Roger Ferguson Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anyone who read a Fed chair coining the term “soft-ish” for an economic landing, as Jerome Powell did on Wednesday, as a bullish sig...
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Spirit CEO wonders whether JetBlue bid meant to block Frontier deal
A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty...
Shopify, Etsy, Twitter and more
Elon Musk twitter account is seen through Twitter logo in this illustration taken, April 25, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday: EPAM Syste...
Nikola (NKLA) earnings Q1 2022
Nikola Motor Company Source: Nikola Motor Company Electric heavy-truck maker Nikola said Thursday it shipped its first semitrucks to customers in April, and that it now has purchase orders and letters...
Main Street is convinced that a recession will hit economy this year
Main Street and Wall Street are often at a distance when it comes to the state of the economy. The likelihood of a recession hitting in 2022 is the latest example. Both camps are bearish, but small bu...
SpaceX adds $25 portability monthly fee for Starlink service
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rolled out a $25 monthly fee this week for customers who seek to relocate their Starlink internet service satellite dishes. “Portability enables customers to temporarily...
Wayfair (W) reports Q1 2022 losses
Niraj Shah, CEO, Wayfair Ashlee Espinal | CNBC Wayfair shares tumbled more than 20% Thursday morning after the online furniture retailer reported larger-than-expected losses in the first quarter as sh...
Despite the Fed’s big rate hike, most banks won’t pay much in interest
Jerome Powell, Federal Reserver Governor. Katie Kramer | CNBC The Federal Reserve just raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, its largest such move in more than two decades, as...
Rising interest rates mean higher borrowing costs to buy a car
Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images On top of elevated prices for new and used cars, financing the purchase of one is about to get more expensive. With the Federal Reserve boosting a key interest rat...
Fanatics adds SoftBank executive, ex-Airbnb marketing chief to board
A detailed photo of the Fanatics apparel displayed at NFL Hospitality during the 2018 NFL Annual Meetings at the Ritz Carlton Orlando, Great Lakes on March 26, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. Mark Brown | G...
Elon Musk and Cathie Wood knock passive index investing, saying it’s gone too far
Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest, gestures as she speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Flo...
New York City could bring back mask mandate, vaccine checks
Children are seen walking to school, on the first day of lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools between K through 12, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. March 7, 2022. Brendan McDermi...
Twitter, SeaWorld, Shopify and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Twitter (TWTR) – Twitter rose 1.5% in premarket action after Elon Musk detailed $7.2 billion in financing commitments for his deal to buy the ...
Bath & Body Works CEO Andrew Meslow to step down due to health reasons
Pedestrians walk past a Bath & Body Works store. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bath & Body Works Chief Executive Officer Andrew Meslow is resigning from his role due to health reasons...
Watch Governor Andrew Bailey speak after the Bank of England’s rate hike
[The stream is slated to start at 08:00 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is speaking at a press conference following t...
GE signs contract to upgrade vast hydropower facility in South America
Straddling the border between Brazil and Paraguay, Itaipu commenced electricity production in 1984. The technological upgrades being planned for the site are set to take 14 years. Tifonimages | Istock...
From Estee Lauder to Apple, China’s Covid restrictions take their toll
Factories in China affected by Covid lockdowns can conditionally resume work, by housing workers on-site. Pictured here is an auto parts manufacturer in Suzhou that has had 478 employees on site since...
Consumers at breaking point as Fed inflation battle heats up: Boockvar
The economy may be hitting a crucial turning point. Investor Peter Boockvar warns the Federal Reserve will not be able to meaningfully contain surging inflation, and there’s not much more consum...
Marvell Technology and Bausch Health are buys
Bausch Health: “We wanted to buy more today, but we ran out of time. This thing is being put on sale. There are shorts taking it all the way down. It is quite ridiculous. I wanted to be able to ...
Clorox’s brands are inflation-proof and can thrive in recessions, CEO says
Clorox CEO Linda Rendle told CNBC on Wednesday the company’s products are “household essentials” that can withstand rising inflationary environments and tough economic times. The com...
Cramer says stock relief rally won’t vanquish the bears
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he’s still “drawn to owning stocks,” even as the Federal Reserve aggressively raises interest rates in such a way that some skeptics believe wi...
Stock futures fall slightly after Fed induced relief rally
Stock futures fell slightly after the Federal Reserve raised rates by half a point and the major averages rallied to end the day. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 46 points, or 0....
Etsy, Booking Holdings, eBay and more
The Etsy website Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Etsy — Shares of the e-commerce company plunged by more than 12% after Etsy’s ...
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken tests positive for Covid
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 27, 2022, ...
FAA to boost Florida air traffic controllers, work with airlines to avoid disruptions
American Airline planes sit on the tarmac at Miami International Airport (MIA) in Miami, Florida, on February 2, 2022. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesd...
Catholic University sued over Judy Garland ‘Wizard of Oz’ dress auction
A lobby card from the film ‘The Wizard Of Oz,’ shows a film still of a scene in which American actress Judy Garland (1922 – 1969) (as Dorothy) wipes tears from the eyes of actor Bert...
Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, the most aggressive step yet in its fight against a 40-year high in inflation. “Infla...
Federal Reserve Statement May: Here’s what changed
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on March 16. Text removed from the March state...
TurboTax owner Intuit to pay $141 million to customers
Kimberly White | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Intuit, the owner of popular tax filing software TurboTax, will pay $141 million in restitution to millions of low-income Americans who were ...
Lucid, Nikola, Fisker report as Wall Street eyes production
Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Nasdaq MarketSite as Lucid Motors (Nasdaq: LCID) begins trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after completing its business combination with Churchill Capi...
Crypto exchange Binance wins regulatory approval in France
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao gave a keynote at a Paris crypto industry event in April 2022 to debut a new accelerator program for so-called “Web3” start-ups. Benjamin Girette | Bloomberg | G...