Here's what investors should expect in Trump's economy
Wall Street remains ebullient a week after Donald Trump’s shocking election victory, hopeful that his aggressive plan to cut taxes and pump up spending on infrastructure and the military will provide a...
View ArticleWhy Wall Street should be worried about Steve Bannon
Donald Trump’s nomination of Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon to serve as chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House at first generated a furious reaction from anti-hate...
View ArticleA behavioral economist explains why bonuses don't motivate employees to work...
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and author of "Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations." He discusses why bonuses do not...
View ArticleA French startup is betting on a $5.8 billion Chicago fund
A French startup just took a stake in a $5.8 billion Chicago investment firm. iM Square, which invests in asset management firms, has taken a minority stake in Chicago-based Dolan McEniry, according to...
View Article'DEBT HAPPENS': Goldman Sachs just ran its first-ever ads trying to sell you...
Goldman Sachs just ran a series of groundbreaking advertisements.The ads are for Marcus, the firm's first consumer lending platform. It's an online tool that offers fixed-rate, no-fee personal loans of...
View Article'BLINK BLINK, NOD NOD': Highlights from the JPMorgan bribery case
JPMorgan on Thursday agreed to pay more than $264 million to US authorities to settle charges that it bribed officials in the Asia-Pacific region to win business, ending a nearly three-year...
View ArticleA Canadian asset manager is buying a big stake in SunEdison's bankrupt solar...
Brookfield Asset Management Inc proposed on Friday to take a 50-60 percent stake in bankrupt solar company SunEdison Inc unit TerraForm Power Inc, a week after it expressed interest in buying the...
View ArticleAn acquisitive software-security company just made a $2.3 billion deal in...
The computer-security company Symantec is buying LifeLock, an identity-theft-protection company, for $24 a share, or about $2.3 billion.The deal will create the world's largest consumer "digital safety...
View ArticleOne of Goldman Sachs' most senior executives is leaving (GS)
Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Michael Sherwood is leaving after 30 years at the firm, according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider.Sherwood, who is also co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International,...
View ArticleA style expert explains what 'business casual' actually means
Lilliana Vazquez, style expert and founder of The LV Guide, discusses one of the most difficult types of dress to understand, business casual.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this...
View ArticleHere are 4 perception stages that contribute to the post-election protests...
Since the results of the presidential election were made public, we have witnessed the emergence of a resistance movement protesting the election of Donald Trump.Protests have taken place in at least...
View ArticleThe Goldman Sachs power players behind Lloyd Blankfein
A Goldman Sachs executive considered a potential candidate to succeed CEO Lloyd Blankfein on Monday said he was retiring from the firm.Michael Sherwood, a vice chairman and co-CEO of Goldman Sachs...
View Article25 Wall Street movies to watch over Thanksgiving
The market is closed. The world is at a standstill. It's Thanksgiving Day, and you've probably just stuffed your face with turkey and pumpkin pie.That doesn't mean you can't get a little Wall Street in...
View ArticleJefferies CEO Rich Handler shares what he is thankful for this year
Jefferies CEO Rich Handler and Chairman Brian Friedman sent an open letter to their staff expressing what they are grateful for this Thanksgiving."This is the beginning of the season where we remind...
View ArticleCONFIRMED: Johnson & Johnson is looking to buy a nearly $20 billion drugmaker...
Johnson & Johnson is looking to buy the Swiss drugmaker Actelion in what could be a nearly $20 billion deal.Actelion on Friday confirmed Johnson & Johnson's interest, after Bloomberg first...
View ArticleHere's why New York City has two economic centers — Midtown and downtown
Most cities have a single economic center or “central business district,” but New York City has two. There is the original downtown economic hub around Wall Street and the financial district, and then...
View ArticleTurns out the Chinese government is behind a major deal for a US tech company...
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, a buyout fund that agreed to acquire U.S.-based chip maker Lattice Semiconductor Corp for $1.3 billion earlier this month,...
View ArticleTime Inc. shares skyrocketed after a billionaire reportedly offered to buy it...
Time Inc., the publisher of People, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines, has rejected a takeover bid from the billionaire investor Edgar Bronfman Jr., the New York Post reported on...
View ArticleTrump is meeting with Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn
President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Goldman Sachs COO and President Gary Cohn on Tuesday, according to Sean Spicer, a spokesman for Trump's transition team.Cohn is the No. 2 executive at the...
View ArticleREPORT: Trump is considering Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn to be his...
President-elect Donald Trump is thinking about naming Gary Cohn, the president and COO of Goldman Sachs, to a role in his administration, Politico's Ben White and Jake Sherman reported Wednesday.The...
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