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Boxes of General Mills brand cereals are displayed at Scotty’s Market on September 20, 2017 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images General Mills‘ quarterly sales missed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, as the Cheerios maker was hit by lower demand for its snacks and yogurts in the United States. Net earnings attributable to

Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images A small but significant group of Netflix and Disney+ users have told Bank of America they expect to cancel their Netflix subscriptions, rekindling concerns that new combatants in Wall Street’s “Streaming Wars” could hamstring current players. The bank’s survey of

At the Dead Sea, travelers slather thick, mineral-rich mud onto their bodies and bake under the sun. In India, hot stones are strategically placed along the spine. From Iceland to New Zealand, people luxuriate in steaming natural hot springs. And in Morocco? Travelers are buried alive in sweltering hot sand in the name of health

A FedEx plane is parked at Ontario International Airport on February 4, 2019. Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Tuesday: FedEx — Shares of the shipping giant fell nearly 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company posted weaker-than-expected earnings. In the company’s second quarter, FedEx reported adjusted earnings per share

Shoppers exit a Bed Bath & Beyond store in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond‘s new CEO is making it clear he means business, as he has been tasked with turning an embattled retailer around. The home goods company announced on Tuesday morning, in the midst of the

Unexpected medical bills are doing more than driving up debt. For many Americans, those debts are also making it more difficult to get a mortgage. Buyers with medical debt are more likely than others to be denied a mortgage, according to a report on consumer housing trends by online real estate marketplace Zillow. Zillow’s survey

The Adobe Systems Creative Cloud application is displayed on an Apple iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Tiskilwa, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adobe beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday on higher subscriptions in its core digital media business, which includes the flagship Creative Cloud suite

(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) ESG investing — or strategies that take a company’s environmental, social and governance factors into consideration — grew to more than $30 trillion in 2018, according to Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, and

Gerrit Cole #45 of the Houston Astros pitches during Game 1 of the 2019 World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Cooper Neill | Getty Images Five Major League Baseball teams are set to spend more on their top two

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters With trade tensions toned down, stocks have clearance to rally into year-end, a traditionally positive time for stocks. Stocks surged to record highs in the past week, as the U.S. and China moved to announce a phase one trade deal

With the Mega Millions jackpot at $340 million, Friday the 13th might turn out to be someone’s ultra-lucky day. Heading into Friday night’s drawing, the top prize has been climbing for more than two months with no one matching all six numbers in the twice-weekly drawings. And while the odds are stacked against a jackpot

I had just turned 21 and was celebrating my first legal drink when my friend pointed out that this was my last big birthday for a long time. I remember feeling a little sad. Now I’d add: Not long enough. Five years later, we find ourselves drinking to — if not celebrating — another turning

Costco Wholesale reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue on Thursday, hit by a slowdown in the number of customers shopping on the warehouse club operator’s website. U.S. grocers have become increasingly dependent on their online businesses to drive sales growth as consumers demand the convenience of shopping at home or at work in a sector saturated with

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump at the G-20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Brendan Smialowsi | AFP | Getty Images Amid a slew of headlines and tweets, a long-awaited phase one trade deal between the U.S. and China has finally been agreed upon. However, Goldman Sachs is not so happy

Here’s about 18 minutes, uncut, from the last part of Jon Fortt’s Fortt Knox interview this week with rapper and entrepreneur Fat Joe. They’re in the back of Fat Joe’s UPNYC store in Washington Heights, days after he dropped latest album “Family Ties,” a collaboration with hit-making producer and rapper Dre. The album features features

J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told employees that he’s “disgusted by racism and hate in any form” after a New York Times report detailed instances of discrimination at the bank’s branches. “We must make sure that the culture we aspire to reaches every corner of our company,” Dimon said in a memo sent late

1. Stocks set to open higher on US-China trade deal optimism Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the closing bell, June 18, 2019 in New York City. U.S. markets surged on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced that he plans to meet with Chinese President

A sign of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) is seen during a news conference by the state oil company at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Saudi Aramco set new records as the world’s biggest initial public offering. And, chances are, you’re shut out

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC on Thursday he expects the consumer to remain strong in the new year, and that’s why the carrier is raising its earnings guidance. Speaking to CNBC’s Phil LeBeau from the company’s investor day in Atlanta, Bastian said Delta is targeting revenue growth of 4% to 6% in

Signage of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) is seen during a news conference by the state oil company at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. Hamad Mohammed | Reuters Shares of Saudi Aramco surged on their second day of public trading, pushing the kingdom’s record IPO to a gargantuan

Martin Barraud | Getty Images A majority of Americans say the economy is only benefitting the wealthy, despite record-low unemployment and rising wages. A poll by Pew Research Center found that 69% of Americans say the economy is helping the wealthy, while hurting the poor, those without college degrees and the middle class. Responses also

Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that

Colin Anderson | Getty Images A new venture capital firm that will invest in companies that are fundamentally shifting how the energy sector operates said it has raised $250 million for its first fund. San Francisco-based Piva on Wednesday announced in a press release that its sole limited partner is Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and

New York, New York E+ | Getty Images There are three weeks left in the year, and House Democrats are taking a last shot at ending the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions. Rep. Thomas Suozzi, D-N.Y, along with Reps. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., proposed the “Restoring Tax Fairness for

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan speaks at the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference in San Francisco on September 25, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images for Dropbox Shares of video conference software company Zoom initially rose but then fell as much as 11% Thursday after the company issued fiscal third-quarter earnings that surpassed estimates, revealing slowing growth.

Shares of Agilent Technologies gained more than 3% in after-hours trading on Monday after hedge fund investor Bill Ackman revealed he has taken a stake in the lab testing equipment maker. A regulatory filing showed Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, owns more than 2.9 million Agilent shares, bringing his stake to around $246 million. 

Desmond Chang has spent much of the past year in steaming kitchens and pungent food production facilities scattered around Chengdu — arguably the city with the spiciest cuisine on the planet. In all-night sessions over hotpots and baiju (a potent alcoholic spirit), he conspired with local residents Xu Fan and Yang Wen to make this

Close-up of Postmates logo. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Venture capital’s renewed focus on profits instead of growth at any cost will make younger, urban lifestyles more expensive. Boardroom conversations are shifting in the wake of WeWork’s failed IPO, and investors are urging money-losing start-ups to tighten operations and eventually bump up

The Olympic flag and Russian flag are raised as the Russian National Anthem is sung during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony at Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Paul Gilham | Getty Images Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four

Allison Shelley | Getty Images News | Getty Images When it comes to Social Security, the question on most people’s lips is: “Will it still be there for me when I retire?” The answer is generally yes. But the system will pay less in benefits if nothing is done to repair it. In April, the