Investment

To invest is to allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future. In finance, the benefit from an investment is called a return.

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Carl Icahn Reportedly Invests In Dollar Tree
Carl Icahn Reportedly Invests In Dollar Tree
October 17, 2018  |  Retail

Following reports that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is creating a sizable stake in Dollar Tree, shares of the discount store chain jumped. The stock rose...

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Barclays Nixes Crypto Trading Plan
Barclays Nixes Crypto Trading Plan
October 16, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

In the midst of cryptocurrency trading volatility, one more bank has backed away from a trading project — this time it is Barclays. As reported...

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Supply Chain Management Fuels IoT Investment Boom
Supply Chain Management Fuels IoT Investment Boom
October 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

A new study is predicting that Internet of Things (IoT) technologies will see a major boost in investment over the next five years, mostly due...

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Divvy Lands $30M To Disrupt The Homeownership Model
Divvy Lands $30M To Disrupt The Homeownership Model
October 10, 2018  |  Investments

Homeownership startup Divvy announced that it has raised $30 million in equity and debt from Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from seed investors Caffeinated Capital, DFJ...

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Starbucks’ New Investor: Pershing Square
Starbucks’ New Investor: Pershing Square
October 09, 2018  |  Investments

Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 percent stake in Starbucks. The Wall...

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AR Growth Fueled By Chinese Investments
AR Growth Fueled By Chinese Investments
October 05, 2018  |  Innovation

One of the new realities of augmented reality is this: the technology is attracting more investment from China than from sources in North America. This...

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Curve Aims To Become The ‘Amazon Of Banking’
Curve Aims To Become The ‘Amazon Of Banking’
October 05, 2018  |  Innovation

An Amazon of banking? That’s the description — perhaps clichéd but still apt — applied to FinTech firm Curve, which is on the hunt for...

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Five At Five: eBay Calls Out Amazon
Five At Five: eBay Calls Out Amazon
October 04, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes tension between two big online players, along...

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JPMorgan In Talks To Lead Lyft’s IPO
JPMorgan In Talks To Lead Lyft’s IPO
September 26, 2018  |  IPO

JPMorgan Chase is reportedly in discussions with Lyft about being the lead banker on its pending initial public offering (IPO). CNBC, citing people familiar with...

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