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Ever wanted to be part of the next box office hit? Now thanks to digital currencies and blockchain technology, a Hollywood honcho is trying to make that dream come true.

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With fiduciary rule struck down, bank reviews its policy

Disney-Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” arrived in theaters with a bang, earning a whopping $18.5 million in Thursday previews, more than doubling “Finding Dory”’s previous record of $9.2 million.

Shares of First Data Corp. are up 0.5% in Friday trading after BTIG analyst Mark Palmer raised his price target on the stock to $27 from $23. "We continue to view deleveraging as the primary driver of shareholder value for FDC in the medium-term as the company's ample free cash flow should enable it to meet management's target of reducing its net leverage ratio from 5.8x at March 31, a level more in line with its peers' leverage ratios," Palmer wrote. He thinks the company's recently reinstated... Читать дальше...

Shares of Boston Beer Co. Inc. are up 1.8% in midday trading Friday after Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Pablo Zuanic raised his price target on the stock to $305 from $221. "Yes, we are chasing the rally here, but in all fairness the very successful innovation around hard cider, hard seltzer, the new Sam'76 (a more approachable craft beer), and sustained 20% plus growth in hard tea, has caught even management by surprise, if we go by guidance and apparent stock outs," Zuanic wrote. He has a neutral rating on the stock and asked... Читать дальше...

Why investors are treating tariffs as start of full-fledged U.S.-China trade war

U.S. stocks fell in midday trading on Friday after President Donald Trump approved tariffs on about $50 billion of Chinese goods, marking the latest escalation in the trade spat between the two countries.

Debt, a coming wave of media consolidation and various ways to select investments.

A federal judge ordered former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to jail Friday, revoking his bail after prosecutors accused him and a business associate of tampering with witnesses.

U.S. stocks fell broadly on Friday, as an escalation in trade tensions between the U.S. and China weighed on risk assets, though areas of the market considered safer traded up on the day.

Has a tit-for-tat tariff spat between China and the U.S. shifted from a skirmish to a full-blown trade-war?

The recent rallies in shares of both Dropbox Inc. and iQiyi Inc. remain somewhat of a mystery, but investors can rule out a short squeeze.

While much has been said about Amazon.com Inc.’s aggressive bets on brick-and-mortar retail, health care and many other industries, the company has quietly built a sizable and growing business in an area dominated by two other tech titans: digital advertising.

Oil futures drop by roughly 3% Friday, with global benchmark Brent crude poised for the lowest settlement since early May on expectations OPEC and its allies will agree next week to boost output.

President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been ordered to jail after being accused of witness tampering, as he awaits trial on conspiracy and money-laundering charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe, reports said Friday.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sent to jail

This is what buying stuff you can’t afford today looks like.

What the Fed rate hike means for your credit-card bill.

The U.S. said it will impose billions of dollars of tariffs on Chinese imports.

Several consumer staples stocks are up double digits over the past month, including Monster Beverage and Estée Lauder.

The European Commission cleared Comcast's $30.7 billion bid for European pay-TV giant Sky PLC on Friday. The cable giant's offer tops the one made by 21st Century Fox, which holds a 39% stake in Sky and made a bid in 2016 for full ownership. Interestingly, Comcast is now in a bidding war with the Walt Disney Co. for some of Fox's entertainment assets, which include Fox's stake in Sky. The NBCUniversal owner made a $65 billion all-cash offer earlier this week, topping Disney's earlier offer of... Читать дальше...

The combined unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare are more than $50 trillion, according to official government projections. But those estimates are probably optimistic — for two reasons.

President Donald Trump will let tariffs on Chinese goods worth up to $50 billion take effect after talks between the two countries over the large U.S. trade deficit got nowhere.