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In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT French fries arranged at a McDonald’s Corp. fast food restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to share new details about its accelerated expansion plans, a new spinoff brand called CosMc’s and

In this article HA ALK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Alaska Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Alaska Air Group‘s executives spent months working on its plan to buy rival Hawaiian Airlines. The airlines’ leaders

In this article ALK HA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023.  Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Alaska Air Group has agreed to buy rival Hawaiian Airlines

Shoppers walk around Twelve Oaks Mall on November 24, 2023 in Novi, Michigan.  Emily Elconin | Getty Images Retailers are cheering after shoppers spent big on gifts and decor in the days after they gobbled up turkey and stuffing. But the strong showing does not necessarily mean those companies will have blowout success in their

A Panera Bread mango yuzu citrus charged lemonade is displayed at a Panera Bread restaurant in Novato, California, on Nov. 1, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Panera Bread has confidentially filed to go public again, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The restaurant chain, known for its soups, sandwiches and bagels, has been

In this article PARA WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Media stocks jumped Friday following a Wall Street Journal report that Apple and Paramount Global are in early-stage talks to offer a bundle of the two company’s streaming platforms. The companies have talked about bundling Apple TV+

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Pfizer’s twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill has now joined a long list of other scrapped drugs that aimed to treat obesity but came with unintended consequences.  The drugmaker on Friday said it will stop developing

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the drug lost weight but had trouble tolerating the drug in a mid-stage clinical study.  The drugmaker

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission on January 31, 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX Amazon bought three rocket launches from SpaceX for its Project Kuiper internet satellites, the tech giant announced on Friday. The move is a surprise from Amazon, given the company’s Kuiper system aims to compete with

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 aircraft is seen landing at dusk time at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Southwest Airlines and its pilots’ union are closing in on a new contract that would raise pay for

Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, dropped 1.5% in October from September. They hit the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began tracking this metric in 2001, meaning it’s even worse than readings during the financial crisis more than a decade ago. Sales were down 8.5% from October

In this article PFE MRNA NVAX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign advertises Covid vaccine shots at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Aug. 14, 2023. Brian Snyder | Reuters Three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, few Americans are rolling up their sleeves to get a Covid vaccine.  Only 15.7% of U.S.