If it seems like a week doesn't go by without news of yet another athlete investing in a new company or starting/participating in a new venture capital fund, it is because that is becoming more and more of a reality.
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ADP and Paychex are the two largest payroll processing and human resource management companies. With unemployment levels in the U.S. staying around an all-time low for several months now, the larger workforce in the country has boosted the prospects for human resource-related outfits.
After a rough Q1 earnings season for many major Energy sector companies, it looks like things are slowly turning around as the next reporting period looms. However, the sector continues to sputter amid soft product prices that may reflect slowing global economic growth.
Since the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high last week, how come big-name bank stocks failed to make their new highs? In the past, economic cycles that featured lower and lower interest rates have been mostly quite bullish for financials.
Symantec Corp. signage is displayed outside of the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
A new research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication is laid out in a collection of review articles, led by Regina Rabinovich and colleagues of the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA), in this week's PLOS Medicine
Venture capital firm Vice Ventures has launched a $25 million fund that will focus on early-stage startups from non-traditional verticals including, cannabis, alcohol, CBD, e-sports, addiction recovery, sex tech, and others. The fund does not invest in products that are intended to hurt people, though, Founding Partner Catharine Dockery told Bloomberg TV, bringing up the example of guns.
Kristo Käärmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. A fintech startup that has gone from bootstrapping to saving users over $1 billion a year when transferring money.
Many of the stocks Wayne Himelsein has recommended before June's strong upturn are no longer bargains. However, Wayne says Starbucks, which is up over 20% since he recommended it on March 10, is still a buy.
The number of women-owned businesses has been exploding, but not in one part of the economy where you'd expect it to be: digital-only businesses. The number of women-owned businesses grew 58% between 2007-2018, according to the American Express 2018 State of Women-Owned Business, compared with 12% for all businesses.
