White House touts plan to provide $1K investment accounts for newborns
White House to host event with CEOs to promote "Trump Accounts" policy giving newborn U.S. citizens $1,000 investment funds for education, housing and business expenses.
Movers & Shakers: Aug. 9, 2019
Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
Pizza Hut shifts focus and plans on closing hundreds of restaurants
Fox Business Briefs: Pizza Hut is planning to close hundreds of restaurants as it shifts its focus to delivery and fast-casual dining.
One of Warren Buffett's worst investments just took another big hit
Warren Buffett's holdings of Kraft Heinz just took a big hit.
FedEx ends their contract with Amazon; Subway teams up with Beyond Meat
Morning Business Outlook: FedEx announces it will let its ground delivery contract with Amazon expire at the end of the month; Subway becomes the latest restaurant chain to team up with Beyond Meat, creating a meatless meatball sub.
Amazon's delivery robots head to the Golden State
Fox Business Briefs: Amazon's self-driving delivery robot ‘Scout’ will begin delivering packages in Irvine, California.
Disney adding to its streaming services; Walgreens prepares to scale down
Disney announces a bundle package for its streaming services; drug store chain Walgreens is preparing to shut down 200 stores nationwide.
Hedge fund investments reach record level
Outlook for stocks
Impact of Fed, trade policy uncertainties on investors
State of the markets
Disney not the happiest place on earth for investors?
Outlook for Disney
Medical marijuana getting released to registered dispensaries
Fox Business Briefs: Louisiana joins 30 other states in the nation that allow medical marijuana in some form
Gold, Bitcoin surge in wake of economic uncertainty
Ron Paul thinks the history of gold is more trustworthy than Bitcoin
Barneys files for bankruptcy; Krispy Kreme has some new additions to their menu
Morning Business Outlook: Iconic luxury retailer Barneys will be closing some stores after filing for bankruptcy; Krispy Kreme is launching two new limited edition Reese's peanut butter creations.
FCC steps up its war on robocalls and texts
Fox Business Briefs: Federal Communications Commission approves laws that ban 'spoofing,' a practice by which robocallers try to trick you by calling or texting from nearby location.
Bullish outlook for stocks despite short-term trade concerns?
Bullish outlook for stocks?
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has more cash than ever: Here are companies he could buy
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has a record $122 billion of cash on its books.
Sell-off on Wall Street following tariff threats; San Francisco International Airport to ban plastic bottles
Sell-off on Wall Street after President Trump threatens another round of tariffs against China; San Francisco International Airport says vendors will be banned from selling plastic water bottles.
Movers & Shakers: August 5, 2019
Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
NFL Hall of Famer Ty Law's second career: Building a trampoline park empire
Three years after retiring from the NFL, Law co-founded Launch, a trampoline park and entertainment center business.
Berkshire Hathaway profit hit by insurance underwriting decline
In total, insurance underwriting fell to $353 million from $943 million, a whopping 64 percent plunge.
Apple feature may leave users vulnerable to hackers; millennials causing decline of another industry
Fox Business Briefs: Researchers find that Apple's Airdrop feature can expose user's personal data to hackers, Apple has yet to comment. Procter and Gamble blame $8 billion dollar write-down on millennial men not shaving as much.