The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in July and hiring slowed, adding to signs of a broader downturn in what has been a solid U.S. economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that…
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ROCKLAND, Maine — Noah Barnes can’t sell bunks aboard his schooner fast enough. The ones unoccupied by his staff, anyway. Barnes, the owner and captain of the 153-year-old Stephen Taber, said demand for multiday voyages…
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Stocks tumbled for the second-straight day Friday as a weaker-than-expected jobs report and a dismal forecast from Amazon added to investor fears of a more substantial slowdown for the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed…
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped nearly half of its gigantic Apple stake last quarter in a surprising move for the famously long-term-focused investor. The Omaha-based conglomerate disclosed in its earnings filing that its holding in the iPhone maker was…
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American recession fears spark selloff in international markets and point to lower U.S. open
by adminU.S. stocks saw their third-straight trading day of heavy declines as recession fears continued to mount and Wall Street abandoned a popular trade that had helped counter high interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
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CrowdStrike says it isn’t to blame for Delta’s flight cancellations after July outage
by adminCrowdStrike on Sunday said Delta Air Lines had rejected on-site help during last month’s massive outage that sparked thousands of flight cancellations. Delta CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” last week that the mass cancellations following the outage, which occurred…
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Trump Media said Friday it has started rolling out a TV streaming service that aims to air “neglected” content on its social media platform Truth Social. The company’s stock price, which trades under the ticker DJT on the Nasdaq, jumped more than 6%…
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Babies R Us is back: Here’s why Kohl’s is betting on babies to drive its turnaround
by adminWOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Kohl’s is thinking small to rev up its sales. The retailer is opening Babies R Us shops in its existing stores across the country starting this week, and plans to have 200 by…
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Venu, a $42.99 per month sports streamer, has a tough marketing challenge to find an audience
by adminCall Don Draper, Venu Sports may have a marketing problem The Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery jointly-owned streaming service said Thursday it will launch this fall at $42.99 per month. That’s much more expensive than Netflix, Max, Peacock or any other…
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Markets are clamoring for the Fed to start cutting soon: ‘What is it they’re looking for?’
by adminIf the Federal Reserve is starting to set the table for interest rate reductions, some parts of the market are getting impatient for dinner to be served. “What is it they’re looking for?” Claudia Sahm,…