Activist Dan Loeb dusts off his poison pen as he seeks a board refresh at CoStar Group

Activist Dan Loeb dusts off his poison pen as he seeks a board refresh at CoStar Group

Company: CoStar Group Inc (CSGP) Business: CoStar Group engages in the provision of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the commercial and residential property markets. It operates through the following segments: CoStar Portfolio, Information Services Portfolio, Multifamily Portfolio, LoopNet Portfolio and Other Marketplaces Portfolio. The CoStar Portfolio segment …

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Democratic states seek to hike taxes on the wealthy

Democratic states seek to hike taxes on the wealthy

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. A new “blue wave” of tax hikes on the wealthy is rippling through state legislatures, as Virginia, Washington …

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How Trump’s tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply chain data

How Trump’s tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply chain data

Labors work at a factory’s workshop in Huaying, Sichuan province of China. Getty Images China’s recent record $1.1 trillion trade surplus showed that despite President Donald Trump‘s efforts to use tariff policy to slow China’s manufacturing export strength, the geopolitical and economic rival has not only found global workarounds, but …

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