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Feb. 11, 2016 2:22 p.m. ET It’s getting easier to make money from Facebook FB 0.34 % Instant Articles, according to multiple publishing partners enrolled in the program. Publishers were frustrated in the early going by the platform’s advertising restrictions, but now credit Facebook with making improvements. Some say their Instant Articles currently generate the…
Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Photo by Mary Hautman It’s no secret that Williamsburg’s storefront rents are some of the priciest in the borough, but a new report now reveals they are also some of the priciest in the country. The ever-changing commercial strip of Bedford Avenue is, along with Fulton Mall and Court Street in…
Remember the vicious cycle that threatened the entire European banking sector in 2012? It went something like this: over indebted sovereigns depended on domestic banks to buy their debt, but when yields on that debt spiked, the banks took a hit, inhibiting their ability to fund the sovereign, whose yields would then rise some more,…
©Joe Waldron Save money into my pension? I’d rather blow it on a holiday. This is the typical response of a millennial — marketing shorthand for a 20-something — when you ask them about financial planning. More On this story On this topic IN Personal Finance For the generation that grew up in the Noughties,…
The thousands of attendees seeking reasons for optimism didn’t find them at the annual International Petroleum Week. Instead they were greeted by a cacophony of voices from some of the largest oil producers, refiners and traders delivering the same message: There are few reasons for optimism. The world is awash with oil. The market is overwhelmingly bearish. No Hope Producers are…
Photo by neiljs on Flickr One of the greatest things about freelancing is that although we’re often very busy, we can choose to be “off” during 9-5 hours. This means that we can visit uncrowded museums and attend other midday events, which are often hellish on the weekends. Here are 6 reasons you should take a…
The financial crisis turned a lot of Americans into renters, because they couldn’t keep paying their mortgage, or because high unemployment and stagnant wages in the ensuing years forced them to put off home ownership. A new report from real estate website Trulia seeks to identify the groups that lost the most purchase on the…
Our vision at Etsy is that business can be used for good, and that thinking about our impact on people and values can go hand in hand with thinking about profits. As we grow, our commitment to that vision remains at the core of our identity and is woven into the decisions we make in…
paging_filter On Monday, International Business Times editor Peter Goodman gathered the digital news site’s staff for a meeting to address the growing confusion over when and how they are being paid. IBT employees are generally paid twice a month through direct deposits. For about a year, the company has used the popular payment processor ADP…
High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af2f8e0e-d0d6-11e5-831d-09f7778e7377.html#ixzz3ztcpkgur US authorities have now wrung a total of $64bn from banks that sold toxic mortgage securities before the financial crisis, with Morgan Stanley’s agreement…