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Passengers deplane at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Panama is lifting a broad spectrum of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions on Monday, including re-opening international flights and allowing hotels, casinos, and tourism-related activities. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

September 23, 2021 at 11:40 am

Panama plans to vaccinate tourists as it nears herd immunity

President Laurentino Cortizo said the nation is weeks away from achieving herd immunity and is eager to welcome visitors to help its struggling hotels and...

Nation & World

June 25, 2021 at 9:50 am

El Salvador offers $30 of bitcoin to citizens to boost its use

El Salvador's president on Thursday doubled down on the country's new law making bitcoin legal tender and offered $30 of the cryptocurrency to any citizen...

Nation & World

October 15, 2019 at 11:29 am

Fidelity joined by Florida pension fund in examining billionaire money manager Ken Fisher

Billionaire money manager Ken Fisher, who is based in Camas, Clark County, is facing more pressure from clients following offensive remarks he made at an...

Business

February 22, 2019 at 3:30 pm

Fidelity profit hits record even as assets fall in tough market

Fidelity Investments’ assets under management last year were $2.4 trillion, down 1 percent from 2017.

Business

Harvard’s North Fork Vineyard stands in Cuyama, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Four years ago, Harvard University bought an old cattle ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains. On an arid expanse north of Santa Barbara, California, the school’s endowment set out to make money from a notoriously tricky business: vineyards.

November 23, 2018 at 6:00 am

Harvard spent $100 million on vineyards. Now it’s fighting with the neighbors.

The fight illustrates the risks that Harvard's endowment, the largest in higher education, once embraced with its unusual strategy of investing directly in massive agriculture...

Business

March 17, 2018 at 8:00 am

University of California makes big push into passive investing

Endowments and foundations have increasingly used passive investments as an alternative to paying high fees for active managers such as hedge funds that for the...

Business

October 29, 2016 at 8:00 am

Harvard’s lagging endowment ripped as ‘lazy, fat, stupid’ in report last year

Harvard University’s money managers collected tens of millions in bonuses by exceeding “easy-to-beat” investment goals even as the college’s endowment languished, employees complained in an...

Business

July 30, 2016 at 8:00 am

A few things homebuyers should know about loan-origination fees

Chief among a homebuyer’s closing costs is the loan-origination fee. Here’s what you need to understand about the fee to become a savvier borrower.

Business

September 14, 2015 at 10:01 am

UW forms company to manage its $3 billion endowment

Washington joins other public institutions with large endowments that have organized their investment groups more formally into companies, giving them more independence.

Business

December 11, 2010 at 10:00 pm

Massachusetts pension fund looks to replace BlackRock

The Massachusetts state pension fund is seeking to replace BlackRock, the world's biggest money manager, because it "lacks confidence that the firm is adequately focused"...

Business