By nearly every measure, Americans are financially strained. Yet, we’re coming up with new ways to justify expensive purchases. The latest way, coined “girl math,” breaks down the price of an item by the cost per wear. If you use an expensive handbag every day for a year, for example, then it might only set
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Major retailers and brands have driven $14 billion in revenue to Black-owned businesses since May 2020. In the last three years, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Sephora, Ulta Beauty and 25 others have partnered with nonprofit organization Fifteen Percent Pledge. The group asks companies to reflect the Black community that makes up 15% of the U.S. population by
The logos of Swiss banks Credit Suisse and UBS on March 16, 2023 in Zurich, Switzerland. Arnd Wiegmann | Getty Images News | Getty Images UBS on Friday said that it has ended a 9 billion Swiss franc ($10.27 billion) loss protection agreement and a 100 billion Swiss franc publicly liquidity backstop that were put
As Americans increasingly lean on credit to make ends meet, new reports show signs of potential problems ahead. Total credit card debt surpassed $1 trillion for the first time ever, the New York Federal Reserve reported Tuesday. Credit card balances are up almost 20% from a year ago, according to a separate quarterly credit industry insights
This is part of our educational blog series, “The Short Form,” to simplify tax issues and explore the world through the lens of tax policy. Learn more about taxes with TaxEDU. It’s no “Cruel Summer” this year if you’re a Swiftie. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour could be the highest-grossing tour ever by the time its 131
In this article FOXA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk by the News Corporation headquarters, home to Fox News, on April 18, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Fox Corp. Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet Dinh will step down from his post, months after the company agreed to
A Six Flags Great Adventure “Clean Team” crew member disinfects the Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth ride every 30 minutes. Kenneth Kiesnoski/CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. UBS — Stock in the Swiss bank ticked up 4.6% before the opening bell following news that UBS ended a $10 billion loss protection
Djelics | E+ | Getty Images Income-hungry investors have long flocked to mortgage-backed real estate investment trusts — and why not? Many of them pay a handsome, double-digit dividend. But such vehicles haven’t done so well lately. That’s because when interest rates rise and yields balloon, their valuations tend to suffer, which is what happened
Astra Taylor Source: Isabella De Maddalena In 2014, Astra Taylor co-founded the Debt Collective, the first union for debtors. Since then, one of her main goals has been to get student debt canceled. The last year or so has been bittersweet: First, in what felt like a major victory, President Joe Biden announced that he’d
This is the final part of a three-part series on organized retail crime. The stories examine the claims retailers make about how theft is impacting their business and the actions companies and policymakers are taking in response to the issue. Read the first story here and the second here. Pedestrians walk past a vacant storefront along the
Rocket Lab Rocket Lab on Tuesday reported second-quarter results that largely met Wall Street’s expectations, and the company said it added contracts for 10 more launches in 2023 and 2024. “The second quarter saw strong performance across Rocket Lab’s launch and space systems businesses with three successful Electron [rocket] launches, more than 17 spacecraft featuring
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Huawei’s production campus is pictured here on April 25, 2019, in Dongguan, near Shenzhen, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Huawei on Friday reported 2.2% year-on-year growth in its consumer business revenue for the first half of the year. The modest growth comes alongside China’s slower-than-expected
An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters Market participants are “overconfident” about their ability to predict the long-term effects of AI, according to Mike Coop, chief investment officer at Morningstar Investment Management. Despite a pullback so far this