CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday previewed next week’s earnings schedule and said that investors should use it as a chance to offload unprofitable companies from their portfolios. The “Mad Money” host said that the market could be in for some pain next week after this week’s rallies, as investors digested the news of the Federal […]
A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive. Andrej Sokolov | picture alliance | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors is acquiring SoftBank’s equity ownership stake in its majority-owned Cruise autonomous vehicle unit for $2.1 billion, the automaker announced Friday afternoon. SoftBank Vision Fund 1 first acquired a minority […]
US stocks closed higher Friday, with all three major indexes notching their best weekly performance since November 2020, as investors took the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike and uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine war in stride. Volatility in markets has become the norm this month as investors struggle to forecast economic growth and corporate profitability amid […]
The Burger King name appears in Russian outside a Burger King fast food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 5, 2013. Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelelnskyy in his address to US Congress Wednesday reiterated calls for all global brands to exit Russia — a market “flooded with [Ukrainian] blood” — as […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 18, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev | sputnik | via Reuters The Central Bank of Russia on Friday held its monetary policy steady and maintained its key interest rate at 20%, […]
James Bullard david orrel | CNBC St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday he thinks the central bank should raise interest rates the equivalent of 12 times this year to convince the public it is serious about fighting inflation. As the lone dissenter at this week’s Fed meeting, Bullard said in a statement that […]
After two years of living with Covid-19, travelers are making big vacation plans again. But not every type of trip may be available this year, travel professionals said. That’s because many people postponed more ambitious vacations during the pandemic — in some cases two years in a row — leaving little room for new bookings […]
Traders from BGC, a global brokerage company in London’s Canary Wharf financial center react as European stock markets open early June 24, 2016 after Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU BREXIT referendum. Russell Boyce | Reuters LONDON — European fund flow patterns so far this year are emulating historical crisis periods […]
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 03: Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey leaves after a press conference at Bank of England on February 3, 2022 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday raised interest rates for the third consecutive meeting but […]
Impossible Foods CEO Pat Brown in 2019 Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown is stepping down as CEO, and Chobani’s departing operating chief, Peter McGuinness, will take the helm of the company. The transition comes after a roller coaster two years for the plant-based meat industry. Impossible and rival […]
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