MoMo Productions | DigitalVision | Getty Images Retirees are coming out of retirement, and that’s a good sign for the labor market. Early retirements among older Americans were among the many labor distortions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to economists, as health risks and other factors led many to leave their jobs. But there’s
Month: November 2021
In this article WMT AMZN TGT Florida, Miami, Walmart discount department store, check out lines. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Walmart hired nearly 200,000 workers in its third quarter in a push to meet the expected high level of demand during the holiday shopping season. Retailers from Amazon to Target have
In this article LOW A customer pushes a shopping cart towards the entrance of a Lowe’s store in Concord, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s beat analysts’ expectations for fiscal third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as the company got a bump in business from home professionals and
US President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate Veterans Day at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into behavior from energy companies as prices
A Rivian R1T electric pickup truck during the company’s IPO outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Rivian’s blockbuster initial public offering last week pushed the total exit value for U.S. public-market listings this year
Amid the nationwide labor shortage, businesses are tapping an unlikely pool of talent: teenagers. Alonzo Soliz, who runs two Tropical Smoothie Café franchises in Cedar Park, Texas, said teens now comprise 90% of his workforce. “We couldn’t get anyone to apply and when we did start hiring people, everyone wanted higher wages,” he said. Soliz
Real estate agents leave a home for sale during a broker open house in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Rising mortgage interest rates continue to take their toll on demand, especially in the refinance market. Total mortgage application volume fell 2.8% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage
A look at some high growth stocks that aren’t part of FAANG.
Rodolfo Parulan Jr. | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus pandemic grabbed the world’s attention in early 2020 and has failed to let go ever since, but U.K. experts are warning that antibiotic-resistant infections, often described as a “hidden pandemic,” should be the next big concern. One in five people in the U.K.
Bridgewater Associates Chairman Ray Dalio attends the China Development Forum in Beijing, China March 23, 2019. Thomas Peter | Reuters BEIJING — American hedge fund manager Ray Dalio is launching a new China fund through a local subsidiary, according to a report in China’s Securities Times, citing sources. The fund aims to raise more than
In this article TSLA U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greets reporters as he arrives for a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sparred with Senator Bernie Sanders over tax policy this weekend on Twitter, and tried to provoke him again
Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche speaks at a conference in Brooklyn, New York, in 2018. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg via Getty Images Upgrade, the fintech start-up that turns credit card balances into installment loans, has closed a fundraising round that values the company at $6.28 billion, CNBC has learned. The company raised $280 million in its
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