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‘Timing couldn’t be worse’: Inflation is easing, but more people are using credit cards for unexpected expenses — and the next Fed meeting will raise borrowing costs
A record number of people say they would need to pay for an unplanned $1,000 expense by using their credit card, according to a new survey showing the burden of high prices even as inflation rates ebb...
Walmart is rolling out sleek new store designs
Walmart has rolled out a new look at five flagship stores, including its big-box store in Teterboro, NJ. The remodeled stores have brighter lighting, mannequins and roomier aisles. Melissa Repko | CNB...
EV carmakers work to fit auto dealers into their future plans
Customers wearing protective masks looks at the interior of a vehicle for sale at a Ford Motor Co. dealership in Colma, California, Feb. 1, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT —...
Tech stocks are having their best January in decades — here’s why that may not be a good sign
Technology stocks are on quite a tear to start 2023, but that could actually be an ominous signal. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.95% is up 11% so far this month, on track for its best January pe...
CDC urges immunocompromised to take precautions after Evusheld pulled
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions to avoid Covid after the dominant omicron subvariants knocked out a key antibod...
Why desalination won’t save states dependent on Colorado River water
The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Arizona. Rhona Wise | Afp | Getty Images States dependent on the drought-stricken Colorado River ...
FDA proposal would allow gay men in monogamous relationships to donate blood
A nurse fills test tubes with blood to be tested during an American Red Cross bloodmobile in Fullerton, CA on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Paul Bersebach | Medianews Group | Getty Images The Food and D...
Bed Bath & Beyond defaults on credit line, warns on debts
A “Store Closing” banner on a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Farmingdale, New York, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Johnny Milano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond said Thursday it...
The outgoing CEO of Toyota told his successor: Don’t be like me
After Akio Toyoda, CEO and President of Toyota, announced he was stepping down on Thursday, he shared his advice to his successor and his business philosophy. Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno | Gamma-rapho | ...
FDA pulls Evusheld because it’s not effective against subvariants
Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab) injection, a new COVID-19 treatment that people can take before becoming symptomatic. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Chris Sw...
Audi’s new EV is SUV with augmented reality that doubles as pickup
Audi Activesphere EV concept Audi Audi’s new concept vehicle is an all-electric luxury SUV that uses augmented reality glasses and can double as a small pickup truck, signaling potential future ...
I say thumbs up to MP Materials
RPC Inc: “I want you to hold [onto] it.” Marvell Technology Inc: “You don’t want to buy until it reports. After it reports, we’re going to take a solid look at it. …...
Strong earnings from Tesla, United Rentals helped lift market
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said that Thursday’s rally is thanks to a batch of strong company earnings. “I’ve said over and over again that during earnings season, what matters is compan...
FDA advisors recommend using Covid omicron shots for all doses
The Food and Drug Administration’s independent advisory committee on Thursday recommended replacing Pfizer and Moderna’s original Covid vaccine used in the U.S. for everyone’s first ...
LVMH optimistic as Chinese shoppers and tourists return
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, attends a news conference to present the 2022 annual results of LVMH in Paris, France, January 26, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuter...
My job is being eliminated and I will get a severance package. Is that considered income for IRS limits on Roth IRA contributions?
I know my job is being eliminated at the end of March 2023. I will receive a severance package paid out over a period of almost one year. I understand I will not be able to make 401(k) deductions from...
Intel, Chevron, American Express, Silvergate and more
Intel said April 5, 2022 that it has suspended all business operations in Russia. Paco Freire/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Intel —...
China’s Big Comeback Is Just Getting Started. How to Play It.
Talk about a comeback. As China abandons policies that stifled economic growth for the past three years, investors have sent the country’s stocks soaring—up more than 50% since October. The rally migh...
IBM’s layoffs aren’t helping the stock, as analysts still fret about cash flow
International Business Machines Corp. shares slumped Thursday after analysts picked apart Big Blue’s free cash flow results and outlook amid layoffs, and found a “mixed blessing” in the company’s driv...
This 72-year-old is hoping to fund her retirement on GoFundMe
GoFundMe campaigns have been raising piles of cash for older Walmart workers who want to retire — but the heartwarming stories about sudden windfalls mask a dark reality about economic security and gr...
In A Win For Business, America And China Are Recoupling
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich, Switzerland, … [+] on January 18, 2023. Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images The frenetic flurry of diplomatic a...
Energy Earnings Could Drop 11%
After two years of skyrocketing growth, oil and gas earnings are now past their peak. The good thing for the stocks is that the peak was remarkably high, and the decline is likely to be very gradual. ...
Shipping Platform Freightos Goes Public in SPAC Deal
Online freight booking platform Freightos Ltd. started trading shares publicly on Thursday through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, just as the booming shipping demand that helped ...
Opinion: Intel just had its worst year since the dot-com bust, and it won’t get better anytime soon
Intel Corp. ended 2022 with its worst financial results since the dot-com bust more than 20 years ago, thanks to a double whammy of a downturn in both PCs and data centers that isn’t going to turn aro...
Intel, Visa, Hasbro and more
The Intel Corporation logo is seen at a temporary office during the World Economic Forum 2022 (WEF) in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 25, 2022. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Check out the compa...
Chevron, Tesla, Seagate Technology, United Rentals and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Seagate Technology — Shares of the data storage company surged 10.9% a day after Seagate posted beats on the top and bottom line for its fis...
This recession indicator is close to the point of no return. But stocks historically rally if the Fed cuts and the economy still grows.
It’s way too early to proclaim a Goldilocks environment, even if major asset classes are at least pointing to a better chance of it. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.40% has gained 5% this year, and the tech-h...
AMD earnings face even more scrutiny after ‘astonishingly bad’ Intel outlook
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. gets to show Wall Street if it “certainly” ended 2022 in a better place, after the price of clearing inventory helped gut results from rival Intel Corp. AMD AMD, +0.32% is ...