My husband’s brother left his $600K estate to a friend. Can we contest the will? He experienced oxygen deprivation due to COPD.
“Around 30 days before passing, he changed everything to go to a friend.”
Rich American Express customers spend freely, with one exception
American Express has long benefited from a focus on wealthier customers who appreciate the credit card company’s travel and dining perks. That has helped insulate the company from concerns over a spending slowdown. In the second quarter, total spending on Amex cards jumped 7%, matching the first quarter and higher than the 6% increase a […]
Block is the latest to get an S&P 500 nod, and its stock is climbing
Robinhood misses out on S&P 500 inclusion once again, as Square parent company is chosen to replace Hess.
Sarepta stock falls on FDA gene therapy Elevidys comment
Douglas Ingram, president and chief executive officer of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., during the Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged more than 30% on Friday as the future of its approved gene therapy treatment appeared at risk. The […]
International inbound travel to U.S. shows mixed recovery
A passenger passes a giant American flag as they make their way to and from their gates during the Memorial Day weekend getaway at John Wayne Airport Orange County in John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Canadian travel dropped sharply […]
Corporate America keeps calling consumers ‘resilient.’ Consumers beg to differ.
Americans say they’re feeling financial pressure — but it’s not showing up in banks’ bottom lines.
Why Delta and United are pulling away from the airline pack
A Delta Air Lines plane takes off at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Dec. 24, 2021. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images For United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, there’s his airline, his carrier’s main rival, Delta Air Lines, and then everyone else. Delta and United accounted for more than 86% of the […]
‘Even God would get fired.’ The lessons this fund manager is taking from stock-market drawdowns and recoveries.
One fund manager says studies on the drawdowns in the stock market shows the need to hold high-quality companies for the long term.
How family offices can protect profits with family members on payroll
Fluxfactory | E+ | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Joshua Gentine grew up playing hide-and-seek in his family’s cheese factory in Wisconsin. His late grandfather Leonard […]
Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer to sell Eliquis at 40% discount
Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer on Thursday said they will start selling their blockbuster blood thinner, Eliquis, directly to patients at a more than 40% discount. The move comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to cut drug prices, and threatens to impose sweeping tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the […]
