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In this article 9987-HK YUMC YUM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A KFC restaurant in Wuhan, China. Source: Yum China While economists and investors fret over China’s low consumer confidence and sluggish growth, Yum China CEO Joey Wat says the Chinese consumer is growing more rational — and has been for years.   Weighed

In this article AZN AZN-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca‘s legal challenge to Medicare’s new

The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images In the nearly four years since the Covid-19 pandemic upended air travel, the largest U.S. airlines have returned to

In this article CVS WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A container holding boxes of Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters CVS and Walgreens will start selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month at

A “grapple test” of the OSAM-1 spacecraft’s robotic servicing arm. NASA NASA is shutting down a $2 billion project to test satellite refueling in space, it announced Friday, after the agency’s auditor criticized the program’s lead contractor, Maxar, citing “poor performance.” The space agency said in a statement that the OSAM-1 — On-orbit Servicing, Assembly,

In this article SPR BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility sit in storage at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. December 17, 2019.  Nick Oxford | Reuters Boeing is in talks to buy back Spirit Aerosystems, which makes fuselages for

Lacy Schneemann of the Florida Smash returns a shot during a group play Major League Pickleball match against BLQK at Pickle & Chill in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 15, 2022. Emilee Chinn | Getty Images Major League Pickleball and the Professional Pickleball Association have completed their long-awaited merger agreement and infused new capital into the

In this article TSLA F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E at a Tesla Supercharger station charging. Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor is rolling out Tesla Supercharging capabilities to owners of its electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. The launch begins Thursday, but is expected to be supply constrained

In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Timothee Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two.” Warner Bros. | Legendary Entertainment LOS ANGELES — Movie theater operators are hoping that Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s “Dune: Part Two,” due out in theaters Friday, will be the much-needed oasis amid

Hamad Medjedovic of Serbia plays a backhand to Arthur Fils of France in the final during day five of the Next Gen ATP Finals at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 2, 2023. Adam Pretty | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will become the official naming partner of the

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, on March 21, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The Federal Aviation Administration is giving Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to improve quality

In this article NVAX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Novavax fell more than 20% on Wednesday after the vaccine maker reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street’s estimates and said it expects full-year 2024 sales to come in flat or lower than last

In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Starbucks logo is seen as members and supporters of Starbucks Workers United protest outside of a Starbucks store in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Starbucks workers at unionized cafes will receive the pay hikes that their

In this article WBD PARA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President and C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery has gone “pencils down” on a potential acquisition of

People shop at the Macy’s Herald Square store in New York City, Jan. 19, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images As Macy’s chases sales growth, the department store operator said Tuesday that it will close about 150 of its namesake stores and open more shops with better locations or a

In this article CHTR ATUS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty Images Altice USA shares spiked 36% on Monday following a report that Charter Communications is considering buying the broadband company. Charter is working with financial advisors as it considers whether it would make sense to buy Altice USA,

In this article KR ACI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Albertsons and Kroger supermarkets Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images; Brandon Bell | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is suing to block the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, saying the combination of the two major grocers would

In this article LUNR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus explains how the company’s IM-1 lander tipped over on the moon’s surfacing during a NASA press conference on Feb. 22, 2023. NASA TV Intuitive Machines’ cargo lander, Odysseus, returned its first images from the moon’s surface over the weekend, as

A man with a paper bag of groceries looks surprised and upset at a receipt from a supermarket with high prices against the background of an escalator with customers in the shopping center.  Elena Perova | Istock | Getty Images Just ahead of the holiday season, Walmart had encouraging news for inflation-weary shoppers: Prices on

In this article CVNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Vehicles are seen on a display at a Carvana dealership on February 20, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Carvana shares surged 30% Friday morning after posting its first-ever annual profit and receiving a pair of upgrades by Wall Street analysts. The