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(Bloomberg) — It’s almost as if the last decade never happened for investors of Exxon Mobil Corp. shares.Once the gold-standard of Big Oil, the stock closed Monday at its lowest since October 2010, amid a slump in oil prices due to concerns about weak demand coupled with a glut. The S&P 500 also posted its worst one-day decline since October.But for Exxon, which dropped out of the index’s top 10 largest companies by market value for the first time last year, the malaise runs deeper than the state of the crude market.Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods is running a counter-cyclical …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Myles Udland highlights Apple’s upcoming earnings report and analysts’ expectations for the tech giant. …read more […]

Empirical evidence suggests the pessimism will be short-lived Continue reading… …read more […]

Jeff Bezos threw a lavish party at his new Washington, D.C. home, and some high-profile names were in attendance. These include Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, Ben Stiller, Kellyanne Conway, Bill Gates, and Jared and Ivanka Trump.

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(Bloomberg) — Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti did internet research on put options and insider trading before trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc., federal prosecutors told a judge.Lawyers for the government on Monday told U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe in Manhattan that they intend to show Avenatti’s search history to jurors at a two-week trial getting underway this week, calling it evidence of the California attorney’s state of mind during the alleged crime. At the time, Avenatti was representing a youth basketball coach with claims against Nike.Gardephe barred prosecutors from mentioning the search terms in their opening statement …read more […]

A second term in the White House could embolden President Donald Trump to take a tougher stance in negotiating with China, creating a source of risk for the markets and domestic economy, according to at least one economist. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. has received more than $12 billion of orders for a loan that will help bolster the planemaker’s finances as it grapples with a crisis that’s left its 737 Max grounded since March, according to people familiar with the matter.The deal may be finalized as soon as Monday, said one of the people who asked not to be named because the information is private. The size of the loan is still to be determined, another person said.The loan is expected to have a margin of 100 basis points over the London interbank offered rate and a ticking …read more […]

Last year, a family member got sick. In addition to her physical ailments, her mental clarity nose-dived. I not only was worrying about her health, but also was very concerned she’d be vulnerable to fraud, as there were caregivers in her house.
But even healthy seniors fall prey to increasingly sophisticated financial abuse and fraud.
It turns out there is a physiological reason for this.
According to a UCLA study, older people have less activity in the part of the brain that is responsible for what is known as “gut feeling.” Oftentimes, it is that gut feeling that tells a person when someone …read more […]