Costco (COST) earnings Q4 2023

Costco on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street's expectations, as shoppers turned to the membership club for groceries but bought fewer big-ticket items.On an earnings call, Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said shoppers made more trips to the retailer's stores, even as they spent less. He said...

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Trump guilty of financial, insurance fraud

In a significant ruling, Judge Arthur Engoron determined Tuesday that Donald Trump and his real estate company had deceived financial institutions, insurers and other entities by drastically inflating asset values and misrepresenting his net worth in official documents meant for deal-making and obtaining financing. The ruling emerged from a civil...

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Advisors shrug off potential government shutdown

Investment advisors are shrugging off a potential government shutdown this weekend. “We’ve been through this song and dance before,” said Noah Damsky, co-founder of Marina Wealth Advisors. “It feels like déjà vu. This is what they do every time.” Lawmakers in Washington are once again at loggerheads over the federal budget....

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Target says it will close nine stores, citing violence and theft

A Target department store in North Miami Beach, Florida, on May 17, 2023.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesTarget said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in major cities across the country, citing violence, theft and organized retail crime.The company will close one store in New York City's Harlem neighborhood,...

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Berkshire engineering firm gets reprieve in 401(k) lawsuit

An engineering conglomerate owned by Berkshire Hathaway just won an initial victory in a lawsuit brought against the company over its 401(k) plan. The company, Marmon Holdings, was sued last year in a proposed class action filed by law firm Capozzi Adler, which has brought numerous excessive-fee cases against 401(k)...

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Barry Diller says fair use needs to be redefined to address AI

Slamming the tentative labor deal between Hollywood writers and studios, media mogul Barry Diller on Tuesday laid out his biggest bone of contention with generative artificial intelligence.Diller, chairman of IAC and Expedia, called for the law to be redefined to protect published material from capture in artificial intelligence knowledge-bases."Fair...

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