high-end Android tablet with special features centered around entertainment, and the Galaxy Book series vaguely aims its guns at the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet PCs. They’re nice devices, but we don’t know how much they cost yet, so we can’t accurately comment on how they compare against other similar devices.
No Chance’ Brazil Government Waives Oi Debt, Minister Says
Brazil’s government can’t waive Oi SA’s debt with a local regulator and state-run banks, the communications minister said, denying the phone carrier a lifeline that would have helped it pull out of the biggest bankruptcy in the country’s history. “The government can’t let go of resources, they are public resources, debt with the public administration,” Science and Technology Minister Gilberto Kassab said Sunday in an interview in Barcelona, Spain.
No Chance’ Brazil Government Waives Oi Debt, Minister Says
Brazil’s government can’t waive Oi SA’s debt with a local regulator and state-run banks, the communications minister said, denying the phone carrier a lifeline that would have helped it pull out of the biggest bankruptcy in the country’s history. “The government can’t let go of resources, they are public resources, debt with the public administration,” Science and Technology Minister Gilberto Kassab said Sunday in an interview in Barcelona, Spain.
Verizon Is Gaining Momentum, Buy Here
The markets are off to a great start in 2017, but not every stock is participating in the rally. Despite a series of all-time highs from the major indices, telecommunications giant Verizon Communications While Verizon is off to a rough start in 2017, the stock is now showing positive signs for the first time in months.
Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Scares Up Big $30.5 Million Debut
Comedian Jordan Peele’s directorial debut “Get Out” has made a splash atop the box office in its opening weekend. Studio estimates Sunday show the thriller earned $30.5 million to take first place.
Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Scares Up Big $30.5 Million Debut
Comedian Jordan Peele’s directorial debut “Get Out” has made a splash atop the box office in its opening weekend. Studio estimates Sunday show the thriller earned $30.5 million to take first place.
Challengers Vie for Barcelona Spotlight Amid Apple, Samsung Void
Phone makers Huawei Technologies Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are battling to steal the show at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, rushing to fill the void in the absence of handset leaders Samsung Electronics Co.
Why Facebook Beat Twitter
I’ll admit that in the early days, I really didn’t get Twitter. Facebook was intuitive for me: a way to connect with my friends, my family, my colleagues.
Why Facebook Beat Twitter
I’ll admit that in the early days, I really didn’t get Twitter. Facebook was intuitive for me: a way to connect with my friends, my family, my colleagues.
How The Sports Industry Pioneered Advances In The Innovation Economy
The National Football League is an amazingly successful enterprise, but these days it’s hard to think of it as a bastion of forward-thinking business practices. The organization’s blindness, or willful denial, of concussion risks could be a case study in mismanagement.
Why Netflix, HBO, And Amazon Owe Their Success To Hulu
Remember when Netflix was a DVD-by-mail service? And its chief rival was the brick-and-mortar outlet Blockbuster? Feels like an eternity ago. Now Netflix looks over its shoulder at HBO on one side and Amazon on the other.
Why Netflix, HBO, And Amazon Owe Their Success To Hulu
Remember when Netflix was a DVD-by-mail service? And its chief rival was the brick-and-mortar outlet Blockbuster? Feels like an eternity ago. Now Netflix looks over its shoulder at HBO on one side and Amazon on the other.
Why The Music Industry Is A Model For Every Business
When I first started listening to music, it was on vinyl records. Then we used cassette tapes-source of the first mix tapes-and, yes, we would copy each others’ albums without paying any royalties.
Why Nike Really Lets You Design Your Own Sneakers
When we lauded Nike in our first World’s Most Innovative Companies issue in 2008, it was in part because of Nike iD, a then-revolutionary way for its customers to imprint personalized designs onto Nike sneakers. The inclusion of “iD studios” in Niketown stores pointed toward the increasing theatricality required in retail, while iD capability on nike.com reflected the explosive potential of digital commerce.