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Barrett Business Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBSI) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 26, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Gary Kramer – President and CEOAnthony Harris – CFO Conference Call Participants Chris Moore – CJS SecuritiesJeff Martin – ROTH Capital Partners LLCMarc Riddick – Sidoti & Company LLC Operator Good afternoon everyone and thank you for participating today’s conference call to discuss BBSI’s Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended December 31st, 2024. Joining us today are BBSI’s President and CEO, Mr. Gary Kramer and the company’s CFO, Mr. Anthony Harris. Following their remarks, we’ll open the call…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Seven & i shares plunged on Thursday after the Japanese convenience store chain’s founding family abandoned an attempted $58bn buyout.A group led by the Ito family was unable to secure financing, the company said on Thursday. Shares fell 10.5 per cent in Tokyo.The failure to muster an offer raises the likelihood that Alimentation Couche-Tard will succeed with its unsolicited $47bn bid. The Canadian rival is the only known bidder for Seven & i, which owns the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. If Couche-Tard…

Passing money from one generation to the next in trust can have its pitfalls. Often when a trust is created, the ultimate beneficiaries are not even born. How is the person creating the trust to know how their grandchildren will turn out if they are still running around in diapers or if they have never been born? Unfortunately, many trusts that were created years ago are more basic than the sophisticated trusts we have today. They often do not contain all the bells and whistles that can add flexibility for unforeseen circumstances. For instance, older trusts often require distribution to…

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To win the votes he needed to be confirmed as US secretary of health, Robert Kennedy Jr made a firm promise to one sceptical Republican senator.Kennedy told Bill Cassidy of Louisiana that he would not change the US’s current vaccination schedule — the programme of shots protecting children from tetanus, diphtheria, measles and other dangerous diseases.Once confirmed, he appeared to back away from that pledge. Last week, Kennedy said he was convening a “Make America Healthy Again” commission that would look into issues such as the use of antidepressants and ultra-processed foods and the schedules of childhood vaccinations.“Nothing is going…

When I talk to prospects and clients about retirement investing, no one usually thinks about what companies are inside their portfolio. They often have a shocked reaction thinking that they might be making money on the backs of the unfortunate prey of predatory lenders. Research provider YourStake defines predatory lending as “Companies that have received 25 or more Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints for predatory lending complaints, including payday loans, installment loans, pawn loans, title loans, tax refund anticipation loans, personal lines of credit, and check cashing, over the last 3 years”. In this article, we break down how this…

Consumers are postponing large renovation projects as unfavorable macroeconomic conditions persist, impacting the U.S. housing market, Home Depot executives warned Tuesday.  CEO Ted Decker said in the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report that there has been “ongoing pressure on large remodeling projects.” He blamed the lackluster demand for home improvement projects on “uncertain macroeconomic conditions and a higher interest rate environment.”  Billy Bastek, the executive vice president of merchandising for Home Depot, told analysts during the Tuesday earnings call that the higher interest rate environment is still pressuring larger-scale remodeling projects, despite the “broader engagement across home improvement-related projects” and a…

This article was written byFollowMy passion for financial markets started at a young age, and I have been investing since 2007.Later on, I studied Economics and started as a buy-side equity research analyst. After studying for a Master’s Degree in Economic Analysis and working as an accountant, I assumed the position of CFO for a holding company that operates in pharma, medical devices, textiles, food industry, and real estate.My experience as CFO has helped me to understand the ins and outs of a company from the management perspective and some accounting tricks that are not taught at university, which now…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The $21bn fund manager D1 Capital Partners has made a comeback by riding a handful of giant corporate turnarounds in Europe, as the region’s stock markets have undervalued many of its largest companies.The firm netted a 44 per cent return on its publicly traded portfolio last year, with the biggest drivers coming from its investments in German group Siemens Energy, British industrial company Rolls-Royce and Italian bank UniCredit, according to an investor letter seen by the Financial Times.D1 Capital continued those gains…

Many investors who prospered from gold’s bull market will be surprised by how profits on their gold investments are taxed. Gold is a collectible in the tax code, giving it less favorable treatment than most other investments. The first unfavorable treatment is that IRAs and other individually-directed retirement accounts (both traditional and Roth versions) aren’t allowed to own collectibles. The purchase of a collectible is treated as a distribution to the IRA owner. There are exceptions for certain types of coins and bullion. I won’t the treatment of collectibles in retirement accounts in detail in this post but discuss some…