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Retirement savers seeking safe havens within 401(k) plans may rue it
Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Data suggests some retirement savers are seeking out safe havens within their 401(k) plans. But the move may hobble those investors in the long run; in fact, it may have d...
Macy’s, BJ’s Wholesale, Kohl’s and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Macy’s (M) – Macy’s stock leaped 9.6% in the premarket after the retailer reported better-than-expected profit and revenue. Same-s...
Jim Cramer says the Fed should consider retail earnings over economic data for its inflation strategy
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve must pay attention to recent retail earnings reports to plan the rest of its battle against inflation. “I am begging the Fed to look...
Cisco, Bath & Body Works, Nvidia and more
A runner jogs past Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hou...
Taylor Swift ticket fiasco leads to calls for Ticketmaster, Live Nation to break up
Taylor Swift accepts an award onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on November 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Jeff Kravitz | Filmmagic | Getty Images There’s ...
Target (TGT) 3Q earnings
Target‘s profit fell by around 50% in its fiscal third quarter as it cleared through unwanted inventory and sales slowed heading into the holidays, prompting the company to lower its expectation...
Home Depot and Lowe’s are booming in a housing market bust
A home improvement contractor works on a house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Suzanne Kreiter | The Boston Globe | Getty Images As the U.S. housing market falls hard from its pandemic-driven highs, home...
Which states have had the most major climate disasters since 2011?
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday t...
ECB vice president says will do ‘whatever necessary’ to tame inflation
It is crucial for the European Central Bank to convey its commitment to bringing prices down in order to keep inflation expectations anchored, according to its vice president. Luis de Guindos told CNB...
Mixed economic picture, energy, EL deal
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments: ‘Mixed pictureR...
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission heads to the moon after successful launch
To the moon, again! NASA launched the Artemis I mission from Florida at 1:47 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, with the agency’s most powerful rocket ever kicking off a nearly month-long journey wit...
Fed’s Waller says he’s open to a half-point rate hike at December meeting
Christopher Waller testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee during a hearing on their nomination to be member-designate on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Feb...
Homebuilder sentiment drops to a decade low
Contractors work on concrete slabs in the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imag...
Fed’s Daly sees rates rising at least another percentage point as ‘pausing is off the table’
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said Wednesday she expects the central bank to raise interest rates at least another percentage point, and possibly more, before it can pause to evalu...
Toyota unveils new Prius hybrids amid skepticism of its EV strategy
2023 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Toyota Toyota Motor is not giving up on its flagship Prius hybrid anytime soon, despite investing billions in all-electric vehicles amid critici...
Target, Carnival, Advance Auto Parts, Lowe’s and more
Pedestrians pass by a Target store in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, DC, on August 17, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ta...
Lowe’s (LOW) earnings 3Q 2022
Lowe’s said Wednesday that high inflation isn’t hurting sales as it reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. The company also upped its guidance for its full-yea...
Why U.S. rail travel is so expensive
Amtrak’s Acela is the fastest passenger train in the Western Hemisphere, but tickets can be pricey. Amtrak fares can vary dramatically in the Northeast, home of the most heavily used stretch of ...
JetBlue plans Paris flights next summer in trans-Atlantic expansion
A JetBlue Airways Corp. Airbus A321 plane sits at a gate outside of Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Jetblue Airways Corp. is s...
How to reduce your cryptocurrency tax bill before year-end
After a rough year for cryptocurrency, taxes may not be a top priority for digital currency investors battered by steep losses. But the falling crypto market and the recent collapse of digital currenc...
Sharp drop in mortgage rates does little to boost demand
A home for sale in the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Mission Hills, CA. Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Mortgage application volume rose 2.7% last w...
Burger King owner hires former Domino’s CEO Patrick Doyle as chair
Patrick Doyle Scott Mlyn | CNBC Restaurant Brands International announced Wednesday that it is hiring former Domino’s Pizza CEO Patrick Doyle as its executive chair. Doyle, 59, was chief executi...
Avian flu threatens British food staples, from English breakfast to Christmas dinner
Egg shortages could be on the cards as avian flu sweeps through Europe. Sam Mellish / Contributor / Getty Images LONDON — The classic English fry-up and traditional Christmas turkey dinner could be un...
Target, Lowe’s, Carnival and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Target (TGT) – Target plunged 13.5% in the premarket after missing consensus estimates by 59 cents with quarterly earnings of $1.54 per share....
The world needs more economic alliances than security ones: Analyst
Countries should strike up more economic alliances than security and defense ones, as those could make the world “more dangerous,” the president of the Center for China and Globalization s...
Charts suggest the market could rally through mid-December
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said that the market’s current rally could last through the middle of next month, leaning on charts analysis from Jessica Inskip, OptionsPlay’s director ...
Firms plan Australian ‘super hub’ to produce green hydrogen
This image shows part of a green hydrogen facility in Spain. A number of major economies, including the EU, are looking to develop green hydrogen projects in the coming years. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg...
Several Kentucky supreme court justices sound skeptical of near-total abortion ban
Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical of the state’s abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the U.S., during oral arguments in a case that will decide whethe...
Walmart (WMT) earnings Q3 2023
Walmart said Tuesday that sales rose by nearly 9% in the fiscal third quarter, as Americans across income levels bought the company’s low-priced groceries. The discounter beat Wall Street’...