By nearly every measure, Americans are financially strained. Yet, we’re coming up with new ways to justify expensive purchases. The latest way, coined “girl math,” breaks down the price of an item by the cost per wear. If you use an expensive handbag every day for a year, for example, then it might only set
Note: Remarks prepared for a congressional event, “Unraveling China’s Impact: Exploring Taxation, Illicit Trade, and the Nicotine Market in the United States,” on July 25, 2023. Taxation plays a key role in driving illicit trade. People respond to incentives, and sizable price markups for legal cigarettes create incentives for tax avoidance. Tax avoidance can take
In this article FOXA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk by the News Corporation headquarters, home to Fox News, on April 18, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Fox Corp. Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet Dinh will step down from his post, months after the company agreed to
An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters Market participants are “overconfident” about their ability to predict the long-term effects of AI, according to Mike Coop, chief investment officer at Morningstar Investment Management. Despite a pullback so far this
Astra Taylor Source: Isabella De Maddalena In 2014, Astra Taylor co-founded the Debt Collective, the first union for debtors. Since then, one of her main goals has been to get student debt canceled. The last year or so has been bittersweet: First, in what felt like a major victory, President Joe Biden announced that he’d
This is the final part of a three-part series on organized retail crime. The stories examine the claims retailers make about how theft is impacting their business and the actions companies and policymakers are taking in response to the issue. Read the first story here and the second here. Pedestrians walk past a vacant storefront along the
Rocket Lab Rocket Lab on Tuesday reported second-quarter results that largely met Wall Street’s expectations, and the company said it added contracts for 10 more launches in 2023 and 2024. “The second quarter saw strong performance across Rocket Lab’s launch and space systems businesses with three successful Electron [rocket] launches, more than 17 spacecraft featuring
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Enes Evren Investors piled into Series I bonds amid record yields, and some are now eyeing an exit for higher-interest alternatives. But redeeming I bonds can be tricky, experts say. After reaching 9.62% annual interest in May 2022, I bond yields have declined with falling inflation, reaching 4.3% interest for new purchases from May through
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People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on June 29, 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Eros Hoagland | Getty Images Over the past few years, Alicia Browne has noticed a change in what college students haul out of cars on move-in days at the University of Alabama. Along
Huawei’s production campus is pictured here on April 25, 2019, in Dongguan, near Shenzhen, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Huawei on Friday reported 2.2% year-on-year growth in its consumer business revenue for the first half of the year. The modest growth comes alongside China’s slower-than-expected
A Six Flags Great Adventure “Clean Team” crew member disinfects the Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth ride every 30 minutes. Kenneth Kiesnoski/CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. UBS — Stock in the Swiss bank ticked up 4.6% before the opening bell following news that UBS ended a $10 billion loss protection
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Annual inflation rose slower than expected in July, a welcome sign for consumers who have been grappling with high costs. But many Americans are still feeling the sting of essential expenses like shelter and energy. The consumer price index rose 0.2% for the month and 3.2% from one year
In this article CARS 7270.T-JP 6201.T-JP IHEB-AU 7203.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT There are more than 275 million cars on the road in the U.S. But in recent years, car ownership has gotten more expensive than ever — due to the Covid-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, stubborn inflation and the Federal Reserve’s interest
Djelics | E+ | Getty Images Income-hungry investors have long flocked to mortgage-backed real estate investment trusts — and why not? Many of them pay a handsome, double-digit dividend. But such vehicles haven’t done so well lately. That’s because when interest rates rise and yields balloon, their valuations tend to suffer, which is what happened
Country Garden Holdings Co.’s Fengming Haishang residential development in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of beleaguered Chinese real estate company Country Garden Holdings slumped to an all-time low on Friday as the company issued a profit warning a day earlier. The stock fell to an
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