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[ad_1] There’s been a shift in Bank of America’s business-cycle metric that is good news for certain dividend stocks. The bank’s U.S. Regime Indicator strengthened for the second month in August, confirming a recovery phase, according to equity and quant strategist Savita Subramanian. The indicator, which measures a mix of economic and corporate data, has been moving in and out of recovery since February 2022 amid the volatility in macro signals and inflation uncertainty, she said. Among the strategies that worked during recovery phases in the past is high-dividend yield, she wrote in a note Monday. It relatively outperformed the…

[ad_1] The standard, tenure-based severance package is being put to the test.NBCUniversal is offering separation pay that isn’t tied to employees’ number of years on the job, an atypical move that some leadership experts say risks denting worker loyalty in the long term.The media giant told employees this week that if they don’t want to comply with a new return-to-office mandate, they can leave and take a severance package comprising eight weeks of base salary, Business Insider first reported. The financial part of the arrangement is unusual, experts say, because severance packages are normally aligned with employees’ length of service.An…

[ad_1] One of the world’s richest men wants to buy one of the world’s most influential media assets. It’s unlikely anyone will stand in his way.Does this sound familiar?Yup: That’s Larry Ellison, financing his son David’s plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery — the company that owns HBO, CNN, and the Warner Bros movie studio — weeks after buying Paramount.And yup: That was also Elon Musk in 2022, buying what we used to call Twitter.You know how the Twitter story panned out: Musk made an offer for the service, no rivals showed up, and he quickly had a deal. Once…

[ad_1] Updated 2025-09-12T17:45:26Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Institut auf dem Rosenberg is a private, family-run, international boarding school in Switzerland. Rosenberg’s dorms have cherry hardwood floors and en-suite marble bathrooms. It costs over $200,000 a year, earning it a reputation as one of the world’s most expensive schools. Switzerland’s Institut auf dem Rosenberg is…

[ad_1] Midcap container and packaging manufacturer Sonoco Products (SON) is in the throes of a bearish-to-bullish reversal, with the prospective completion of the initial bottoming-out process implying a move to around the $55 level. The stock closed Thursday at $47.21. The identical two-year, daily bar charts herein depict the current bullish setup. We’re buyers here. DISCLOSURES: None. ( Learn the best 2026 strategies from inside the NYSE with Josh Brown and others at CNBC PRO Live. Tickets and info here . ) All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC,…

[ad_1] 2025-09-12T17:19:53Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Polymarket is a betting platform for real-world events that accurately predicted Trump’s 2024 win. The company is raising another funding round that is set to at least triple its valuation, according to sources. A spokesperson for Polymarket declined to comment. Polymarket, a popular betting platform for real-world events,…

[ad_1] Alyx van der Vorm, 25, wants to help young adults feel less lonely.Her app Clyx lets people discover and attend events happening nearby with friends. It’s one of several new social apps focused on in-real-life (IRL) experiences, rather than an online feed.Like some other notable tech companies, van der Vorm said she first got the idea for Clyx in her Harvard University dorm room. Her friends were out of town, and van der Vorm didn’t have plans. While she could instantly open up any app to order food or stream a movie, van der Vorm wanted a tool to…

[ad_1] Micro1, a three-year-old startup that helps AI companies find and manage human contractors for data labeling and training, has raised a $35 million Series A funding round that values the company at $500 million. The round was led by O1 Advisors, a venture capital firm co-founded by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain, the former CEO and COO of Twitter. The startup is one of many companies looking to fill the gap in the data market created by recent changes involving Scale AI. After Meta invested $14 billion in Scale AI and hired its CEO, AI labs including OpenAI and…

[ad_1] Apple could get a much-needed boost to its stumbling stock in the form of a bullish chart pattern. The iPhone maker appears poised to form a “golden cross,” a chart pattern that emerges as a stock’s short-term 50-day moving average exceeds its long-term moving average, typically measured over 200 days. The technical indicator is widely viewed as a sign that an asset’s price will surge. Apple’s 50-day average sits at $221.03 as of Friday, while its 200-day average is $221.49. The potentially bullish technical move comes as the “Magnificent Seven” stock underperforms its peers. Apple is down roughly 8%…

[ad_1] After the deadly shooting of Charlie Kirk, the top brass at MSNBC-owner Comcast has a message for employees: “Maintain a respectful exchange of ideas.”In a memo to employees following the dismissal of MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd, three Comcast and Versant executives called Kirk’s death a “tragic loss,” writing that “his words and actions underscore the urgency to maintain a respectful exchange of ideas — a principle we must champion.”The memo was written by Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh, and Mark Lazarus, the prospective CEO of Versant, the spin-off company housing cable channels like MSNBC.The cable news…