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Biden’s billionaire tax hits the super-rich. Can a wealth tax work?

[ad_1] Calls for a wealth tax on the world’s super-rich are once again gaining attention after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would impose a new “billionaire tax” on the country’s wealthiest if re-elected in November. Outlining his 2025 budget proposals on Monday, Biden took aim at the uber affluent and reiterated plans for a […]

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Citadel’s Ken Griffin says the Fed shouldn’t cut too quickly

[ad_1] Ken Griffin, Citadel at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha, Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Ken Griffin, Citadel founder and CEO, thinks the Federal Reserve should move slowly to cut interest rates in its fight against stubborn inflation. “If I’m them, I don’t want to cut too quickly,” Griffin said at the International Futures Industry conference

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Powell says Fed is ‘not far’ from the point of cutting interest rates

[ad_1] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” in Dirksen Building on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday indicated that interest rate cuts

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TMX CEO jumps deeper into ETFs

[ad_1] The Toronto Stock Exchange’s parent company has already completed a major deal this year: its acquisition of ETF education company VettaFi. According to TMX Group CEO John McKenzie, the deal helps expand its exchange-traded fund business globally. “The exchange-traded fund is essentially one of the most important innovations in investing in the marketplace history

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Geely-backed ECARX takes aim at Nvidia’s growing auto business

[ad_1] Chinese automaker Geely unveils first model of its new Lynk & Co brand in Berlin.  Ullstein Bild Dtl. | Ullstein Bild | Getty Images BEIJING — Companies from Nvidia to Huawei are chasing the market for in-vehicle tech as the electric car industry booms, with Ecarx emerging as a new contender. Since 2017, Chinese

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Berkshire shares slip after hitting all-time high on big profit gain

[ad_1] Warren Buffett tours the grounds at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway shares slipped Monday, despite hitting an all-time high following strong earnings from Warren Buffett’s conglomerate over the weekend. Berkshire’s Class A shares last fell by 2.2%. Earlier in the session, the stock

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Block (SQ) earnings Q4 2023

[ad_1] Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Block stock closed up 16% Friday, a day after the payments company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates

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Fed minutes January 2024:

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials indicated at their last meeting that they were in no hurry to cut interest rates and expressed both optimism and caution on inflation, according to minutes from the session released Wednesday. The discussion came as policymakers not only decided to leave their key overnight borrowing rate unchanged but also

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