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Money Stuff: Goldman Doesn't Want Mercenaries

Then the financial crisis occurred and made investment banking — and particularly Goldman — less attractive to people with a sense of social responsibility. Post-crisis regulation turned Goldman into a bank, making it less exciting and less different from other ...

US Futures Mixed Ahead of Earnings; Bonds Gain: Markets Wrap

U.S. futures were mixed as investors await the second-quarter earnings season starting this week in order to gauge whether corporate profitability can support equity valuations. Treasury yields dropped. Contracts on the S&P 500 dropped, while those on the ...

Fed's Williams Says He Doesn't Yet See Case To Slow Fed Bond Buying

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Monday that conditions haven't yet been met to pare back the pace of the central bank's $120 billion a month bond-buying stimulus program. "We set a very clear marker, I think, not a ...

Should the US Offer Tax Credits to Promote Renewable Energy?

The new administration is making a big push to support green energy and lower carbon emissions. But are they doing it the right way? President Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan would supercharge an already booming clean-power sector. Among other ...

How to Solve the Mystery of Falling Bond Yields

When the Fed signals it will taper bond buying, yields drop. If this sounds counterintuitive, don't worry; bond markets are weird ...

Crypto Exchanges Have a Plan to Beat Binance: Play by the Rules

In the wild world of cryptocurrency exchanges, one strategy never seemed to pay off: embracing regulation. Take Gemini, started by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. While it was plastering posters in New York subways ...

Purpose At Work: How Liberty Mutual Ensures Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors Get Support

Forbes

Forbes

With roots in Boston, it opened its doors just before WWI to provide worker's compensation insurance. It offered its first automobile insurance policy more than a century ago—when there were only about five million passenger cars in the US (27 years after the ...

Wall Street Dealmakers Step Into Limelight With Windfall Nearing

Never before has Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the leader on league tables tracking mergers and acquisitions, passed the $1 trillion mark for transactions so early in the year. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, the No. 2 and 3 banks by market share ...

Fed Chair Powell charged with convincing Congress this week that easy policy is still needed

CNBC

CNBC

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to Congress this week in an update on monetary policy. Part of his task will be selling the Fed's still-easy policies in the wake of a strong economy and surging inflation. Powell has vowed that the current ...

How Big Can Renewable Energy Get in the Next 10 Years?

The Biden administration, which is targeting at least a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, wants Congress to pass its clean-electricity standard, which calls for 80% of U.S. power to come from clean sources by the end of the decade.