Engaged couple embrace. Bryan Miguel | Moment | Getty Images Holiday gifts aren’t the only pricey thing on shoppers’ lists right now. We’re also approaching peak engagement season for couples in the U.S., or the time between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day, according to wedding site The Knot. Consumers in the market for a diamond engagement
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Like many workers, saving for retirement wasn’t a priority for Mark Zimmermann. The 72 year old thought he’d always run the family dairy farm in Wisconsin, but that didn’t go as planned. “I struggled farming, I had too many disasters and was never able to put any money away,” Zimmermann told CNBC, speaking from an
In this article LGF.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler star as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird in Lionsgate’s “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” Lionsgate “Snow lands on top.” It’s the mantra of the main character Coriolanus Snow in the upcoming “Hunger Games: The Ballad of
In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. booth at the Smart China Expo in Chongqing, China, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S.-listed shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba slid on Thursday after it announced that it would not proceed with
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters BEIJING — The U.S. and China have to choose between being adversaries or partners, Chinese President Xi Jinping told American business
A rendering on a Dream Chaser spaceplane in orbit. Sierra Space Sierra Space, one of the sector’s most valuable private companies, laid off several hundred employees and contractors this week, CNBC has learned. A Sierra Space spokesperson confirmed the company let go of about 165 employees on Thursday, but declined to specify the number of
In this article GPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Gap retail store sign on September 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Allison Dinner | Getty Images Gap posted a better-than-expected third quarter on Thursday, but the apparel retailer still appears cautious ahead of the holiday season as it works to reverse slowdowns at
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger pushed back against a report that alleged his partner Warren Buffett at times traded stocks in his personal account before the conglomerate made moves in the same securities. Munger, 99, told CNBC’s Becky Quick in an interview that the idea that Buffett was front-running Berkshire’s own trades doesn’t make
From virtually sending a friend money to ordering food to your doorstep, computer and mobile applications allow us to accomplish many tasks faster and easier than we could in the past. However, despite its rapid development over the past few years, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks today’s software is still “pretty dumb,” according to a
d3sign | Moment | Getty Images As millions of Americans compare health plans on the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces, experts say it’s critical to run projections and rethink popular tax moves before enrolling in subsidies. Marketplace open enrollment typically runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 15, but will extend to Jan. 16 because of
In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Barbie dolls (R) are displayed for sale ahead of Black Friday at a Walmart Supercenter on November 14, 2023 in Burbank, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shoppers may get an early present this holiday season: falling prices in many gift-giving
In this article M Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Macy’s Herald Square store in New York is shown on Aug. 21, 2023. View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Macy’s on Thursday topped Wall Street’s quarterly expectations, as inventory and margin improvement helped offset an 7% year-over-year decline in sales. The department store
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Thursday that this week’s news showing lower levels of inflation isn’t enough to convince her that the central bank has won its battle against higher prices. “We’re making progress on inflation, discernible progress. We need to see more of that,” Mester told CNBC’s Steve Liesman during an interview
Bill Stovall in his house in Cumming, Georgia. Every morning, Bill Stovall wakes up at around 8:30 a.m. The first thing he does is speak to his wife’s ashes, which are in a pink urn on his fireplace mantle. He keeps it brief. “I say: ‘Good morning. I miss you and I love you. I
In this article UBSG-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program on Oct. 17, 2022. Leah Millis | Reuters More people with federal student loans have been able to walk away from their debt in bankruptcy court due to a Biden administration policy change announced
In this article HUBS BILL PAYC ZI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Westend61 | Getty Images Nick Martin, co-founder and CEO of Joe Coffee, is so concerned about the state of the economy that he’s looking for ways his company can save money. One main area for cuts: software. Martin started the Seattle-based company
High mortgage rates continue to weigh on the nation’s homebuilders, leading to an increase in price cuts to lure buyers. But builders are cautiously optimistic about recent signs that interest rates may move lower soon. Homebuilder sentiment fell six points to 34 in November on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Members of a recently formed union of Starbucks workers hold a rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their founding, December 9, 2022 in New York City. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images Starbucks workers in New York City have filed 14 more
In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Walmart store with gardening products for sale in Atchison, Kansas. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Walmart will report quarterly earnings Thursday as the discounter generally outperforms its rivals. Here’s what Wall Street expects from the retailer, according to consensus estimates from LSEG,
James Gorman, chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley, speaks during the Global Financial Leader’s Investment Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The de-facto central bank of the Chinese territory is this week holding its global finance summit for a second year in a row. Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images