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Like most professions, finance has a language of its own. If you’re not part of the club (and even when you are), it’s easy to get the lingo wrong. And that can lead to very expensive mistakes.

To help you avoid that, what follows are some of the most frequently misused words in finance… and what they really mean.

Volatility

What People Think It Means: Volatility is commonly mistaken for “uncertainty.” Many people use the two words interchangeably. Читать дальше...

The Vikings made receiver Laquon Treadwell a first-round pick because they want not only a guy who can catch the ball but also a guy who will take a hit, and possibly will deliver one. Treadwell showed his ability to do the latter on Monday. Via Matt Vensel of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Treadwell mixed it…

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Scott Feldman from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Lupe Chavez.

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Scott Feldman from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Lupe Chavez.

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Scott Feldman from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Lupe Chavez.

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Scott Feldman from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Lupe Chavez.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have acquired two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Jeremy Jeffress from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for two former first-round picks.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have acquired two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Jeremy Jeffress from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for two former first-round picks.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have acquired two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Jeremy Jeffress from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for two former first-round picks.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have acquired two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Jeremy Jeffress from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for two former first-round picks.

Things are back to normal after Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor held out from training camp last year.

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Lyft is bleeding a lot of money fighting Uber. 

The ride-hailing company has long played second fiddle to Uber in terms of marketshare in the U.S., but in a new story out today from The Wall Street Journal's Greg Bensinger and Rolfe Winkler, it's clear just how bad things are.

In 2015, Lyft posted an operating loss of $360 million revenue of about $200 million, a person familiar with the company’s financial statements told the Journal. While Lyft expects to double revenue this year ... Читать дальше...

DALLAS (AP) — Two major unions at Southwest Airlines are demanding that the carrier replace its CEO because of the technology outage that caused the airline to cancel or delay thousands of flights in July. Energy companies took the biggest losses as U.S. crude hovered around $40 a barrel, its lowest price in almost four months, and materials companies also traded lower. Every oil, gas and pipeline company on the Standard & Poor's 500 finished lower as a slump in the price of oil and other fuels extended into a third week. Читать дальше...

Israel unveiled an actively protected armored personnel carrier (APC) on Monday, which it hopes to purchase in large numbers over the next ten years. The wheeled demonstrator, named Eitan, Hebrew for “steadfast”, is an 8x8, 35-ton vehicle that is half the cost and weight of the Merkava Mk4-based Namer carriers currently in production.

Minnesota may have already legalized medical marijuana but it wasn’t until Monday that pain patients of the state finally had the opportunity to buy it. Even though the Minnesota state legislature legalized the drug for medicinal purposes in 2014, strict laws banned the plant form in favor of pills, oils and vapors.

Salesforce.com agreed to buy Quip for about $582 million in stock.

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The opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics will apparently have at least one bizarre scene that would seem to play to negative stereotypes of Brazil.

According the Brazilian publication UOL, a recent dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony included a scene where supermodel Gisele Bündchen is possibly mugged by a robber.

Here is a translation of the article from Boston Magazine:

"Another curiosity was on account of a passage where Gisele Bündchen... Читать дальше...

The tension regarding the anti-graft war in Nigeria is heating up, names have started emerging, some names causing chaos in high places. There is a raging war within the National Assembly, the secrets suggest that we might be led by the worst legislators ever, the blind cannot lead those with vision. Below are top 15 […]

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — The smartest minds in American sprinting have spent years trying to solve the riddle of why, as often as not, U.S. relay teams have struggled so mightily to get the baton around the track when the stakes are highest. Leave it to the Jamaican, Usain Bolt, to come up with what

The U.S. conducted airstrikes against Islamic State’s stronghold in Libya for the first time Monday, coming to the aid of the United Nations-backed Libyan government in its burgeoning battle against the extremist group.

The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

Cara Delevingne steps out in a chic look to promote Suicide Squad on Monday (August 1) in New York City. The 23-year-old model and actress plays the role of Enchantress in the film. The day before, she also stepped out to promote the movie, in theaters this Friday! Cara recently appeared in a video where [...]

Correctly interpreting market data patterns is tricky, as August’s historical performance shows, writes Mark Hulbert.

Correctly interpreting market data patterns is tricky, as August’s historical performance shows, writes Mark Hulbert.

WASHINGTON — A rising chorus of Republican lawmakers and veterans groups hastened to disavow Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of a bereaved military family Monday, but the GOP presidential nominee refused to back down. In an emotional appearance at last week’s convention, Khizr Khan criticized Trump for proposing to temporarily freeze the entry of foreign Muslims into the U.S. and accused him of making no sacrifices for his country. The real estate mogul frequently continues to hit back at perceived slights or insults... Читать дальше...