Jan 2, 2025 · Welcome to Dry January. We hope your fridge was stocked with Gatorade or pickle juice for the New Year’s Day hangover. There was a time, in the far away days of 2009, when Morningstar analysts asked whether “alcohol stocks are recession-proof.” In fairness, their brainy crew determined the answer was that they’re more “recession-resilient” than anything, but this gives you an idea ...

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Dec 30, 2024 · Search Warrants. The DOJ’s case against Google goes back to 2020 when, if you cast your mind back, you’ll recall an ensemble cast of Silicon Valley CEOs including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Sundar Pichai were hauled in front of Congress to answer a raft of questions about their businesses.

Dec 29, 2024 · In this year’s new season of FX’s popular foodie dramedy The Bear, the central characters wondered if they were witnessing the end of an era for bespoke, experience-forward, chef-driven dining.But it isn’t just restaurants serving wildly creative, arguably pretentious, 12-course tasting menus at $180 per head that appear endangered.

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Nov 14, 2024 · Wells Fargo’s gamble on indie advisors may be paying off. The San Francisco-based brokerage has been quietly building out an independent channel that has helped stem an exodus of advisors at the firm in recent years. Launched in 2001, the indie broker-dealer channel called Financial Network — along with a new registered investment advisor program in development — has quickly become the ...

Dec 24, 2024 · The catch? They’re not allowed under current SEC rules. Closed for Private Party. Private placements, of course, don’t trade on traditional markets and can include lucrative, and sometimes speculative, strategies like investments in home lending, real estate, private equity, or …

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Oct 22, 2024 · ‘Dirty Work’ HSBC has a unique corporate structure among major lenders. It’s headquartered in London, but most of its profits come from China and Hong Kong — $16 billion versus $30 billion worldwide last year. This setup, however, has led to major whiplash for executives torn between the clashing demands of regulators in Britain and China.