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PG&E: Wired to Fail

The utility has sparked deadly fires and pipeline explosions, left millions of Californians in the dark and gone bankrupt twice in less than 15 years. Here's what went wrong. The Camp Fire burned along a ridge near Big Bend, Calif., in 2018. josh ...

2019 Retail Awards — Lululemon Impressed, Macy's Sputtered, & Nike Showed Its Middle Finger to Amazon

2019 came and went in a blur, bringing with it clear indications that the industry has crossed its tipping point and that change is at long last underway. On the one hand, digitally native startups continued to push the boundaries of consumer packaged goods ...

3 Major Penalty Taxes That Could Diminish Your Retirement Savings

Many of the best retirement saving strategies use employer-sponsored retirement plans like a 401(k), or individual plans like an IRA or Roth IRA. These retirement savings vehicles provide credit protections, preferential tax treatment to the investments, and in ...

Why 2020 Is the Turning Point for Electric Cars

IN AN INDUSTRY caught flat-footed by the rise of Tesla and China's skyrocketing vehicle-emissions mandates of the past decade, 2020 came to be seen as the horizon of reasonable expectations, when global OEMs, startups, suppliers and investors could ...

Euro rises as speculators unwind short positions, dragging sterling higher

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro strengthened on Friday, pushing the dollar lower and the pound higher, as speculators unwound their short positions before the end of the year, with thin liquidity during the holiday season amplifying moves. FILE PHOTO: Euro ...

Oil edges up to three-month highs as US crude stocks fall

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday to three-month highs after data showed U.S. crude inventories declined much more than expected and upbeat economic data and optimism over a U.S.-China trade deal improved investor sentiment.

Oil edges down from three-month highs after Russia downplays output cuts

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil prices edged down from three-month highs on Friday as investors' optimism on economic growth was clouded by the Russian energy minister's comments downplaying oil output cuts next year. FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen ...

Proposed tariffs could send some European wine prices out of reach

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Washington Post

Are you ready to pay more for wine in the new year? The Trump administration is ratcheting up a long-festering trade dispute with the European Union by proposing 100 percent tariffs on a variety of European goods, including whiskies, cheeses and wines.

Recession, robots and rockets: another roaring 20s for world markets?

LONDON (Reuters) - Helicopter cash, climate crises, smart cities and the space economy — investors have all those possibilities ahead as they enter the third decade of the 21st century. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange ...

Want To Leave Your Kids An Inheritance? They May Only Have 10 Years To Take It.

The Secure Act, which was signed into law in December 2019, brings about several major changes to the retirement system. One such shift marks the end of so-called "stretch IRAs" for non-spouse beneficiaries who inherit a retirement account after 2019.