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In this article BLK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images BlackRock‘s move into crypto fits

Singapore has overtaken Japan to boast of the world’s most powerful passport, the Henley Passport Index showed. What it means is that the Singapore passport allows holders visa-free entry to 192 destinations out of 227 in the world. The global passport ranking for 2023 was conducted based on data provided by the International Air Transport

Skyline view of the City of London financial district. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. inflation cooled significantly in June, coming in below consensus expectations at 7.9% annually. Economists polled by Reuters had projected an annual rise in the headline consumer price index of 8.2%, following the hotter-than-expected 8.7% reading

Bloomingdale’s is just one of the retailers and brands trying to tap into Barbie buzz. It has a pop-up with exclusive Barbie-inspired apparel and accessories, along with a life-sized Barbie box where shoppers can strike a pose. Bloomingdale’s NEW YORK CITY — In the middle of Manhattan, shoppers can step inside of a life-sized Barbie

People rally in support of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan in front of the the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 28, 2023. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Following a Supreme Court ruling last month that effectively killed President Joe Biden’s original student loan forgiveness plan, the White House is quickly moving

Jane Fraser, Citi, at WEF, Davos, Jan. 17, 2023. Adam Galica | CNBC Citigroup shares rose in premarket trading on Friday after the bank reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped expectations. Despite the beat, Citi’s revenue fell 1% from a year ago as the decline in markets and investment banking businesses weighed on its

In this article USFD NVDA META AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A logo of Meta Platforms Inc. is seen at its booth, at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 17, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters The second half has kicked

Barbara Corcoran has an unpopular opinion that sets her apart from most millionaire entrepreneurs. “I don’t agree that you should work your buns off to get rich,” Corcoran, the founder of real estate firm The Corcoran Group and star of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” tells CNBC Make It. “Never entered my mind my whole life. And

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency Ripple is displayed on January 30, 2018 in Paris, France.  Chesnot | Getty Images Blockchain startup Ripple is confident U.S. banks and other financial institutions in the country will start showing interest in adopting its XRP cryptocurrency in cross-border payments after a landmark ruling

Chris Pratt and Charlie Day voice Mario and Luigi in Universal and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Universal LOS ANGELES — It’s the billion-dollar question: Why are mega blockbusters in short supply this year? Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is the only movie released in 2023 to so far eclipse the $1 billion

Supreme Court justices listen to arguments. Artist: Bill Hennessey When the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan at the end of June, it dealt a crushing blow to the president as he runs for reelection and to the tens of millions of Americans who were promised the financial relief. Unsurprisingly,

In this article UNH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Representatives speak with customers at a UnitedHealthcare store in Queens, New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group’s stock price jumped Friday after the health-care conglomerate reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations despite rising medical costs. The

Ignatiev | E+ | Getty Images Company: Mercury Systems (MRCY) Business: Mercury Systems is a manufacturer of essential components, products, modules and subsystems. The company sells them to defense prime contractors, the U.S. government and OEM commercial aerospace companies. Essentially, Mercury Systems makes the electronics that go into defense applications. Because it pays for its

The Biden administration announced Friday it would be automatically forgiving student debt for 804,000 federal borrowers as a result of fixes to income-driven repayment plans. The borrowers — who will be notified of their relief in the coming days, the administration said — will have a total of $39 billion in debt forgiven just weeks

Changpeng Zhao, billionaire and chief executive officer of Binance Holdings Ltd., speaks during a session at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Zed Jameson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crypto exchange Binance is laying off employees in response to an ongoing Justice Department probe that is likely to end with

Cans of PepsiCo’s Pepsi Zero Sugar soda are displayed for an arranged photograph taken in Tiskilwa, Illinois, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration disagrees with a World Health Organization finding that the widely used soda sweetener aspartame possibly causes cancer in humans, saying

zimmytws | iStock | Getty Images When it comes to Social Security benefits, a key deadline is looming: Benefits may be reduced in the next decade if no action is taken sooner. This week, the Senate Budget Committee met on Capitol Hill to consider the dilemma facing the program with a focus on a key

In this article STLAM-IT HLLY SPWR ROKU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Packages of Beyond Meat Inc.’s plant-based products, Beyond Burger and Beyond Sausage, are displayed at a supermarket in Katwijk, Netherlands, November 19, 2020. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Roku — The streaming provider

Mark Cuban often sits quietly while his “Shark Tank” co-hosts are in a bidding war — and it isn’t a coincidence. The billionaire investor learned how to use silence to his advantage, he said in a recent discussion with best-selling author Chris Voss on Fireside, the streaming audio app Cuban co-founded. Instead of being first

A pedestrian walks by a Domino’s Pizza restaurant in San Francisco, Feb. 23, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday. Domino’s Pizza — The stock popped nearly 11% after Domino’s announced U.S. consumers can now order its products through Uber’s Uber Eats and

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Disney CEO Robert Iger arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The Walt Disney Company will extend CEO Bob Iger’s deal by two years, extending his tenure through 2026.

Owen Franken | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Whether it’s “tipflation,” “tip fatigue” or “tip creep,” most people are uncomfortable with the changing expectations around gratuities, at least in the U.S. In other countries around the world, tips are smaller — and less problematic.  While customs vary by region, “the U.S. is the most tip-happy

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The rapid rise of a few already massive tech stocks this year is causing Nasdaq to make unusual adjustments to its popular growth index. The company announced on July 7 that it will do a special rebalance of the Nasdaq 100 Index, which will take effect before the

Beyoncé performs onstage during the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at PGE Narodowy on June 27, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Kevin Mazur | Wireimage | Getty Images As inflation remains high in many countries around the world, economists have found themselves considering a surprising potential contributor: music concerts. Beyoncé is currently on her first solo tour since

New Chinese laws on espionage and foreign relations took effect on July 1. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — For foreign businesses in China, geopolitics hold more sway than new Chinese laws, according to analysts. National security is a growing priority for the country. Two new laws, one on espionage and

In this article JPM ZION Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The whirlwind weekend in late April that saw the country’s biggest bank

Photo: Envato Elements There are signs the labor market is cooling down, but job seekers may still have an edge as demand for workers remains strong — and artificial intelligence can serve as a tool in the process. Despite the worries that artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs, these advanced software systems can give you the

In this article MDB MU CCL AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, Micron Scott Mlyn | CNBC The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched a solid performance in the first half of 2023, thanks to an impressive rally in major tech stocks. However, macro pressures have not abated, with minutes from the

Justin Sullivan | Getty If you manage to score the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot this Saturday evening, your winnings will shrink significantly after Uncle Sam takes its share. The Powerball jackpot winner can choose between a lump sum of $310.6 million cash or yearly payments worth $615 million. These are estimates until the

Investors may want to stick with what’s working in the market. ETF experts Todd Sohn and VettaFi’s Dave Nadig believe a second winning half is in store for technology and artificial intelligence plays. Sohn, Strategas’ ETF and technical strategist, particularly likes Roundhill Generative AI and Technology ETF (CHAT). “What I like about [CHAT] is that