[The livestream is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. EDT. Please refresh the page if you do not see the player above] SpaceX plans to send the latest cargo mission for NASA to the space station on Thursday, with Elon Musk's company going for its 17th launch this year. The […]

Stocks moved in opposite directions at the start of trading on Thursday and continued to experience choppy trading throughout the session. The Dow ended the day firmly positive, while the broader Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed near the unchanged line. While the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended the day down 1.72 points […]

Mobile proximity and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments have hit the mainstream, thanks to a pandemic-driven upswing in digital payments. We present our eMarketer forecasts for growth in the mobile proximity and mobile P2P payments space, as well as assess top players in each area.  Do you work in the Financial Services […]

Initial jobless claims fell to 385,000 last week, the first time below 400,000 since March 2020. Wall Street had been looking for 393,000 after the previous week's 405,000. Initial jobless claims fell below 400,000 for the first time since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Labor Department reported […]

Vaccine lotteries are happening all over the United States. If you win, don’t tell anyone, says a financial planner. Then hire someone to help manage the money. You’ll also want to hire an accountant, because taxes on lottery winnings can be a big surprise. From California to Ohio to Maryland […]

Kino Industries has entered into a creative and co-financing partnership with Rocketman financier Starlings Entertainment. As part of the deal, Starlings will establish a fund for film and TV development, also meeting co-financing and P&A commitments on projects shared with Kino. To this point, Kino Industries has been best known for creating […]

As the real estate market has heated up and home prices have risen, homebuyers have been faced with an old dilemma. Is it better to buy a home just built by a contractor or an existing home? Presumably, many people make their decisions based on their preferences just as much […]

Dollar General Corp. (DG) reported a profit for the first-quarter that increased 4.2 percent from the prior year. Dollar Tree Inc.’s (DLTR) first-quarter profit climbed 51.3 percent from last year. Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc.’s (BBY) first-quarter net earnings soared from the previous year. The retailers’ quarterly profit beat […]

Etsy is having a solid rally, rocketing higher after announcing a $1.62 billion deal to buy fashion resaler Depop. The gains are a refreshing change for Etsy, which has stumbled 26% in the past three months. The stock had been a stay-at-home darling at the beginning of the pandemic, but […]