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Volkswagen unveils new electric ID. Buzz microbus
Volkswagen is resurrecting its iconic microbus — the quintessential van associated with traveling Deadheads and the 1960s counterculture — as an all-electric van called the ID. Buzz. The German automa...
Amazon, Netflix, Bumble and more
Netflix logo Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Bumble — Shares of the online dating company surged more than 43% in midday tradi...
McDonald’s Russian shutdown will cost fast-food chain $50 million a month
A McDonald’s restaurant in St. Petersburg, Russia. Peter Kovalev | TASS | Getty Images McDonald’s expects its Russian shutdown will cost the fast-food giant roughly $50 million a month unt...
American consumer still healthy, but lower-income shoppers at risk
Pedestrians carry Macy’s shopping bags in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Macy’s says the American consumer is still he...
This is what happens after they’re seized
The seized Lady M superyacht, owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, at the port in Imperia, Italy, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images European governments tha...
Here’s how urban and rural Americans build wealth differently
Doug Langley clears the combine harvester’s head from weed before he starts harvesting, during the wheat harvest in Shelbyville, Kentucky, June 29, 2021. Amira Karaoud | Reuters Many rural Ameri...
Stitch Fix stock hits all-time low as future growth in doubt
The Stitch Fix logo on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earning on June 7. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloombe...
Britain impounds private jet with suspected links to Russian oligarch
Aerial photograph of the Norman Foster Hangars at Farnborough Airport, formerly known as the Royal Aircraft Establishment. David Goddard | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. said on We...
Here’s what’s in Biden’s executive order on crypto
US President Joe Biden, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaks during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Pres...
Campbell Soup, Express, Thor Industries and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Campbell Soup (CPB) – The food producer matched estimates with adjusted quarterly earnings of 69 cents per share, and revenue essentially in l...
Investing app Acorns taps ‘choppy’ private markets at $1.9 billion valuation after scrapping SPAC
Noah Kerner, CEO of Acorns. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Acorns, the fintech start-up that scrapped plans to go public in January, has raised $300 million from private investors, CNBC has learned. The savings ...
China watches as Ukraine war makes U.S., EU and Japan show unity
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a meeting during the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit in Brasilia on November 14, 2019. Pavel Golo...
Nickel price surge could threaten automakers’ EV plans
The price of nickel is surging as investors take stock of the new global reality: Russia, a key supplier of the metal, is now facing extensive sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine. In an unusua...
Stock futures are lower as investors continue monitoring rising commodities prices and the ongoing war in Ukraine
Traders at the NYSE, March 8, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were lower Tuesday evening as investors continued to assess a surge in commodity prices and high inflation while the war in Ukraine conti...
‘Tina’ Broadway star Nkeki Obi-Melekwe also excels at helping women
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe performs during the first birthday gala performance of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” in London in 2019. David M. Benett | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Nkek...
Aaron Rodgers says he is returning to the Green Bay Packers
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers walks off the field during the second half of the NFL game at State Farm Stadium on October 28, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. Christian Petersen | G...
Stitch Fix shares plummet after company cuts guidance for the year
The Stitch Fix application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Stitch Fix Inc. is scheduled to release earnin...
Coca-Cola follows McDonald’s, Starbucks in suspending business in Russia
Bottles of Coca Cola products are displayed in a cooler at Colonial Liquors on February 10, 2022 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Coca-Cola on Tuesday said it was suspending...
Starbucks suspends all business in Russia as Putin’s forces attack Ukraine
A person wearing a protective mask enters a Starbucks coffee shop in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks is suspending a...
Chevron, Caterpillar, SunPower and more
A sign is posted in front of a Chevron gas station on July 31, 2020 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Shell — Shares of ...
McDonald’s temporarily closes Russia restaurants amid Ukraine war
Pedestrians sit at outdoor tables beneath McDonald’s branded parasols at a closed McDonald’s Corp. restaurant, the first to open in the Soviet Union, on Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia. A...
Lululemon footwear marks new product to take on Nike, Adidas
Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald said that launching into shoes was the next natural step for the leggings maker. Source: Lululemon Lululemon is venturing into footwear, marking a new product category fo...
Boeing airplane deliveries slipped in February, Dreamliner problem lingers
A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 29, 2020. Karen Ducey | Reuters Boeing delivered 22 jetliners to customers in February, its fewest sinc...
Crude oil jumps on report U.S. to ban Russian oil imports
A man pumps gas into his vehicle at a petrol station in Montebello, California on February 23, 2022, as gas prices hit over $6 dollars per gallon. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices jum...
Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) reports Q4 2021 earnings beat
Signage outside a Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. store in Clarksville, Indiana, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dick’s Sporting Goods on Tuesday reported prof...
JetBlue founder’s startup Breeze Airways plans to nearly double its routes
David Neeleman, founder and chief executive officer of Breeze Airways, during a champagne christening before the airlines’s inaugural flight at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Tampa, Florid...
Ukraine war is spurring Finland, Sweden to consider joining NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal campaign to deter Ukrainian admission to NATO has inadvertently boosted the military alliance’s popularity among other prospective member states. ...
Lego revenue jumped 27% in 2021, as kids and adults continue to build
A customer reaches for a box from the Lego Dots range at the Lego A/S store in London, U.K., on Monday, March 7, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of Lego building kits continued to soar in 2021, a...