Month: June 2023

Ascentxmedia | Istock | Getty Images Washington lawmakers avoided touching Social Security when they crafted the recent bipartisan compromise to raise the debt ceiling. But the program may come under scrutiny as Congress continues to reevaluate federal spending. “This is the first step,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Fox News shortly after the debt
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In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford CEO Jim Farley at a battery lab for the automaker in suburban Detroit, announcing a new $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in the state to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries, Feb. 13, 2023. Michael Wayland/CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor confirmed Monday it will
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Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional is rebalancing its investment portfolio for greater resilience against market volatility, according to its managing director. Khazanah’s net asset value declined 5% to 81 billion ringgit ($17.4 billion) in 2022 from a year ago, hit by global market downtrends, the fund said in March. The Kuala Lumpur-based fund invests
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In this article MSFT GOOGL NVDA META TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A shopper stands in front of a Tesla Motors showroom at a retail shopping mall in Hong Kong. Sebastian Ng | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter.
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In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Eli Lilly and Company, Pharmaceutical company headquarters in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain. Cristina Arias | Cover | Getty Images Eli Lilly’s experimental drug helped patients lose up to 24% of their weight after almost a year, the highest reduction seen in the obesity treatment space to
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In this article LC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT After leaning heavily on their paychecks as prices spiked over the last year, households are finally feeling some relief. As of May, 57% of consumers said they were living paycheck to paycheck, down from 61% the month earlier, according to a new LendingClub report. Workers last month saw their buying
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Prospective buyers are welcomed by real estate agents at an open house in West Hempstead, New York on April 18, 2021. Newsday LLC / Contributor It’s been a tough market for U.S. homebuyers with a limited supply of properties driving up prices nationwide. But another factor may have contributed to rising home costs in certain
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