Selasa, 24 Desember 2019

Christmas Eve shopping hours: Here's when major retailers are open for last-minute shoppers - USA TODAY

Still have gifts to buy?

The last-minute shopping countdown has begun and while some stores have extended hours in the days leading up to Christmas, many are closing early on Tuesday.

Amazon orders need to be placed by 9:30 a.m. local time for same-day free Christmas Eve delivery in select areas for orders over $35. Prime members in select cities also can get free two-hour grocery delivery Tuesday.

Stores also are offering in-store pickup, many with a two-hour window, and Apple will deliver Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch orders with free two-hour delivery Tuesday in major metro areas with courier delivery.

According to the National Retail Federation's annual December holiday consumer survey, 13% of Americans were expected to buy their final gifts on Super Saturday but more than 6% were waiting until Christmas Eve.

To help plan your last-minute shopping down to the minute, here are Christmas Eve store hours for department stores and discount retailers. Check out grocery store hours here.

What's open Christmas Day? The list includes CVS, Starbucks and 7-Eleven — but not Walmart

Early Christmas Eve shopping? Kohl’s has been open 24 hours a day since Friday, but closes 6 p.m. Tuesday

Christmas Eve retailer hours

Check with your closest location to confirm hours as hours may vary. Store names below link to retailers' websites.

Academy Sports + Outdoors: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Apple: Many stores open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; special store hours are listed at www.apple.com/retail.

Barnes & Noble: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Bass Pro Shops: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Bealls Florida: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Bealls Outlet: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m

Bed Bath & Beyond: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Belk: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Best Buy: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Big Lots: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

BJ's Wholesale Club: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Bloomingdale's: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Boscov’s: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Burlington: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

buybuy Baby: Most stores close at 6 p.m. but opening times vary.

Cabela’s: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Conn's HomePlus: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Costco: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CVS: Most stores open regular hours Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; pharmacy hours vary.

Dick's Sporting Goods: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dillard's: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dollar General: All stores will close at 10 p.m.

Dollar Tree: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

DSW: 8 to 6 p.m.

Dunham’s Sports: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., mall hours vary

Five Below: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fleet Farm: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fry's Electronics: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

GameStop: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., though some locations are closing at 6 p.m.

Guitar Center: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hobby Lobby: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Home Depot: 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Home Goods: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ikea: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

J.C. Penney: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Joann Stores: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kirkland's: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Kmart: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Kohl's: Open through 6 p.m. (Stores have been open 24 hours a day since Friday)

Lord & Taylor: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lowe's: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Macy's: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Marshalls: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Menards: Stores close at 5 p.m.

Michaels: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Microsoft: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Neiman Marcus: Hours vary, but locations will close between 4 to 6 p.m.

Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack: Hours vary and posted at www.nordstrom.com.

Office Depot and OfficeMax: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Old Navy: Hours vary with some stores open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and others from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Old Time Pottery: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Petco: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

PetSmart: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

REI: Opening times vary, but stores close at 6 p.m.

Rite-Aid: Hours vary.

Ross: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saks Fifth Avenue: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sam's Club: Stores close at 6 p.m.

Sears: Varies.

Shoe Carnival: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sierra Trading Post: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wyoming stores; all others 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Stage Stores: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Staples: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Stein Mart: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Target: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

TJ Maxx: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tractor Supply Co.: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ulta: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Walgreens: Most stores open until midnight and open regular hours Christmas Day; pharmacy hours vary.

Walmart: All stores close at 6 p.m. and all locations will be closed Christmas Day.

World Market: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Shopping around the clock: Kohl’s is staying open 24 hours a day for late shoppers

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Tesla stock hits $420, Elon Musk makes a weed joke (of course) - TweakTown

Tesla Motors shareholders will be cheering during the Christmas period, with Tesla stock breaching $420 per share on Monday -- and in perfect faction, Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk made a weed joke.

Musk is no stranger to blazing up controversy after he smoked weed live on the Joe Rogan show and landed in trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission. But now that Tesla stock was smoking hot at $420, Musk tweeted out: "Whoa ... the stock is so high lol".

Back in August 2018, Musk found himself stuck in residue over a tweet that saw the Tesla CEO joking that he was "considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured". An obvious weed joke, but something the SEC didn't take lightly -- accusing him of misleading Tesla investors.

Seriously, Musk is a genius -- tweeting out 'stock art' as $TSLA stock hits $420.69.

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2019-12-24 05:27:03Z
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This strategist picked two blockbuster stocks in 2019 — here’s what he likes for 2020 - MarketWatch

The short holiday week begins with stocks hovering at all-time highs.

We’ll see if that turns into a good omen for the year to come but, for now, stocks are perking up, thanks to some positive chatter on the U.S.-China trade front. Note, trading volumes will likely start to thin out as investors begin their holiday vacations.

Onto our call of the day, from Standard Life Investments’s head of global strategy, Andrew Milligan, who earlier in the year gave this column two winning technology stock picks for 2019—Microsoft MSFT, +1.09%  and Equinix EQIX, +0.31% EQIX, +0.31% —up 55% and 64%, respectively, year-to-date.

We’ve gone back to Milligan to get more equity ideas for the year ahead, and he tells us he still likes Microsoft. What else? Credit card providers Visa V, +0.78%  and Mastercard MA, +0.35%, the former “a little more developed-market orientated and the latter a little more emerging-market orientated,” he says.

Milligan believes that 2019 will be the year investors decide it is time to buy some 5G assets—the next-generation wireless technology that is set to roll out in 2020. “In the world of 5G, semi and smartphones, then Marvell is worth examining,” he said. Chip maker Marvell Technology MRVL, -0.35%  is among the companies with a foothold in that related 5G technology.

Read: Apple iPhone demand will soar in 2020 with launch of 5G, say Wedbush analysts

In the smaller-cap space, albeit riskier, says Milligan, he likes Five9 FIVN, -0.76%,  which operates in the cloud software area.

As for this history-setting bull market, this strategist says it could carry on in the year ahead, but like others, he believes it needs to be fueled by stronger company profits. Still, there are other things to cheer, such as a trade truce between the U.S. and China, and central banks pulling back on the urge to tighten up policy, he says.

Read: S&P 500’s record-setting holiday run looks ready to trot into 2020, say analysts

The market

Dow YM00, +0.21%, S&P ES00, +0.23%  and Nasdaq NQ00, +0.34%  futures are edging up, while European stocks SXXP, +0.00% are mixed and Asian markets ADOW, +0.00% were flat.

The chart

Our chart comes from CNN’s Fear & Greed Index, a gauge of investor emotions that has been hovering lately in the Extreme Greed region—a far cry from the Extreme Fear range of a year ago. And a month ago it showed investors as just plain greedy.

CNN

Here’s how CNN calculates that index.

The buzz

Chinese media reports that Beijing will cut tariffs on 850 products, while separately, the government has vowed to open its oil, telecom and power markets to private competitors, in a bid to boost the country’s slowing economy.

Privately held water company Culligan and AquaVenture Holdings Ltd. WAAS, -1.23%  have agreed to merge in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.1 billion

Facebook FB, +0.12%  and Twitter TWTR, +0.31%  have taken down a global network of fake accounts linked to manipulative political messages on social media.

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” earned $175.5 million in its opening weekend for film studio Disney DIS, +0.50%, even if the critics panned it.

The quote
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(L-R) Tracy Morgan, Dave Chappelle, host Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock during the Saturday Night Live opening monologue on Saturday, December 21.

“Right now, you’re looking at half of Netflix’s budget.” That was comedian and actor Eddie Murphy on American late-night comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” alongside other comedy legends, including Chris Rock. While exaggerating, Murphy and the others have reportedly signed million-dollar deals with the streaming video company.

The economy

The bulk of the week’s data is coming, with durable goods orders, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index and new home sales on the way.

The tweet

Separately, Tesla TSLA, +0.38%   shares are climbing after a report the electric-car maker has agreed to a $1.4 billion five-year loan for its Shanghai car plant, sources told Reuters. Neither Tesla nor those banks involved responded for comment.

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2019-12-23 13:35:00Z
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SoftBank's $9.5 billion bailout of WeWork hits a hurdle as Japanese banks are worried about funding it - Business Insider Nordic

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  • SoftBank's $9.5 billion bailout of WeWork has hit a hurdle.
  • The Japanese tech conglomerate wants to partly finance the rescue deal by borrowing $3 billion from Japan's three biggest banks, but the trio have reached their internal lending limits to the company, according to Reuters.
  • Mizuho, Mitsubishi UFJ, and Sumitomo Mitsui are exploring ways to make the loans while mitigating their exposure, including the use of SoftBank's 26% stake in Alibaba as collateral, two sources told Reuters.
  • View Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

SoftBank's $9.5 billion bailout of WeWork has hit a hurdle. The Japanese tech conglomerate wants to partly finance the rescue deal by borrowing $3 billion from Japan's three biggest banks, but the trio have reached their internal lending limits to the company, according to Reuters.

Mizuho, Mitsubishi UFJ, and Sumitomo Mitsui are exploring ways to make the loans while mitigating their exposure, two sources told Reuters. One option could be to use SoftBank's 26% stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba — worth close to $150 billion — as collateral, they said.

"SoftBank is an important client so we want to do everything we can to help, but we have to consider our credit risk," one senior bank executive told Reuters.

If the trio of banks lend the full $3 billion to SoftBank, their total loans to the firm and its $100 billion Vision Fund would exceed $15 billion, according to The Japan Times.

One executive told The Japan Times last month that his bank wanted to see a compelling turnaround plan for WeWork before it opened its wallet to SoftBank again. A rival said his bank was being cautious and had grown skeptical of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's big bets on high-valued startups.

The stalled talks with domestic banks led SoftBank to secure a $1.75 billion line of credit from Goldman Sachs, Reuters reported.

WeWork's rescue package — which includes $5 billion of debt financing, the acceleration of a previously agreed $1.5 billion equity investment, and a $3 billion tender offer — isn't in immediate danger, given SoftBank had $19 billion in cash at the end of September.

However, SoftBank's biggest lenders are wary for a reason. The firm reported a $6.4 billion net loss — its first quarterly loss in 14 years — in the three months through September, after it wrote down the value of its investments in WeWork and Uber.

SoftBank agreed to bail out WeWork in October in a bid to salvage its $10 billion-plus investment in the company.

WeWork scrapped its initial public offering after investors balked at its losses and the behavior of its cofounder and then CEO, Adam Neumann. It faced the prospect of going public at a $20 billion valuation — a fraction of its private valuation of $47 billion in January — and failing to raise the $3 billion it needed to unlock $6 billion in bank financing.

Running short of cash, it accepted SoftBank's rescue deal, which is set to raise its biggest backer's stake in the business to 80%. 

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2019-12-23 11:11:55Z
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This strategist picked two blockbuster stocks in 2019 - here’s what he likes for 2020 - MarketWatch

The short holiday week begins with stocks hovering at all-time highs.

We’ll see if that turns into a good omen for the year to come but, for now, stocks are perking up, thanks to some positive chatter on the U.S.-China trade front. Note, trading volumes will likely start to thin out as investors begin their holiday vacations.

Onto our call of the day, from Standard Life Investments’s head of global strategy, Andrew Milligan, who earlier in the year gave this column two winning technology stock picks for 2019—Microsoft MSFT, +1.09%  and Equinix EQIX, +0.31% EQIX, +0.31% —up 55% and 64%, respectively, year-to-date.

We’ve gone back to Milligan to get more equity ideas for the year ahead, and he tells us he still likes Microsoft. What else? Credit card providers Visa V, +0.78%  and Mastercard MA, +0.35%, the former “a little more developed-market orientated and the latter a little more emerging-market orientated,” he says.

Milligan believes that 2019 will be the year investors decide it is time to buy some 5G assets—the next-generation wireless technology that is set to roll out in 2020. “In the world of 5G, semi and smartphones, then Marvell is worth examining,” he said. Chipmaker Marvell Technology MRVL, -0.35%  is among the companies with a foothold in that related 5G technology.

In the smaller-cap space, albeit riskier, says Milligan, he likes Five9 FIVN, -0.76%,  which operates in the cloud software area.

As for this history-setting bull market, this strategist says it could carry on in the year ahead, but like others, he believes it needs to be fueled by stronger company profits. Still, there are other things to cheer, such as a trade truce between the U.S. and China, and central banks pulling back on the urge to tighten up policy, he says.

Read: S&P 500’s record-setting holiday run looks ready to trot into 2020, say analysts

The market

Dow YM00, +0.20%, S&P ES00, +0.19%  and Nasdaq NQ00, +0.27%  futures are edging up, while European stocks SXXP, +0.03% are mixed and Asian markets ADOW, -0.01% were flat.

The chart

Our chart comes from CNN’s Fear & Greed Index, a gauge of investor emotions that has been hovering lately in the Extreme Greed region—a far cry from the Extreme Fear range of a year ago. And a month ago it showed investors as just plain greedy.

CNN

Here’s how CNN calculates that index.

The buzz

Chinese media reports that Beijing will cut tariffs on 850 products, while separately, the government has vowed to open its oil, telecom and power markets to private competitors, in a bid to boost the country’s slowing economy.

Facebook FB, +0.12%  and Twitter TWTR, +0.31%  have taken down a global network of fake accounts linked to manipulative political messages on social media.

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” earned $175.5 million in its opening weekend for film studio Disney DIS, +0.50%, even if the critics panned it.

The quote
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(L-R) Tracy Morgan, Dave Chappelle, host Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock during the Saturday Night Live opening monologue on Saturday, December 21.

“Right now, you’re looking at half of Netflix’s budget.” That was comedian and actor Eddie Murphy on American late-night comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” alongside other comedy legends, including Chris Rock. While exaggerating, Murphy and the others have reportedly signed million-dollar deals with the streaming video company.

The economy

The bulk of the week’s data is coming, with durable goods orders, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index and new home sales on the way.

The tweet
Random reads

Saudi Arabia condemns five people to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

For the first time in 200 years, Notre Dame cathedral won’t hold Christmas Mass

Atlanta woman becomes the 17th person to die from the New Zealand volcano eruption

Woman at the center of the “Chernobyl” television series talks of media harassment and betrayal

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Tesla to take new $1.4 billion loan from Chinese banks for Shanghai factory, sources say - CNBC

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, June 13, 2019.

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U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla and a group of China banks have agreed a new 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion), five-year loan facility for the automaker's Shanghai car plant, three sources familiar with the matter said, part of which will be used to roll over an existing loan.

China Construction Bank (CCB), Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) are among the banks which have agreed to give Tesla the financial support, one source with direct knowledge said.

The Chinese banks earlier this year already offered Tesla a 12-month facility of up to 3.5 billion yuan, which is due to be repaid on March 4, 2020, according to a filing the automaker made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

That new loan will be partially used to roll over the previous 3.5 billion yuan debt, according to the first source. The second source said the rest will be used on the factory and Tesla's China operations.

The new loan's interest rate will be pegged at 90% of China's one-year benchmark interest rate, the same as the 3.5 billion yuan loan, the first source said. This is a rate that China banks offer to their best clients.

Tesla, CCB, AgBank, ICBC and SPDB did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

Tesla broke ground on the factory in January and has started producing vehicles from its Shanghai plant. It aims to build at least 1,000 Model 3 cars a week by the end of this year.

The factory, which is Tesla's first car manufacturing site outside the United States, is the centerpiece of its ambitions to boost sales in the world's biggest auto market and avoid higher import tariffs imposed on U.S.-made cars.

The Shanghai government has also thrown its support behind the Tesla project, which would be China's first wholly foreign-owned car plant and a reflection of the government's broader shift to open up its car market.

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Exclusive: Tesla to take new $1.4 billion loan from Chinese banks for Shanghai factory - sources - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: China-made Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles are seen at the Gigafactory of electric car maker Tesla Inc in Shanghai, China December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and a group of China banks have agreed a new 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion), five-year loan facility for the automaker’s Shanghai car plant, three sources familiar with the matter said, part of which will be used to roll over an existing loan.

China Construction Bank (0939.HK) (601939.SS) (CCB), Agricultural Bank of China (1288.HK) (601288.SS) (AgBank), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (601398.SS) (1398.HK) (ICBC) and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (600000.SS) (SPDB) are among the banks which have agreed to give Tesla the financial support, one source with direct knowledge said.

The Chinese banks earlier this year already offered Tesla a 12-month facility of up to 3.5 billion yuan, which is due to be repaid on March 4, 2020, according to a filing the automaker made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

That new loan will be partially used to roll over the previous 3.5 billion yuan debt, according to the first source. The second source said the rest will be used on the factory and Tesla’s China operations.

The new loan’s interest rate will be pegged at 90% of China’s one-year benchmark interest rate, the same as the 3.5 billion yuan loan, the first source said. This is a rate that China banks offer to their best clients.

Tesla, CCB, AgBank, ICBC and SPDB did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

Tesla broke ground on the factory in January and has started producing vehicles from its Shanghai plant. It aims to build at least 1,000 Model 3 cars a week by the end of this year.

The factory, which is Tesla’s first car manufacturing site outside the United States, is the centerpiece of its ambitions to boost sales in the world’s biggest auto market and avoid higher import tariffs imposed on U.S.-made cars.

The Shanghai government has also thrown its support behind the Tesla project, which would be China’s first wholly foreign-owned car plant and a reflection of the government’s broader shift to open up its car market.

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