Roku Jumps After Reaching Deal With AT&T to Carry HBO Max

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(Bloomberg) — Roku Inc. shares were on pace for a record Thursday after the biggest U.S. streaming-TV provider agreed to carry AT&T Inc.’s HBO Max, resolving a long impasse that kept the video service from reaching a wider audience. The agreement announced Wednesday lets AT&T potentially reach millions of new […]

Opioid industry has paid advocacy groups $65M

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A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation’s opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate treating pain with medications, a strategy intended to boost the sale of prescription painkillers. The report from Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Wyden […]

A Breakdown of Savings Accounts

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For many of your financial goals, whether it be a new car, a new home or retirement, a savings account can help you get there. The deposits you make into your savings account can earn interest and, over time, that bundle of money grows so you can afford to pay […]

How To Have a Holiday Dinner on a Budget

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Traditional Christmas Duck Holiday Dinner with Oranges, Pomegranate, Potatoes and Brussels Sprout. The holidays can bring a much-needed sense of joy and sparkle to challenging times. However the pressure to make the season special, with all the gifts, activities and food that go into that, adds a lot of stress […]

Boohoo boss promises ‘to make Leicester right’

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Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane set up Boohoo in 2006 Executives of the online fashion chain Boohoo have said they are “fixing” things at the firm, which has come under fire over workers’ pay and conditions and its ultra-low pricing. The firm’s co-founder, Mahmud Kamani, who rarely speaks publicly, said […]

Robinhood Is Accused of ‘Gamification’ by Massachusetts

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(Bloomberg) — Robinhood Markets drew millions of users to investing with a colorful app that makes trading seem empowering instead of intimidating. That very appeal thrust it into the regulatory crosshairs yet again on Wednesday. Massachusetts securities regulators filed a complaint against Robinhood Financial LLC, alleging the popular online brokerage […]

Balancing innovation and optimization | CIO

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Robinhood is an online trading platform that is on a mission to democratize finance and make it possible for everyone to participate in the financial system. The company has experienced explosive growth in the past year, the growing pains that go with it, and some important lessons along the way. […]

How to reduce the cost of Christmas energy bills

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TipRanks Shift Into Hydrogen Could Lift These 3 Stocks Higher In a report on the alternative fuel market, analyst Rupert Merer, of National Bank of Canada, looks at the possibilities and potentialities of the hydrogen as both an energy resource and a commodity. At the heart of the matter, he […]