In this article YUM QSR QSR-CA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Popeyes restaurant is seen in Washington, D.C. Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images Popeyes has overtaken KFC as the No. 2 chicken chain in the U.S., a decade after Chick-fil-A first unseated KFC from the top spot. Chicken chains’ battle for
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The Fluor Corporation logo is displayed on a smartphone. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Fluor Corporation — The engineering and construction company gained 2% after UBS upgraded Fluor shares to buy. The Wall Street firm is bullish on Fluor after reaching agreements to complete
Brian Snyder | Reuters With competition at an all-time high and admissions practices increasingly unclear, it’s not an easy time for college applicants. As colleges are being forced to rethink their policies in the wake of the Supreme Court‘s ruling against affirmative action, more schools are also choosing to end legacy preferences, adding uncertainty to the process. “There’s
Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry hearing on Sept. 28, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters House Republicans are pressing the IRS for answers after the agency paused processing new claims for a pandemic-era small business tax break. Lawmakers voiced “continued concerns” about the employee retention credit, or ERC,
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in the courtroom with his lawyers for his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 03, 2023 in New York City. Seth Wenig | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday returned to court for the third day of his $250 million business fraud
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United Auto Workers members strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on September 15, 2023 in Wayne, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor’s third-quarter U.S. new vehicle sales increased 7.7% compared to a year earlier, led by higher sales of traditional
In this article NVS CALM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage outside Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Jan. 30, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Intel — Shares popped 2.5% after the chipmaker announced it would be operating its programmable chip
President Joe Biden holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 2, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he’d approve $9 billion in student loan forgiveness for 125,000 Americans. The relief is a result of his administration’s fixes to a number of programs, including the income-driven
May 22, 2011, began as a beautiful day in Joplin, Missouri. Families and friends gathered outside. Suddenly, the sky changed. Troy Bolander, who grew up in nearby Kansas, noticed the clouds beginning to swirl. He began to prepare his crawl space. Ann Leach, a life coach, was also at home. Tornado sirens blared. Ann took
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines takes off at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on January 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew | Getty Images United Airlines is ordering 110 additional Boeing and Airbus jetliners, locking in a supply of new
Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco expects Treasury yields to go a lot higher — and possibly overshoot through five percent in the next couple of weeks. “I don’t think we’re near the end of this move in the bond market,” the Bianco Research president told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Tuesday. If the Federal Reserve hints
In this article US10Y Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bill Gross, Portfolio Manager, Janus Capital Group Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Widely followed investor Bill Gross believes Treasury yields have the potential to shoot even higher in the short run. “I think we’re gonna go to five [percent],” Gross said on CNBC’s “Last Call” Tuesday,
Amid heightened economic uncertainty, Americans, overall, are saving less. The personal savings rate — how much people save as a percentage of their disposable income — was 3.9% in August, well below a decadeslong average of roughly 8.9%, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. And yet, consumers continue to spend,
An activist at the offices of Rep. Michelle Park Steel in Cypress, California, on Feb. 24, 2023 Araya Doheny | Getty Images Social Security is essential to older Americans’ financial security, yet there always seems to be a new headline about how the benefits are at risk. Douglas Boneparth, a certified financial planner and president
Vehicles travel along a highway past commercial and residential buildings in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Foreign investments into Japan’s real estate sector have been flourishing in the past year, buoyed by a weak Japanese yen as the country’s central bank maintains its ultra-loose monetary policy. “It
United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the General Motors Co. Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek, Michigan, US, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – An ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union against the Detroit automakers had little to no
“Financial inclusion,” defined as individuals and businesses having access to useful and affordable financial products, has declined in the U.S., according to new industry research. The U.S. fell to fourth place, from second, this year in the second annual Global Financial Inclusion Index compiled by the Centre for Economics and Business Research in London and
Guests attend a pool party in the penthouse apartment at the 50 United Nations Plaza building in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A shortage of luxury apartments in Manhattan is causing a surge in prices at the top of the market, even as broader apartment sales and prices come under pressure
The Powerball jackpot hit $1.2 billion on Oct. 3, 2023, the third biggest prize in the game’s history. Scott Olson | Getty The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.2 billion — the third-largest prize in the game’s history — without a winner on Monday night. Among the winner’s big decisions will be the
In this article ZIP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Hinterhaus Productions | The Image Bank | Getty Images The job market remains strong despite gradual cooling from pandemic-era highs, according to labor economists — but workers don’t seem to share that outlook. Employee confidence fell last month to its lowest level since 2016, according
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