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Amazon Splits Coveted 'HQ2' Between New York And Washington

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The sites in Long Island City, Queens, and in Arlington, will be a boon for the New York and Washington D.C. metro areas.

SEC Fines 31-year-Old Founder Of Crypto Exchange

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It's the first SEC enforcement action against an unregistered cryptocurrency exchange.

Are Estimates For Everything Too High? Apple Bad Day Hits Nerve

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For all the cheer about the present earnings picture, companies are notably dour on the future.

SEC Official Warns Leveraged Funds Could Hurt Reputation Of ETFs

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Exchange-traded products that use leverage account for just 1 percent of the exchange-traded market.

Muni-Bond Defaults Show Risk Clustered In Midwest, Southeast

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To find the distress in the municipal-bond market, look to the Southeast and Midwest.

Your Private Data Is Quietly Leaking Online, Thanks To A Basic Web Security Error

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Poor website practices are impacting charitable donors, political party supporters and online shoppers.

LPL Partners With U.S. Army To Train Veterans As Advisors

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The training and mentorship program provides veterans with a pathway to a career in financial planning.

Big Payments The Key To Erasing Student Loan Debt, Survey Says

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Students who managed to pay off their loans quickly often relied on big lump sum payments, a new survey says.

Wife Of Ponzi Ticket Scheme Operator Ordered To Pay $4M

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Her husband was sentenced to more than six years in prison for defrauding concert and Broadway show ticket buyers.

Mercer Advisors Acquires Oregon Wealth Management Firm

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Mercer has purchased Portland, Ore.-based Sigma Investment Management.

Selloff Becomes Roughest Since 2011 On Third Leg Of Nasdaq Drop

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Tech stocks have been some of the biggest victims in this latest market rout.

Apple Suppliers Tumble On New Signs Of Weak IPhone Demand

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Weakening demand for the iPhone, the company's flagship product, is worrying investors.

Bolsonaro Has Investors Racing To Brazil Amid Flight From Mexico

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ETF investors favor Brazil’s populist platform over Mexico’s.

Rudy Giuliani Spent $12,000 On Cigars, Wife's Divorce Lawyer Says

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The former New York City mayor spent about $900,000 over five months, including about $7,000 for pens, the lawyer said.

Fidelity Launches Low-Cost Model Portfolios

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Some of the new models will carry total estimated expense ratios as low as 0.03 percent.

Advisors, Your Year-End Tax Strategies Just Got More Complicated

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Tax reform means it's more important than ever to plan for your client's taxes over multiple years.

Interactive Brokers Eyes RIA Accounts As It Rolls Out Platform

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The broker-dealer, known for serving traders and hedge funds, has been growing its RIA custody business.

A Lesson In How Not To Be Scammed

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The FTC has put out a guide for consumers on how to guard against the most common scams.

Bigger Bonuses Are Coming For (Almost) Everyone On Wall Street

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The forthcoming payout increases have been described as "moderate" by one report.

Credit Suisse Said To Face Geneva Probe Tied To Former Bankers

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Geneva prosecutors opened a criminal investigation late last week into Credit Suisse.