“Zero inventory” has been mostly unobtainable for manufacturers. But cutting-edge 3D printing technology is giving managers renewed hope. Carbon announced Tuesday it raised $260 million in growth funding. This San Francisco company is developing a platform executives claim will bring 3D printing to high-volume production. Selective laser melting, direct metal laser sintering, 3d printing, industry 4.0 Getty
Month: June 2019
Getty Getty Faced with increased scrutiny from the Department of Labor about lackluster efforts to find missing retirement plan participants, employers are asking for permission to send uncashed pension checks—money that belongs to former workers–to state unclaimed property funds. “It’s unbelievable, but everybody has that story of a beneficiary who is sitting on a check
Idaho State Capital building and a crowd of residents gathering. Boise city and the Boise metro area have seen impressive growth in home values from 2018 to 2019. Getty While across the U.S. many housing markets have been undermined by a recent slowdown, in many other markets times have been good. Looking at the year-over-year
MoMo Productions | Getty Images When Laika Kayani started to lose her voice late one night last year, she picked up her iPhone and got connected to a doctor through a video-chat service called American Well. Kayani, who works at a health-tech company in San Francisco, used the app because her young son and husband
While Wall Street focuses on U.S.-China trade war dangers, Medley Global Advisors’ Ben Emons sees two risks making a comeback. The way the world’s affairs are shaping up, he warns Brexit fallout and the threat of U.S. tariffs on European cars could sneak up on investors in year’s second half — which kicks off Monday.
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors. Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Goldman Sachs upgraded Procter & Gamble to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock on expectations of stronger margins and profit growth. “This past year has marked
EU leaders meeting in Brussels are divided over who should get the EU’s top jobs, including a successor to Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. Centre-right leaders from the EU’s biggest political group played down the chances of agreement on Sunday on a new Commission president. They oppose a plan to give the post to Dutch centre-left
Sir David Attenborough has taken to the stage at Glastonbury to thank festival-goers for cutting their plastic use. The naturalist appeared shortly before Kylie Minogue’s set, and previewed some of his new TV series Seven Worlds, One Planet, which is due to air on BBC One later this year. Thousands of people had gathered for
Starbucks President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson. Getty Many of the stocks Wayne Himelsein has recommended before June’s strong upturn are no longer bargains. However, Wayne says Starbucks, which is up over 20% since he recommended it on March 10, is still a buy. Ken Kam: In an incredibly strong June, I saw your
By Dean Hedeker, Next Avenue Contributor For people nearing retirement or in retirement, every dollar counts and planning ahead is paramount. That’s especially true for taxes. Now that 2018 tax returns are behind us, this is an opportune time to look for 2019 tax savings strategies for retirement. Here are two ways to do it: Use
“New York City is the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps, Empire City, Fun City, Gotham and the City of Dreams, all rolled into one,” enthuses Evelyn Kanter, veteran journalist and author of 100 Things to Do in New York City Before You Die, 2nd edition (Reedy Press). This native New Yorker, who has traveled to
Bigandt Photography | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between certain brands of dog food, including Blue Buffalo, Merrick and Rachel Ray Nutrish, and an increased risk of heart disease in pets. The agency is looking into more than 500 cases of canine heart disease, identifying the brands of
President Donald Trump has railed repeatedly about the Federal Reserve’s “quantitative tightening” and the impact it has had on economic growth during his administration. The program will be over soon, which may not bring as much relief as Trump thinks. One reason the president may not want to get his hopes up too much is
“It’s a taboo topic,” said Cameron Huddleston, a personal finance journalist and author of “Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk. “ Huddleston was not referring to sex, as you might expect, but rather the other issue families avoid all too often – money. From wills to life insurance, the longer you wait, the trickier
Traders work at the Coty booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beauty company Coty is by far the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 so far this year. Shares of the cosmetics distributor are up more than 100% in 2019, while the S&P 500
Cynthia and Alex are parents to a 6-year-old son, Jake. “It was a dream come true,” Alex said, of becoming a dad. But for the high school sweethearts, conceiving a child was only possible with in vitro fertilization, which was covered by Cynthia’s insurance through her employer. They have what’s called “unexplained infertility.” Cynthia then
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dutch socialist politician Frans Timmermans is on course to be named as the EU’s next chief executive, diplomats and officials said on Sunday, hours before European Union leaders meet to decide who wins the bloc’s top posts in Europe. FILE PHOTO: European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans, candidate of the Party of European
French startup Cozycozy.com wants to make it easier to search for accommodation across a wide range of services. This isn’t the first aggregator in the space and probably not the last one. But this time, it isn’t just about hotels. When you plan a trip with multiple stops, chances are you end up with a
ASSOCIATED PRESS In the South China Sea, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte must do the right thing: stand up to China, protect the interests, the resources, and the lives of the Filipino people from China’s aggression; the same way the Indonesian and the Vietnamese leaders did for their own people. And that could ease geopolitical risks,
Getty Chances are that you filed your federal income tax return electronically this year: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimates that nearly nine in ten individual taxpayers e-filed their tax returns in 2019. That was just one of the findings reported by the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) in its 2019 Annual Report to
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