Photo: Stokkete (Shutterstock) In case you haven’t choked on your own gasps after seeing the price of bacon recently: Groceries are expensive right now. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that “food prices increased 7.9% for the year ended February 2022, the largest 12-month advance since July 1981.” That’s the highest rate of […]
A rapidly escalating bird-flu outbreak in the US is contributing to a surge in egg prices and threatens to raise prices on other poultry products in the coming months as deaths continue to mount. Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza so far have led to the deaths of more than 17 million birds, according to […]
Apple Inc. AAPL 2.27% said a judge’s ruling that it was violating California’s unfair-competition law should be overturned because she had already found the iPhone maker’s in-app payment system was competitive. It is the Cupertino, Calif., company’s first full-throated filing laying out its argument in the appeals fight over its high-profile legal battle with “Fortnite” […]
Text size Uncredited Earnings highlights this week include Nike on Monday, Adobe on Monday, General Mills on Wednesday, and Darden Restaurants on Thursday. Nvidia will hold an investor day on Tuesday and Moderna will host an event Thursday to discuss its vaccine pipeline. Economic data out this week will include the Census Bureau’s new-home sales […]
Rising fuel prices are taking a toll on small businesses, prompting owners of everything from furniture retailers to swimming-pool service companies to trim services and revise contracts as they try to soften the financial hit. Keon Enterprises, in Harrisburg, Pa., has paid as much as $3,180 for gas in recent weeks, up from about $1,500 […]
Rising fuel prices are taking a toll on small businesses, prompting owners of everything from furniture retailers to swimming-pool service companies to trim services and revise contracts as they try to soften the financial hit. Keon Enterprises, in Harrisburg, Pa., has paid as much as $3,180 for gas in recent weeks, up from about $1,500 […]
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 […]
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 top gambling regulator in Nevada on Thursday delayed MGM Resorts MGM -0.55% International stakeholder Barry Diller’s licensing after federal authorities launched insider-trading investigations into his share purchases of Activision Blizzard Inc. Nevada Gaming Commission Chairwoman Jennifer Togliatti in a public meeting ordered that Mr. Diller’s application to be in the casino industry undergo “further […]
GameStop Corp. EMG 0.97% recorded a loss during the holiday quarter despite an increase in sales, surprising analysts who were expecting the videogame retailer to turn a profit. GameStop has been working to turn around its business under the leadership of a revamped executive team and board of directors. The Grapevine, Texas-based company on Thursday […]
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