It’s been a busy week on the food and agriculture beat: There was the House Agriculture Committee hearing featuring top meatpacking CEOs, there was Beyond Meat’s pop from McPlant fake news, and ...
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Why Data Exploration Is Key To Better Business Outcomes
The following comments from Tableau President and CEO Mark Nelson have been lightly edited for clarity and length. The world is going digital-first. Businesses are transforming their customer experien...
Suncor Energy is a buy, but be prepared to turn if oil prices peak, Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday advised investors to pick up shares of Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy, but only if they’re confident oil prices will stay elevated. Cramer’s comments...
Cramer’s week ahead: Jam-packed earnings season continues
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that he expects a rough start to next week on the heels of a dismal end to April in the stock market. “I’m hoping that next week should be better. IR...
BJ’s Wholesale says judge should toss Walmart lawsuit over self-checkout app
Warehouse club BJ’s Wholesale is calling on a federal judge to toss a patent lawsuit filed by Walmart, saying the retail giant is trying to protect a self-checkout app that’s based on tech...
Milwaukee Bucks seek $4 million annually for Deer District naming rights
Milwaukee Bucks Deer District real estate project. Source: Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks, in their quest to repeat as NBA champions, this weekend will begin playing the Boston Celtics in the Eas...
Trevor Bauer suspended for 2 seasons over sex assault policy violation
Umpires check the hat and glove of Trevor Bauer #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers for foreign substances after the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on June 28, 2021 in Los ...
‘So bad, it’s good.’ This beleaguered stock market has one big asset on its side, say strategists.
A rough month for stocks is drawing to a close, and many investors likely won’t be sad to see the back of it. And the last day of April trade is looking weak as Apple and Amazon failed to raise the ba...
AMZN Stock Tanks 9%, Amazon Reports $3.8B Loss in Q1 2022, Cloud Business Up by 36.5%
Although Amazon showed a net operating loss during the first quarter, its cloud business showed strong growth providing some cushion to the company’s overall declining revenue. On Thursday, April 28, ...
CDC says adenovirus may contribute to liver injury in healthy children
Adenovirus structure, computer illustration showing the surface structure of the virus’ outer protein coat (capsid). Kateryna Kon | Science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty Images N...
How this U.S.-made, $176,000 anti-tank weapon could change the war in Ukraine
Ukraine’s defense against Russia is being supported by billions of dollars in military aid from NATO countries. One of the most capable and expensive weapon systems supplied is the FGM-148 Javel...
Meet Sox, the breakout star of Disney’s ‘Lightyear,’ and the next hot toy
Disney screened the first 30 minutes of its new Pixar film “Lightyear” at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Wednesday, but the biggest buzz amongst attendees wasn’t for the title character a...
FAA delays environmental decision on SpaceX’s Starship launches to May
SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Michael Sheetz | CNBC The Federal Aviation Administration for a fourth time delayed its environmental review of SpaceX’s Starship rocket pr...
FDA panel to discuss Novavax Covid vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna kids shots
Medical syringes and Novavax logo displayed in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 2, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Food and Dru...
Exxon (XOM) earnings Q1 2022
A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 15, 2021. Kathleen Flynn | Reuters Shares of Exxon Mobil slid on Friday after the company took a $3.4 billion after-tax cha...
Robinhood, Amazon, Apple, Roku and more
Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder Robinhood Markets, Inc., is displayed on a screen during his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Brendan McDer...
Victoria’s Secret takes beauty business to Amazon in wholesale test
Beginning Friday, shoppers will find an assortment of roughly 120 Victoria’s Secret beauty items, including lotions and fragrances, on Amazon. Source: Victoria’s Secret Victoria’s Se...
Chevron (CVX) earnings Q1 2022
The Chevron logo is displayed as a tanker truck enters the Chevron Products Company El Segundo Refinery on January 26, 2022 in El Segundo, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Chevron...
Autos CEO warns of battery supply scarcity as EV competition heats up
In 2021, Volvo Cars said it planned to become a “fully electric car company” by the year 2030, a move which will require it to have a consistent and secure supply of batteries for its vehi...
Walmart unveils activewear line with Michelle Smith, Stacey Griffith
Fashion designer Michelle Smith and SoulCycle instructor Stacey Griffith are debuting their activewear line, Love & Sports, at Walmart. The line is designed to be fashion-forward, with vibrant col...
Bitcoin’s Unfinished Business: Why Micropayments Still Matter
Fees have risen so dramatically because Bitcoin has a competitive market for transaction fees, which fund network security, and rising demand has made transactions more pricey. The last time Bitcoin f...
Hertz CEO says rebounding business travel could tighten an already-constrained used car market
Business travel is making a comeback and could constrain already tight supplies of rental cars when it finally recovers, Hertz chief executive Stephen Scherr told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. ...
California subpoenas Exxon for details on role in plastic pollution
A logo of the Exxon Mobil Corp is seen at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 24, 2018. Sergio Moraes | Reuters California’s attorney general on Thursday ...
Hepatitis outbreak in kids may be linked to adenovirus, WHO says
An outbreak of severe hepatitis in healthy children that has caused liver failure in some kids might be linked to adenovirus infection, and not hepatitis as originally suspected, though further invest...
Sixteen states sue Postal Service over plan to buy gas vehicles
United States Postal Service (USPS) workers load mail into delivery trucks outside a post office in Royal Oak, Michigan, August 22, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Sixteen states on Thursday sued the U.S...
What McDonald’s closures in Russia could mean for the country
Two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, McDonald’s — the very symbol of Western capitalism — opened its first store in the Soviet Union. It was a big moment, and the restaurant dre...
Brooklyn Nets dysfunction weighs on business prospects
The Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving (left) has a pat for teammate Kevin Durant as the Celtics were expanding their lead in the second half of Game Four of their first round NBA playoff series at Bar...
Opinion: Warren Buffett’s investing prowess will go on forever after researchers cracked his investing code
If you’re an investor in Berkshire Hathaway Inc., your performance need not suffer when Warren Buffett stops running the company. That’s according to researchers who claim to have created a stock-pick...