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• The minimum wage is set to increase in 21 states and DC in 2019 — here's what it will be in every state

  29-12-2018 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  In recent years, several states have set minimum wages higher than the federal minimum of $7.25.
  21 states and Washington, DC are set to increase their minimum wages in 2019, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute and Wolters Kluwer.
  We took a look at what the minimum wage in each state will be in 2019, and how much that wage is increasing.While the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 hasn't moved in nearly a decade, several states and cities have set their own higher minimum wages, and
  
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• The inside story of how short-seller Carson Block made a killing this year, even as the market made life miserable for many investors

  29-12-2018 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Carson Block's firm Muddy Waters is said to have returns of about 18% this year; other short-sellers have also posted gains.
  It's been a brutal year for many hedge funds as markets melted down in October.
  "We're not really correlated to the market," Block says.The short-seller Carson Block, who founded Muddy Waters Capital, says he's managed to dodge the wild ride in equity markets that has put many of his hedge fund peers in the red.
  "We're happy with how things have gone this year," he said in
  
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• Volatility made a big comeback in 2018 — these were the stock market's 5 craziest days of the year

  29-12-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year was defined by outsized swings in equity markets. 
  "Last year was such a historically dull year, it feels worse for most investors," one market strategist said of the ups and downs in 2018.
  Still, this year was just the most volatile since 2015, when measuring intraday changes of 1% or more on the S&P 500.If 2018 felt like the year volatility returned to the stock market, that's because it was.
  Rising interest rates in the US, an ongoing trade war between the world's two large
  
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• 2019 will be a critical year for Tesla — here's what to expect from the automaker (TSLA)

  29-12-2018 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla endured a wild and crazy 2018.
  The coming year offers numerous milestones that will determine whether Tesla thrives or struggles.
  I've broken them down, month-by-month. 
  If 2018 was the wildest and craziest year in Tesla's 15-year history, then 2019 is shaping up to be its most critical year.
  CEO Elon Musk's all-electric automaker will enter 2019 having produced and sold more vehicles than ever and the company could be well on its way to a half-million in cars delivered by the end of
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg’s tone-deaf declaration of victory in 2018 should make everybody worry about what’s going to happen with Facebook next year (FB)

  29-12-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg published his annual year-end letter Friday.
  In it, he boasts of the company's many accomplishments this year, particularly in addressing the "issues" it faced.
  Zuckerberg spends little time discussing the myriad specific scandals the company experienced in 2018, and doesn't apologize for them.
  Given the no-good, horrible, rotten year the company inflicted on its users, investors, and the rest of the world, the letter comes across as more than a bit tone deaf.In summ
  
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• Flying taxis and delivery drones are coming — and Wall Street predicts these 40 companies will be the biggest players (TSLA, AMZN, BA)

  29-12-2018 06:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Investment banks like Morgan Stanley are already starting to research the flying car ecosystem of the future.
  The bank has put together a list of 40 stocks that are primed to perform when these new technologies take over.
  Some names, like Tesla, UPS or Amazon, you might have guessed make the list. Others, like electronics makers and semiconductor companies, are also on the list for their under-the-hood manufacturing. If you want to invest in automakers, there are plenty of exchange-traded f
  
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