Debra Matthews participated in the Philadelphia school district’s voluntary busing effort throughout the 1970s. (Dale Mezzacappa / Chalkbeat) This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system. In 1969, Debra Matthews was almost nine years old and looking forward to fourth […]
A stock trader at work at the New York Stock Exchange on February 24, 2020.Johannes Eiselle/Getty Images Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist David Kostin says the S&P 500 could trade flat for the rest of the year. He told Bloomberg TV that the index has already reached Goldman’s year-end target of 5,200. The firm’s […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding on Tuesday posted a greater-than-expected decline in profit for the fourth quarter due to its equity investments, sending its stock price plunging in New York. Its net income for the quarter ended March was 3.3 billion yuan ($453 million), down 86% compared to the same […]
If you like to keep your investment life as simple as possible, then exchange-traded funds (ETFs) should be on your radar screen. However, you can’t just look at an ETF’s name and assume anything, since each one is a little different. When it comes to dividend stocks, Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD) takes […]
Getty Images Exploring the current status and the future of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts was the major theme at the annual Toward One Wisconsin conference organized by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS) — a University of Wisconsin organization that seeks to address local, state and national issues through scholarship, […]
(Bloomberg) — Some of Canada’s biggest business groups are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reverse his government’s plan to raise the tax inclusion rate on capital gains. Most Read from Bloomberg The government should cancel the proposed tax hike, six major industry associations, including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Venture Capital […]
How do you put a cost to a community when homes are not owned by people but by corporations? Georgia Tech Professor Brian An looked into that issue as part of a recent study [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Channel 2′s Michael Doudna spoke with An on WSB Tonight at […]
(Reuters) -A number of private equity firms have been considering a buyout of Peloton as the connected fitness company looks to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 straight quarters of losses, CNBC reported on Tuesday. Shares of the fitness equipment maker rose 20.6% in premarket trading. The New York-based company has had […]
While on her lunch break at Coachella Valley High School in Thermal, senior Daniella Estrada encountered a familiar predicament that many students can relate to: she unexpectedly started her period and did not have a menstrual pad on hand. She hurried to one of the main restrooms in search of one, only to be redirected […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling out similar policies during an important election year. Universities throughout Texas rushed to make […]
For many years, Conemaugh Health System, a hospital chain in west central Pennsylvania, was a nonprofit entity, serving patients in the small communities of Johnstown, Hastings, Meyersdale and Roaring Spring. Today, it is a for-profit system owned in part by Apollo Global Management, one of the largest private-equity firms in the United States. Since that […]
Over years of teaching, I note the term “fair” is much beloved by the young and naive. It seems ingrained in us to prefer “fair” to “unfair” — the fun begins when attempting to define what is “fair.” For the better part of a century in this nation, the naive belief in “fair” has spread […]