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Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call December 10, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Cory Hatton – VP of IR and TreasurerKevin Sheehan – Chair of the Board and Interim CEODarin Harper – CFO Conference Call Participants Jake Bartlett – Truist SecuritiesAndy Barish – JefferiesSharon Zackfia – William BlairAndrew Strelzik – BMODennis Geiger – UBSTodd Brooks – The Benchmark CompanyBrian Vaccaro – Raymond James Operator Good afternoon, and welcome to the Dave & Buster’s Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn…

In a recent interview with Shane Parrish, Whole Foods founder John Mackey talked a lot about wealth—what it means to him and what it doesn’t. He told a particularly compelling story about what he didn’t want wealth to look like for him. He was going to meet with Jeff Bezos to discuss Amazon buying Whole Foods—you know, as one does—and the exact location of their meeting, Bezos’ boat house adjacent to his Lake Washington mansion, remained obscured until Mackey’s plane landed. Then, Mackey and his car were searched prior to entering, and after all the impersonal fanfare, he was left…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A 26-year-old Ivy League graduate has been hit with gun and other charges in Pennsylvania as authorities investigate his connection to the murder of a senior UnitedHealth Group executive ahead of an investor event in New York last week.Local police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, apprehended Luigi Mangione, 26, of Maryland at a McDonald’s restaurant following a tip from an employee, New York police authorities said at a press conference on Monday. Eric Adams, the New York mayor, described Mangione as a “strong person…

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call December 9, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Kirsten Lynch – CEOAngela Korch – EVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Shaun Kelley – Bank of AmericaJeffrey Stantial – StifelMegan Alexander – Morgan StanleyDavid Katz – JefferiesLaurent Vasilescu – BNP ParibasChris Woronka – Deutsche BankBenjamin Chaiken – MizuhoArpine Kocharyan – UBSPaul Golding – Macquarie CapitalBrandt Montour – Barclays Operator Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Vail Resorts Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Today’s conference is being recorded. Currently, all callers have been placed in a listen-only mode, and…

The Biden administration appears to have pulled off the elusive economic soft landing, getting inflation in check without crashing the economy into a recession. While inflation has been easing downward, it has still been pinching retirees’ budgets. The bad news is that shrinking inflation rates also mean a smaller Social Security cost-of-living (COLA) for 2025. The 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will kick in via your January check (or direct deposit from SS). So, current Social Security recipients will continue to see their retirement incomes stretched thin this month as we move through the holidays. The Social Security Administration (SSA)…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country after a stunning offensive by rebels who seized the capital city of Damascus and toppled the dynasty that had ruled for 50 years.Amid scenes of jubilation on Sunday, the rebels proclaimed “the city of Damascus is free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad” and “Assad has fled” after various factions encircled the capital.Russia, a longtime backer of the Assad regime, said the Syrian president had resigned, left the country and ordered a peaceful transition of power. Russian state newswire Tass later said he and his family had arrived in Moscow where they had been…

This article was written byFollowMaytee Aspuro y Gonzalez was a career state government manager in a variety of positions including procurement, project management, process improvement, and information technology. She retired as the Chief Information Officer/IT Director of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. She holds a BBA and a MS-Management from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a MS-Religious Studies from Edgewood College, Madison, WI. She is a published fiction author. Maytee retired at age 55, relying on her pension and her investment portfolio. She has had a life long interest in financial literacy, especially as it impacts…

This article is written to provide you with the reasoning for the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). There has always been a debate as to whether this provision is fair or not. Share your comments below describing your thoughts. For years there has been much talk about repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) for those retirees who receive another government pension. It is estimated that the WEP affects approximately 3% of all Social Security recipients. There is support for a House vote in Congress under a bill called the “Social Security Fairness Act” to eliminate this provision. The two main objectives…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Syrian rebels advanced across the country on Saturday as they pushed towards their goal of capturing Damascus and toppling the Assad regime after seizing cities and swaths of territory in a lightning offensive.“Damascus awaits you,” Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the main rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), told his fighters on Saturday.There were reports late Saturday that the rebels had entered the strategic city of Homs, with Reuters quoting their spokesman Hassan Abdulghani as saying insurgents had “fully liberated” it.…

Listen below or on the go on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Handling market volatility with long-term dividend growth investing. Prioritizing future dividends over immediate income, companies drowning in cash like Visa and Microsoft. This is an excerpt from a recent Investing Experts conversation. Transcript Rena Sherbill: Eli from Dividendology, welcome to Seeking Alpha’s Podcast. It’s great to have you. Thanks for joining us. What stocks are you most focused on? What would you say your top stocks that you’re focused on these days? Dividendology: Obviously, we want to start with looking for quality companies that can grow their free cash…