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Spirit Airlines urges shareholders to reject JetBlue’s tender offer
A Spirit Airlines airplane taxis for takeoff at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Michael Ciaglo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit Airlines‘ board ...
Cisco, Kohl’s, CSX and more
Cisco logo exhibited during the Mobile World Congress, on February 28, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Harley-Da...
Fuel is a problem for business and consumers — Why prices are so high
A sign displays gas prices at a gas station on May 10, 2022 in San Mateo County, California. Liu Guanguan | China News Service | Getty Images The surge in gasoline prices is impossible to miss and at ...
Atlantic City smoking ban fight: Worker health vs profits
Legislation pending in New Jersey’s statehouse would end the exemption Atlantic City casinos have long enjoyed from a statewide ban on indoor smoking in public places. About 2,500 casino workers...
Keeping Illinois nuclear plants open saving some customers $237 a year
Byron, UNITED STATES: The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity 14 May, 2007, in Byron, Illinois. (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images) JEFF HAYNES | ...
Alex Rodriguez invests in MMA company PFL at $500 million valuation
Alex Rodriguez at eMerge Americas conference in Miami on June 13, 2017. David A. Grogan | CNBC Alex Rodriguez is betting on the growth of mixed martial arts. The former MLB star is now a partial owner...
Lucid Group to build first factory outside the U.S. in Saudi Arabia
U.S. electric vehicle maker Lucid Group will set up its first overseas factory in Saudi Arabia, the company announced. Javier Blas | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. electric vehicle maker Lucid Group wi...
Fed isn’t focused on impact of rates on stocks, Esther George Says
Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George said Thursday that higher interest rates are needed now to bring down inflation and policymakers are not focused on the impact that is having on the...
How relocating Americans created new inflation hot spots
Americans moved around a lot over the past two years, and those destinations also now happen to have the highest inflation rates in the U.S. “We saw right away that inflation was highest in Phoe...
Flight bookings for leisure and business travel top 2019 levels
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, global leisure and business flights have risen to levels not seen since 2019. That’s according to the Mastercard Economics Institute’s t...
How Big Oil sells off polluting assets in a bid to look green
An oil flare burns at Repsol’s oil refining complex in Cartagena, Spain. Repsol was one of the top sellers of assets between 2017 and 2021 in EDF’s analysis. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ...
Kohl’s, BJ’s Wholesale, Spirit and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Kohl’s (KSS) – Kohl’s reported adjusted quarterly earnings of 11 cents per share, well short of the 70-cent consensus estimate. Re...
Wingstop is seeing ‘meaningful deflation’ in chicken wings, CEO says
Chicken wings prices have come down in price since soaring last year, Wingstop chief executive Michael Skipworth told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday. “Other brands are … going to have to l...
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost baby formula manufacturing to ease shortage
President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to increase baby formula manufacturing to ease a nationwide shortage caused by the closure of a key plant in Michigan. Biden is requ...
CDC probing 180 cases of kids with acute hepatitis of unknown cause
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating 180 cases of children...
Jim Cramer says investors should eye these two lithium stocks
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday offered investors two lithium stocks he believes should be on their shopping lists. “Lithium is everywhere, people – it just takes at least eighteen months t...
Powell must ‘slay these seven dragons’ for market to recover
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday went through a list of economic problems that Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell needs to address to tamp down inflation and in turn help the stock market rebound. &...
Stock futures dip slightly after Dow’s worst day since 2020
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 18, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures dipped in overnight trading Wednesday after the Dow Jones I...
Climate change made India heatwave 100x more likely: U.K . Met Office
A farmer pours water on himself while working at a wheat farm in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The blistering heatwave in northw...
Melvin Capital says it plans to unwind funds
Gabe Plotkin, chief investment officer and portfolio manager of Melvin Capital Management LP, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 6, 2019. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Imag...
Kohl’s says two top executives are leaving, as company seeks buyer
Vehicles sit parked in front of a Kohl’s department store in Ashland, Ky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kohl’s said Wednesday that it is losing two of its top executives, as the...
Bath & Body Works shares tumble as retailer cuts profit outlook due
Sale signs inside the Bath and Body Works store in Edmonton. On Thursday, January 6, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bath & Body Works shares fell in afte...
Cisco, Bath & Body Works, Synopsys
A man passes under a Cisco logo at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 25, 2019. Sergio Perez | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Cisco Systems — Sha...
Under Armour CEO Patrik Frisk to step down, interim chief will take over June 1
Patrik Frisk, recently appointed Chief Executive Officer Of Under Armour, speaks at the 2020 Under Armour Human Performance Summit on January 14, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Olivier Douliery | AFP | ...
Senate panel investigates Abbott tax practices after contamination shut down baby formula plant
The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday opened an investigation into Abbott Labs, the company at the center of a baby formula shortage in the U.S. Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a l...
Hasbro slams activist investor’s proposed board directors amid proxy battle
Game maker Hasbro. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Hasbro is going on the offensive against an activist investor wants to add new members to the company’s board and spin off the lucrative unit th...
U.S. faces unnecessary deaths if Congress fails to pass funding bill
Top U.S. health officials on Wednesday reiterated their calls for Congress to pass funding for the nation’s fight against Covid-19, warning that failure to act now would result in an unnecessary...
Why Tesla was kicked out of the S&P 500’s ESG index
An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 13, 2020 in Fremont, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The S&P 500 booted electric vehicle maker Tesla from its ESG Index in an annual r...
Martin Shkreli released from federal prison into halfway house
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli departs the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 3, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Getty Images Notorious ...
What Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s tell us about the economy
Compilation of Target, Walmart, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores. Reuters How well is the American consumer holding up against sky-high inflation? It depends on whom you ask. Four major retailers — ...