The International Monetary Fund has warned of further turbulence ahead for financial markets, particularly as governments around the world shift gears into recovery mode. Central banks’ moves to...
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Building Your Brand, Then Building a Brand: Using the Power of Influence to Start a Business
There’s no guidebook, no course for marketing in the social media age. Yet, platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Instagram have proved to be fertile ground for marketing and presenting personality-f...
Nestle’s CEO says tackling child labor in cocoa needs new approach
Farmer Oluranti Adeboye, 62, harvests cocoa at Sofolu village in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria, on June 5, 2018. Pius Utomi Ekpei | AFP | Getty Images The cocoa industry faces urgent challenges. It...
Dow Jones Futures Fall After Fed Chief Powell Wipes Out Market Gains; Tesla Leads Earnings Movers| Investor’s Business Daily
Dow Jones futures fell sharply overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, as Tesla (TSLA) headlined key earnings after hours and as investors continued to mull a hawkish Fed. The st...
Lowe’s will open mini Petco shops inside some stores
Lowe’s is opening Petco shops inside of some of its stores as part of a pilot program. It plans to open the first one in Texas in February. Source: Petco Lowe’s will soon test a new offeri...
Callon Petroleum has more upside ahead
ArcBest: “I like trucking. I like ArcBest, but you know what, we did that really good compare last night of Union Pacific versus CSX, and Union Pacific’s intermodal business is really good...
Moderna starts clinical trial of booster shot targeting omicron Covid variant
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Giorgio Companies site in Blandon, PA where the CATE Mobile Vaccination Unit was onsite to administer Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines...
Boom Supersonic picks North Carolina to build, test ultra-fast planes
A rendering of Boom Supersonic’s Overture jet. Boom Supersonic Boom Supersonic, which is developing ultra-fast airplanes it believes will lead to the return of commercial supersonic flights, has...
Los Angeles bans new oil and gas wells, will phase out old ones
A view of the Marathon Petroleum Corp’s Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, April 25, 2020. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to ban new oil...
Federal Reserve statement January 2022: 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 Dec. 15. Text removed from the December sta...
Boeing, AT&T, Mattel and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing reported a loss of $7.69 per share for the fourth quarter, as it took $4.4 billion in charges relating to a variety of is...
Walmart-backed start-up is acquiring two fintech companies, Even and ONE
Black Friday shoppers walk out of Walmart with a full shopping cart on November 26, 2021 in Westminster, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images A financial technology start-up that Walmart created an...
Global oil benchmark tops $90 for the first time since 2014
An oil pump at sunset in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China, on July 13, 2006. Lucas Schifres | Getty Images Brent crude futures, the international oil benchmark, topped $90 on Wednesday for the fir...
Wind energy faces tough 2022 as supply chain issues persist: Vestas
Vestas wind turbines photographed in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on 19 September, 2021. Horst Galuschka | picture alliance | Getty Images The wind energy sector faces a rocky road ahead due to a ...
How AMC rode the meme stock rally to revitalize its business
The AMC Burbank 16 and the Batman bronze statue in Downtown Burbank. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images After a year of massive stock gains, AMC Entertainment shares are starting to cool ...
Boeing posts third annual loss in a row as Dreamliner costs hit $5.5 billion
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Boeing hit a key milestone in...
McDonald’s McPlant burger made with Beyond Meat sold better than expected
McDonald’s McPlant Burger Courtesy: McDonald’s McDonald’s McPlant burger is more popular than initially expected, according to Piper Sandler analyst Michael Lavery. In December, part...
Boeing Stock Rises Despite Q4 Miss, Charges Recorded On 787, KC-46 Programs| Investor’s Business Daily
Boeing’s (BA) fourth-quarter results fell short of analyst expectations as it saw charges on its 787 Dreamliner and KC-46 programs. Boeing rose early Wednesday. X Boeing reported a loss of $7.69...
Mattel shares jump after toymaker wins license to make Disney toys
Disney character doll sisters, Elsa and Anna of Arendelle, from the Disney movie Frozen. Catherine Lane | Getty Images Mattel shares jumped Wednesday after the toy manufacturer said it won the license...
Tech, gambling, alcohol helped NFL earn almost $2 billion in sponsorships
The National Football League is nearing $2 billion in partnership fees, the most in professional sports. Agreements from betting firms and technology companies helped the NFL lure a record $1.8 billio...
Opinion: It’s safe to dip your toes in the stock market — here are three companies to consider, including one disrupter
Yes, it’s safe to buy this pullback in stocks. And if you got frightened Monday and sold, which was admittedly a scary day for many investors, get back in. Here are three reasons why, followed by thre...
XREX Obtains Money Services Business License from FINTRAC
In an effort to accelerate its international expansion, XREX, a neo-fintech company, today announced that it has acquired a Money Services Business (MSB) license from Canada’s FINTRAC. Through the acq...
Bentley to invest $3.4 billion to exclusively offer EVs by 2030
A rendering of Bentley’s new electric vehicle production operatins in Crewe, England. Bentley Bentley Motors plans to spend 2.5 billion pounds (about $3.4 billion) over the next decade to become...
Walmart makes an investment in vertical farming start-up Plenty
Plenty uses vertical farming to grow a high volume of leafy greens year-round. It plans to use the technology to grow other crops, including strawberries and tomatoes. Photo: Spencer Lowell for Plenty...
Plans for floating wind energy projects off U.K.’s coastline get funding boost
This image, from 2018, shows a floating wind turbine in waters off the coast of France. SEBASTIEN SALOM GOMIS | AFP | Getty Images Eleven projects centered around floating wind technology are a step c...
The next Covid variant will be more contagious than omicron, WHO says
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...
Union Pacific is best railroad stock to own in this market
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday he prefers Union Pacific over industry peer CSX, suggesting investors who want to own a railroad stock go with the Nebraska-based operator. “Don’t let ...
I still believe in Cleveland-Cliffs
Schrodinger: “I don’t know. It seems low enough. I know the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation own it, but the problem is Cathie Wood owns it [for] ARK. When things are good, that’s f...
Supply chain woes still held back 3Q sales
Logitech’s better-than-expected quarterly results may have been stronger without the ongoing supply chain challenges, CEO Bracken Darrell told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “We could...
Powell’s Fed comments reinforced Cramer’s stance on quality companies
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he believes the current investing paradigm remains intact after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments on inflation and central bank policy earl...