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The Guardian Biden urged to ‘go big’ on New Deal-like economic plan – but can he bridge left-right gap? The president is planning a multi-trillion effort to fix America’s infrastructure and kickstart the economy. But can he get Republicans on board? Biden in the White House in January. During his presidential campaign, Biden cast the infrastructure effort as an economic road map to revitalize American industry and help the nation compete with China. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images… Source link

Bloomberg Hertz to Sell to Knighthead, Certares to Exit Bankruptcy (Bloomberg) — Hertz Global Holdings Inc. received a bid from Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Management to purchase the rental-car company out of bankruptcy for as much as $4.2 billion, according to court documents.Under the plan, Knighthead and Certares would take control of Hertz when it emerges from its Chapter 11 reorganization, with the final value of the deal dependent on how much existing lenders participate… Source link

Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, March 1, 2021 Warren Buffett has had years of underperformance and a lot of bad stock picks Warren Buffett, the billionaire head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B), will probably go down as the greatest investor in history. For more than half a century, he’s been responsible for the performance of Berkshire and its legendary stock portfolio, which have long track records of… Source link

Bloomberg Lucid Motors Agrees to Go Public With $24 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg) — Lucid Motors Inc. is merging with a blank-check company run by financier Michael Klein that values the combined entity at a pro-forma equity value of $24 billion, the biggest in a series of deals involving electric-vehicle startups cashing in on investor appetite for battery-powered cars.The carmaker has shied away from comparisons to market leader Tesla Inc., but the public listing positions it to compete for… Source link

TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Are Still Undervalued Let’s talk about growth. With corona receding, politics growing less exciting, and a new year ahead, investors are getting optimistic – and that means there’s a hunt for stocks that will bring in strong returns. In other words, growth stocks. In a recent interview, Jan Hatzius, chief economist at investment giant Goldman Sachs, said that he sees GDP growth in 2Q21 hitting as high as 10%. In an environment like that, most stocks… Source link

BOISE, Idaho — A group of conservative Idaho lawmakers is asking managers of the state’s employee retirement system to divest in tech companies they say don’t value free speech.  The 22 Republican lawmakers and Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin in a letter sent Monday say that $650,000 should be removed from Twitter, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook. Those companies have either banned former… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

Indian startup Glance, which serves news, media content, and games on the lock screen of over 100 million smartphones, has a new investor: Google. The two-year-old Glance, which is part of advertising giant InMobi Group, said on Tuesday that it has raised $145 million in a new financing round from Google and existing investor Mithril Partners. The new round values Glance at over $1 billion, a person familiar with the matter said, making the startup a… Source link

GlobeNewswire The Best Women’s Fashion And Workout Leggings: Ryderwear Brings Christmas Home Early With Their Holiday Sale Australia-based sportswear brand, Ryderwear, offers amazing price slash on their range of workout clothes and gym leggings in celebration of Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year. Highwaisted women’s legging Australia-based sportswear brand, Ryderwear, offers amazing price slash on their range of workout clothes and gym leggings in celebration of Christmas, Boxing Day, and… Source link

2020 has been a bumper year for the Australian and New Zealand arm of Verizon Media and its Yahoo platforms. The company has reported 22% y-o-y business growth for 2020 and an 11% increase in monthly active users across editorial brands: Yahoo, TechCrunch and HuffPost/BuzzFeed. It has also seen triple digit growth in its digital offerings according to director of platforms ANZ, John McNerney, and a significant increase in the use of out of home digital. “Verizon has invested a lot in the… Source link