Retail giants report with all eyes on the consumer

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said that this week’s economic data releases and retailer earnings reports will give important insights into the state of the American consumer and, in turn, in...

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Apple, Chevron Stock, Sold GM, Verizon

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made modest stock purchases in the second quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in Apple , C...

Unity Stock Tumbles After Board Rejects AppLovin’s $17.5 Billion Buyout Bid

Text size Unity Software doesn’t think AppLovin’s offer was in the best interests of its shareholders. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Videogaming company Unity Software  on Monday rejected Ap...

EQBR Announces the Launch of My Flex, Its US-based NFT Startup for Enterprise and Consumer

Place/Date: Singapore – August 15th, 2022 at 9:27 am UTC · 2 min read Contact: Michael M. Lee, Source: EQBR EQBR Holdings (EQBR), a pioneer of Web 3.0 infrastructure providers, announced the lau...

What Stocks Are Making Moves Monday? Li Auto, NIO, Peloton, and More.

Text size A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Stock futures were trading lower Monday after China cut interest rates following data that showed the worl...

7 Companies at Risk of Liquidity Squeeze

Amid rising interest rates and a tightening credit market, companies with weaker balance sheets are getting squeezed by higher borrowing costs. Royal Caribbean Group (ticker: RCL) is a case in point. ...

Warren Buffett says these are the best stocks to own when inflation spikes — with consumer prices now at a white-hot 8.5%, it’s time to follow his lead

Warren Buffett says these are the best stocks to own when inflation spikes — with consumer prices now at a white-hot 8.5%, it’s time to follow his lead Price levels are on the rise. In July, U.S...

Buy American Eagle Stock Even Though It Got Smacked in the Retail Carnage

An American Eagle Outfitters store advertises its Aerie line in Times Square in New York. Aerie is a fast-growing division of the retailer. Richard Levine/Corbis/Getty Images Text size Clothes that lo...

American Consumers Feeling More Confident, Data Shows

Topline Consumer sentiment improved this month after an all-time low reached in June, though consumers are still 21.6% less satisfied with the economy than this time last year, according to preliminar...

The Big Winners—and Losers —in the Inflation Bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) helped shepherd the Inflation Reduction Act through the Senate after earlier bills died. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Text size The House won’t take up Democra...

Rivian, Illumina, Toast, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

Text size Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, maintained its production estimates for the full year. Courtesy Rivian Stock futures rose Friday amid more signs that inflation in the U.S. has been coo...

Grocery prices in July had largest price increase since 1979 — with one food staple rising by 38% on the year

The rise in the cost of living cooled in July, but not for grocery prices.  The price of food at home rose 1.3% from June to July, marking a 13.1% increase compared to last year. It was the largest pr...

Microsoft makes further cuts focused on consumer R&D group

After pulling open roles across its Office and Windows divisions and letting go of a portion of its 180,000-person workforce in July, Microsoft made additional cuts this week. This layoff round was co...

GoodRx Stock Gives Back Gain as Analysts Fret Over Problem With Grocer

Text size GoodRx revoked its financial guidance in May and has yet to restore it. Courtesy GoodRx GoodRx  stock briefly soared as investors welcomed news that the provider of pharmacy discount cards h...

Dow Jumps 400 Points After Consumer Prices Cool Slightly In July—Has Inflation Peaked?

Topline The stock market surged higher on Wednesday after a better-than-expected inflation report for July, boosting investor sentiment as consumer prices fell for the first time in months, adding to ...

Consumer prices rose 8.5% in July, less than expected as inflation pressures ease a bit

Prices that consumers pay for a variety of goods and services rose 8.5% in July from a year ago, a slowing pace from the previous month due largely to a drop in gasoline prices. On a monthly basis, pr...

China consumer prices hit a two-year high

Customers buying pork at a food market in Shanghai, China. Prices of pork, a food staple in China, rose by 20.2% in July 2022 compared to a year ago, official data showed. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Get...

Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2022

– This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2022, which highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with less than $1 billion in sales and consistent top...

The Consumer Watchdog Group Wants NFT Reveal From Celebrities

The Truth In Advertising (TINA) asks celebrities to reveal the benefits from NFT promotion. TINA issues a list which includes seventeen high-profile celebrities. The NFT Connection Of Top Celebrities ...

Alphabet and 7 More Stocks Wall Street Loves That Aren’t Too Pricey

Ninety-four percent of the analysts who follow Alphabet, Google’s parent company, rate it at Buy. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size Investors usually have to pay up to get high-quality stock...

Alibaba Says Primary Listing in Hong Kong Is Approved

Text size Alibaba said the effective date of converting its primary listing to Hong Kong is expected ‘prior to the end of 2022.’ Photograph by David Becker/Getty Images Alibaba , the Chine...

Consumer confidence in housing market hits lowest in over a decade

A sign stands outside an upscale home for sale in the Lake Pointe Subdivision of Austin, Texas. Ed Lallo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumer confidence in the housing market dropped to the lowest leve...

Consumer Sentiment Relatively Strong Amongst US Crypto Owners, Despite Fall In Prices: Report ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp As of May 2022 data, new crypto adoption in the US was primarily driven by high-income earners, millennials and Generation Z adults. Baby Boomers rem...

Gasoline At (or Under) $2.99 a Gallon: Here’s Where

Gasoline prices continue to fall in a handful of states to $2.99 a gallon, marking the 50th consecutive day of declines and giving consumers a reprieve as high inflation rates have walloped their budg...

Amazon to Acquire Roomba Maker iRobot to Consolidate Consumer Robotics Presence

Tech giant Amazon looks to acquire iRobot for $1.7 billion to gain more ground in the consumer robotics industry. Amazon (AMZN: NASDAQ) is reportedly acquiring Roomba maker iRobot for $61 a share in a...

New Buyback Tax Will Force Companies to Think Twice on How to Use Cash

In the scrap over how to fund President Joe Biden’s spending plans, the Democrats’ focus has shifted from taxing private funds to public at the last minute. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) backs dropp...

Musk Thinks Tesla Can Be World’s Most Valuable. Stock Split Is Part of the Plan.

Text size Spencer Platt/Getty Images Tesla ’s 2022 annual shareholder meeting has wrapped up. Investors voted on several issues, including an item that authorizes a higher number of shares outstanding...

New York State Fines Crypto Wing of Robinhood $30,000,000 for Allegedly Violating Consumer Protection Laws

The state of New York is levying a fine against the crypto branch of trading giant Robinhood for allegedly violating consumer protection and anti-money laundering laws. According to a new press releas...

Ontario regulator includes crypto firms in latest consumer protection alert

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) included a number of crypto firms in a consumer alert that called out companies not registered to deal in the Canadian province. The OSC’s investor warnin...

Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is a Risk to More Than Just the Chip Industry

Asian stocks worked out early there is no good outcome from Nancy Pelosi’s current tour of the region. By landing in Taiwan Tuesday or Wednesday, the speaker of the House risks Chinese military retali...

BP Stock Surges After Energy Giant Records $8.5 Billion Quarterly Profit

Text size BP reported second-quarter adjusted profit of $8.5 billion as it benefited from soaring energy prices. Getty Images BP is the latest oil supermajor to post its most profitable quarter in yea...

U.S. Stocks Poised to Fall on Monday

Stocks are set to open lower on Monday ahead of another busy earnings week. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are se...