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Life is a series of negotiations, be it buying a car, asking for a raise, or entering a collaborative business partnership. Five members of The Oracles share the persuasion strategies that helped them handle higher stakes and close monster deals. I’ve negotiated my whole life. When I was 22, I […]

Goldman Sachs remains pro-risk in equities, but the investment bank’s top strategists say “time is running out for Goldilocks.” An economy growing at just the right speed to support stock prices, but not trigger inflation will soon end as consumer prices and rates start creeping higher next year, according to […]

Investors need to be careful on small-cap names heading into 2018 despite better-than-expected performance this year, according to Jefferies. Though strategist Steven DeSanctis admits he was “way too conservative” with his 1410 Russell 2000 target, he isn’t necessarily changing his wary views. “We see another year of low returns for […]

Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox are closing in on a deal and it could come as soon as next week, according to sources familiar with the matter. CNBC has been reporting that Disney has held talks with the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company to acquire its studio and television […]

In a push to capitalize on its fastest growing North American market, Daimler-owned car-sharing service car2go just added Mercedes-Benz CLAs to its New York City fleet. Twenty new CLAs are joining car2go’s tiny 550 smart fourtwo vehicles in the Big Apple, its second-largest market. Car2go grew by 70 percent year […]

Move over “FANG.” The next leg up for the bull market could be driven by a whole new group of market leaders, fueled by tax law changes. Technology stocks took a hit Monday and have come under pressure lately, as investors game the anticipated reshaping of the tax law once […]

Move over “FANG.” The next leg up for the bull market could be driven by a whole new group of market leaders, fueled by tax law changes. Technology stocks took a hit Monday and have come under pressure lately, as investors game the anticipated reshaping of the tax law once […]

Suddenly everyone is going crazy for crypto, and as bitcoin futures are becoming a reality, one trader has a way to cash in on the action. Bitcoin has been on a tear this year, surging at least 1,000 percent in 2017. As the cryptocurrency gained even more attention from investors […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is getting tougher on token sales. The agency said Monday it has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of two individuals and a company to “halt a fast-moving Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fraud.” PlexCorps raised up to $15 million from thousands […]

Buying Home Depot, General Electric, Nike and Goldman Sachs in December has been a good trade, history shows. Home Depot‘s stock averages a return of 4.89 percent in the final month of the year — the best out of any Dow Jones industrial average component — and trades positive 67 […]