Month: June 2022
Spirit Airlines postpones shareholder meeting to continue deal talks with Frontier and JetBlue
A JetBlue Airlines plane takes off near Spirit Airlines planes at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airlines is postponing its shareholder meeting, previously scheduled for Friday, until June 30 so it can continue deal talks with Frontier Airlines and JetBlue Airways, […]
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Moderate Democrats push their party to do more to fight inflation
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., chair of the New Democrat Coalition, speaks with members of the press outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss his domestic agenda, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Washington. Standing with DelBene are Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif. […]
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Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years, amid rising rates and slowing home sales
Real estate agents Rosa Arrigo, center, and Elisa Rosen, right, work an open house in West Hempstead, New York. Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Images Mortgage rates are back on the upswing, after a brief decline in May, and the housing market is still suffering from a lack of listings. As a result, mortgage […]
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Bank of America downgrades Target as consumers pull back discretionary spending
Shares of Target could be under stress as consumers pull back spending in discretionary categories amid historically high inflation, according to Bank of America. Bank of America on Wednesday downgraded Target to neutral from buy. The firm also slashed its price objective on the stock to $165 from $235. The new price target implies just […]
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Car drives into a crowd in Berlin, at least one dead and a dozen injured
A vehicle drove into a crowd of people in western Berlin, injuring at least 30 people on Wednesday June 8. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images A car drove into a crowd of people in western Berlin on Wednesday, killing one person and smashing through a shop window, police said, in a district of […]
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Affirm shares are set to drop another 40% as rates rise and economic growth slows, Wedbush says
Now is not the time to buy into buy now, pay later company Affirm , according to Wedbush. Analyst David Chiaverini initiated Affirm with an underperform rating and a price target of $15 per share, implying downside of nearly 40% from Tuesday’s close. “We’re concerned about Affirm’s path to GAAP profitability, increasing competition in the […]
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OECD slashes global growth prediction on Ukraine war and China’s zero-Covid policy
The OECD estimates that global gross domestic product [or GDP] will reach 3% in 2022 — a 1.5 percentage point downgrade from a projection done in December. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has become the latest international institution to cut its predictions for global growth this year. […]
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Crypto poses a threat to the safety of global payment systems, fintech boss warns
Starling CEO Anne Boden. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images AMSTERDAM — The boss of Goldman Sachs-backed digital bank Starling has doubled down on criticisms of crypto, calling digital currencies a threat to the safety of payment infrastructure. “It is very dangerous,” Anne Boden, who founded Starling in 2014, warned Tuesday […]
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Stripe co-founder hits back at rivals accusing the company of unfair competition
John Collison, president and co-founder of Stripe. Christophe Morin | IP3 | Getty Images AMSTERDAM — The co-founder of $95 billion fintech giant Stripe defended the company’s business practices after complaints from rivals that it engages in unfair competition. John Collison, Stripe’s president, said Tuesday he is “pretty unapologetic” about the company’s decisions to launch […]
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European markets cautious as investors gear up for U.S. inflation data; Credit Suisse down 5%
LONDON — European stocks were muted on Wednesday as investors prepare for the latest reading of U.S. inflation on Friday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 hovered around the flatline in early trade, with retail stocks adding 1.8% while basic resources shed 0.7%. Credit Suisse shares fell more than 5% after the embattled lender warned that it […]
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