finance articles 2019

Is It Time to Cut Back on Alcohol?
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Is It Time to Cut Back on Alcohol?

December 12, 2022 · 7:00 AM “Is the room spinning, or is it just me?” A few months ago I ran across a thoughtful article by Morris van de Camp entitled Love Drinking Less. It’s well worth a read if your alcohol consumption is out of control or heading that way. Alcohol is a two-edged sword. On the one hand it makes life fun and turns strangers into intimate friends in the course of an evening; on the other, it makes a person dysfunctional. Very dysfunctional. Productive time is lost, relationships are damaged, and health is harmed. I cannot say…
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Some megadonors support Trump super PAC as it backs him for president
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Some megadonors support Trump super PAC as it backs him for president

Former President Donald Trump may have lost the support of Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman but a super PAC that will back Trump’s latest run for the White House has quietly amassed a small group of megadonors that could be key to financing their efforts to bolster his 2024 campaign. Make America Great Again Inc., a super PAC run by former Trump aids and allies, recently raised over $40 million, mostly from a massive donation from Trump’s PAC, Save America, according to a Federal Election Commission filing. Yet, the latest disclosure, which shows fundraising for the super PAC from Oct. 20…
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Helping Ukraine is ‘self-preservation,’ finance chief says
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Helping Ukraine is ‘self-preservation,’ finance chief says

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ukraine’s finance minister says crucial Western financial support is “not charity” but “self-preservation” in the fight to defend democracy as his country deals with growing costs to repair electrical and heating infrastructure wrecked by Russian attacks. Serhiy Marchenko also told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday from Kyiv that he believes European Union officials will sort out a dispute with Hungary that has blocked a key 18 billion-euro ($18.97 billion) aid package, which would cover much of Ukraine’s looming budget gaps. Marchenko said financial support for Ukraine is tiny compared to what developed countries spent…
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Apple could have two non-China problems on its hands in 2023: analyst [Video]
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Apple could have two non-China problems on its hands in 2023: analyst [Video]

Apple could have a few other problems on its hands in 2023 besides an uncertain manufacturing situation in China, according to one Apple bull on the Street. “I think there are two main issues laying ahead of Apple for 2023,” Oppenheimer analyst Martin Yang said on Yahoo Finance Live. “Number one is we have seen two years of very strong iPhone upgrades. That may weaken into 2023 because of two factors. One is the majority of the installed base is most likely upgraded. And then continuing macroeconomic pressure will cause certain groups of consumers to delay their upgrade. Secondly, there…
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Bob Iger can’t wave a ‘magic wand’ to change Disney’s structural problems: Analyst [Video]
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Bob Iger can’t wave a ‘magic wand’ to change Disney’s structural problems: Analyst [Video]

Disney’s (DIS) Bob Iger will be inheriting quite a mess as he reassumes the CEO position at a company he led for 15 years. “Disney’s problems are more structural than they are related to who’s running the company,” Doug Cruetz, media analyst at Cowen, told Yahoo Finance Live. Cruetz listed several fundamental concerns, including a declining linear business, which has been tethered to an increasingly costly sports business at ESPN, in addition to a streaming unit bleeding money amid an ultra-competitive environment. “I don’t think there’s any magic wand that by Bob Iger can wave to change that,” the analyst…
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Brown & Brown (BRO) Acquires Finance Builders, Boosts Portfolio
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Brown & Brown (BRO) Acquires Finance Builders, Boosts Portfolio

Brown & Brown, Inc.’s BRO subsidiary Brown & Brown Dealer Services (BBDS) has acquired all the assets of Finance Builders Inc. The addition of Finance Builders will boost Brown & Brown’s presence in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Finance Builders, being an independent sales and service organization, furnishes F&I products and sales support to automotive dealers. While the buyout will enable BBDS to expand in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Finance Builders will be able to leverage BBDS’ broader resources and diverse product offerings. This marks the first acquisition by Brown and Brown in the fourth quarter of 2022. Brown & Brown and its…
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Realtime launches state-of-the-art, global, Web3 embedded finance platform
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Realtime launches state-of-the-art, global, Web3 embedded finance platform

Taking embedded finance to the next level OSLO, Norway, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Reltime announces today the launch of its one-stop-shop solution to fast-track embedded finance, especially designed for telecom operators, financial service providers focusing on specific target groups, neobanks, gaming and virtual sports metaverse companies, supermarkets chains, shopping malls, e-commerce firms and others with a large customer base Named FastTrack to Embedded Finance and available on one single platform anywhere in the world, Reltime enables companies to offer cutting-edge, real-time, fully-compliant (PEP, AML, low-cost eKYC, and regulatory radar) Web3 financial services to existing and new customers with 24/7/365…
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How to Saute without Oil (and NOT in water)
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How to Saute without Oil (and NOT in water)

The consumption of oil is associated with a number of diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, gallbladder disease, and arthritis. But how do you saute without oil? No water! No broth! I’ve seen many suggestions/recipes for sauteing in a little water or vegetable broth instead of oil, but (in my opinion) that method just doesn’t do it. The onions taste steamed, not sauteed. Here’s a method that enables you to deliciously brown onions – without drop of oil. How to Saute without Oil 1. Choose the right size pan. You don’t want to crowd the onions, so be sure you…
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