The Senate on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation aimed to help the U.S. compete with China by injecting tens of billions of dollars into the domestic production of semiconductor chips. The bill, ...
Tag: business news
WHO recommends gay, bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce spread
People line up outside the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Chicago, Illinois, July 25, 2022 Eric Cox | Reuters The World Health Organization on Wednesd...
Fed decision July 2022:
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase as it seeks to tamp down runaway inflation without creating a recession. In taking the benc...
Vox Media cuts staff, slows down hiring as recession fears grow
Jim Bankoff, chairman and chief executive officer of Vox Media Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Just a month ago, media executives expressed optimism that their companies were well po...
Gun-makers’ assault rifle sales top $1 billion since 2012: House panel
Fire arms are seen at the Bobâs Little Sport Gun Shop in the town of Glassboro, New Jersey, United States on May 26, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Major gun manufacturers have m...
Space economy grew to $469 billion in 2021, fastest rate in years: Report
People watch from Canaveral National Seashore as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 3, 2022. The rocket is carrying 49 Starlink...
McDonald’s and Chipotle say customers are trading down, visiting less often as inflation hits budgets
McDonald’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill say customers squeezed by inflation are choosing cheaper menu items and visiting their restaurants less often, signaling trends that could be hitting the br...
Chipotle, Microsoft, Alphabet and more
Signage is displayed outside a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, July 20, 2020. Chipotle is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 22. David ...
Biden speaks about his negative Covid test and the broader pandemic effort
President Joe Biden spoke in the the White House Rose Garden after testing negative for Covid-19 and ending the strict isolation measures he had been following since contracting the coronavirus last w...
Pending home sales fell 20% in June as mortgage rates soared
A “Sale Pending” sign outside a house in Discovery Bay, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signed contracts to purchase existing homes dr...
Boeing Starliner astronaut capsule charges near $700 million
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen before docking with the International Space Station on May 20, 2022 during the uncrewed OFT-2 mission. NASA Boeing disclosed a charge of $93 million in the ...
Spirit shareholders to finally vote on Frontier deal clouded by rival JetBlue bid
A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airlines sha...
Boeing (BA) 2Q 2022 earnings fall short of estimates
An aerial view of Boeing 777X and Boeing 737 MAX 10 airplanes parked at King County International Airport-Boeing Field, in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing on Wednesd...
McDonald’s raises price of UK cheeseburger for first time in 14 years
McDonald’s has raised the price of its cheeseburgers in the U.K. for the first time in 14 years. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images McDonald’s hiked the price of its cheese...
Mortgage demand declines further, even as interest rates drop a bit
A prospective home buyer is shown a home by a real estate agent in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage demand edged lower for the fourth straight week, according to data released...
Wait for market to decline more before putting cash to work
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday told investors to wait for the market to retreat more before doing any buying. “The stock market, in its entirety, is still too high, so we have to let the ave...
Boeing, Hilton, Spotify, Garmin and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss with revenue that fell below consensus estimates. However, Boeing reported po...
Logitech CEO says customers will come back in the fall after first-quarter earnings miss
Customers who are spending their summers traveling will come back to purchase tech equipment in the fall, Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “I think everybody...
How the Federal Reserve fights inflation through interest rate hikes
Top officials at the Federal Reserve were seeing inflation data come in very hot for months before policymakers moved to wind down monetary policies that were stimulating the economy. A chorus of anal...
Credit Suisse chairman denies plans to sell or raise capital after mammoth loss
Speculation has emerged in recent months that Credit Suisse may be considering a capital raise. Thi My Lien Nguyen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Credit Suisse Chairman Axel Lehmann denied any intention t...
Deutsche Bank beats expectations to post eighth straight quarter of profit
Deutsche Bank beat market expectations to post an eighth straight quarter of profit on Wednesday, recording a second-quarter net income of 1.046 billion euros ($1.06 billion). The German lender exceed...
China’s property sales set for a worse plunge than in 2008, S&P says
Most apartments in China are sold before developers finish building them. Pictured here on June 18, 2022, are people selecting apartments at a development in Huai’an, Jiangsu province, near Shan...
Alphabet, Texas Instruments, Enphase and more
A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign is seen in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after hour...
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Q2 2022 earnings
People visit a Chipotle restaurant on February 09, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday reported disappointing sales as price hikes helped boost profits ...
Vince McMahon scandals, retirement heighten WWE sale speculation
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon (L) and wrestler Triple H appear in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 Ethan Miller...
Walmart’s slashed profit outlook sends consumer health warning
Shares of retailers including Macy’s, American Eagle and Amazon fell Tuesday, a day after Walmart slashed its profit forecast and warned that surging prices for food and gas are squeezing consum...
Homebuilders boost incentives as they suddenly struggle to sell homes
Contractors work on the roof of a house under construction in the Stillpointe subdivision in Sumter, South Carolina, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images After two years of...
Adidas cuts 2022 outlook on slower China recovery, potential global slowdown
Pedestrians walk by a large Adidas logo inside the German multinational sportswear shop. Miguel Candela | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Adidas on Tuesday cut its financial forecast for 20...
Credit Suisse CEO to step down from embattled investment bank, WSJ says
Credit Suisse Chief Executive Thomas Gottstein addresses the Finanz und Wirtschaft Forum conference in Zurich, Switzerland, September 2, 2020. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Credit Suisse CEO Thomas Gottstei...
McDonald’s (MCD) Q2 2022 earnings beat estimates
A sign is posted in front of a McDonald’s restaurant on April 28, 2022 in San Leandro, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images McDonald’s on Tuesday said both price hikes and value item...
Walmart, Shopify, 3M, General Electric and more
Vehicles pass a Walmart store in Torrance, California, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Walmart – Share...