Tag: Business Columnists

‘Mergers and Split-Ups and Sales, Oh My!’

Commentary The Fed’s excess liquidity has goosed up stock prices to record highs. But now, as the Fed looks to normalize rates, executives and corporate boards will need to find other means to maintain, and even enhance, their companies’ stock prices. That can sometimes be done by “re-engineering” the parts of their businesses instead of…


SenseTime Offers Blueprint for Banished Chinese Stocks

Commentary Controversial Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group enjoyed a rare successful IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in early January. Shares were up as much as 148 percent as of Jan. 4 from its Dec. 30 IPO priced at HK$3.85, minting SenseTime as one of the most successful Hong Kong IPOs in 2021….


There’s Going to Be Sacrifice Involved

Dear Dave, I bring home about $2,800 a month, and our mortgage payment is $1,100. We have been forced to take money out of our savings account occasionally over the last year or so to help pay the bills. My wife loves being a stay-at-home mom with our two preschool kids, but even she is…


What You Need to Know About Social Security Changes in 2022

It has been my custom for most of the past 24 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security changes and updates scheduled to take place the following year. Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized upcoming change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2022…


Nevada to Join $26 Billion Opioid Settlement With J&J, Drug Distributors

Nevada has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving claims that three large U.S. drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson fueled a deadly opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday. Nevada was one of a handful of states that until now was not participating in…


4 Conversational Habits Every Entrepreneur Should Learn

By Aytekin Tank I’ve seen it a hundred times. In coffee shops, by the water cooler, and in networking events everywhere. An eager young entrepreneur attempts to impress a potential client with a lengthy monologue about their exotic experience. “I just can’t say enough good things about Bali,” they say, flipping out their phone and…


The Fed Will Derail the Bull Market in an Attempt to Cool Inflation

Commentary Savvy investors adhere to an ancient adage and do not oppose the Federal Reserve. In 2020, as the severity of COVID-19 became clear for the first time, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero. They then embarked on an unprecedented bond-buying program that flooded the world with enough liquidity to not only prevent…


11 Passive Income Ideas to Earn an Extra Grand Each Month

What would you do with an extra $1,000 a month? For most of us, this could be a real game-changer. After all, with this influx of extra cash, you could pay off financial debt, purchase a life insurance policy, or invest in your retirement. What’s more, you could finally take that dream vacation, make home…


How to Win the Thought Leadership Arms Race in 2022

By Brook Zimmatore As an executive, if your feeds are anything like mine, every time you open LinkedIn, the News App, or your mail client, you are hammered with an onslaught of articles promising to teach you the formula for success, new trends, the latest innovations, industry insights and developments. It’s as if every brand,…


US Reaches Settlement With Airbnb Over Cuba Sanctions Violations

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it had reached a settlement agreement with a unit of home rental firm Airbnb Inc for violations of U.S. sanctions on Cuba. “Airbnb Payments agreed to remit $91,172.29 to settle its potential civil liability for apparent violations of sanctions against Cuba administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of…