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Governors are trying to lure companies to their abortion-friendly blue states

June 25, 2022 admin No Comments

As the nation faces a post-Roe v. Wade reality, some Democratic governors are playing up abortion protections in their states to try to entice companies to move there. Touting their abortion laws as a selling point, the governors of California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut are pitching their states to potential defectors from…

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Here’s what’s new to Hulu in July 2022, and what’s leaving

June 22, 2022 admin No Comments

Hulu is staying busy this summer, with a full slate of movie favorites and new series coming in July 2022, including a new season of one of the best comedies on TV. FX’s brilliant, Emmy-nominated vampire mocumentary “What We Do in the Shadows” (July 13) returns for its fourth season, picking up after the gang…

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Here’s how some Dow industrials companies are observing the Juneteenth holiday

June 17, 2022 admin No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial Average won’t be trading on Monday when the new Juneteenth federal holiday is observed, because the stock market will be closed, and so will many of the Dow’s components. That’s a relatively quick turnaround for the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq exchange to close for Juneteenth, just one year after…

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In a tough, post-Fed market, strategist finds opportunity knocking in a couple of this year’s hottest sectors

June 16, 2022 admin No Comments

Blink and you missed a post-Federal Reserve bounce, as stock futures signal a reboot for Wall Street selling on Thursday. “Whatever reaction we see today is likely to be a one-day thing (just like last FOMC). The Fed has no idea where inflation is going, and neither do we. The economic data is what matters,…

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There’s another reason companies should tread carefully with political influence — the stock market is watching

June 13, 2022 admin No Comments

A nonprofit that pushes for better disclosure of corporate political spending is sharply expanding its effort to track how forthcoming companies are, with the greater scrutiny prompted by Wall Street’s largest money managers. Business ethics fall under the “governance” component of the growing environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment category, although depending on which cause…

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Dow, S&P 500 book worst day in 3 weeks, Nasdaq tumbles 2.8% ahead of key inflation number

June 9, 2022 admin No Comments

US stocks tumbled late Thursday to close sharply lower, with the Nasdaq skidding 2.8%, as jittery investors looked ahead to a reading on May inflation due Friday morning. What happened The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.94% tumbled 638.11 points or 1.9%, to close at 32,272.79 The S&P 500 SPX, -2.38% skidded 97.95 points, or…

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