Month: January 2025
Best balance transfer cards with 0% APR of January 2025
Discover APRs are accurate as of December 12, 2024 Credit cards have notoriously high interest rates, so carrying a balance can be costly. However, some cards offer a path to paying off debt quicker with an introductory 0% APR period. These cards offer no interest for up to 21 months, which can more than offset […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Rivian Automotive, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Ford and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Rivian Automotive – Shares popped 19% after the electric vehicle maker’s vehicle production and deliveries for 2024 met the company’s previously announced guidance. This comes after the company had lowered its production target for the full year in October. U.S. Steel – Shares fell 6% following […]
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GM, Ford report best annual U.S. sales since 2019
Attendees view the 2025 Ford Bronco Stroppe Special Edition during the AutoMobility LA 2024 auto show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 21, 2024. Robyn Beck | Afp | Getty Images DETROIT – Both General Motors and Ford Motor on Friday reported their best annual U.S. new vehicle sales since 2019, prior to impacts […]
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Trump touts Mike Johnson for House speaker as Republican faces tight vote
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump again called on fellow Republicans to select Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday, as […]
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IT disruption causes delays at German airports, police say
Passengers stand in front of the display board in Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German federal police are experiencing a countrywide IT systems outage at airports, a spokesperson said on Friday, forcing officers to manually process passengers arriving from outside Europe’s free-travel Schengen area. “There is currently a […]
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U.S. surgeon general calls for cancer risk warnings on alcohol labels
A customer drinks a glass of beer at the Saxton Pub in Austin, Texas, April 5, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The U.S. surgeon general issued a new advisory warning Friday about the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, and pushed for policy changes to help reduce the number of alcohol-related cancers. […]
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JetBlue fined $2 million by DOT for ‘chronically delayed flights’
JetBlue Airways aircraft are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on June 15, 2013. Fred Prouser | Reuters The Department of Transportation fined JetBlue Airways $2 million for “chronically delayed flights,” the first penalty of its kind, the DOT said Friday. JetBlue operated four routes that were delayed […]
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Ukraine’s halt of Russian gas to Europe throws breakaway Moldovan region into crisis mode
Flow regulator valves at a natural gas measuring station in Moldova. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has been thrust into a profound energy crisis following the termination of a five-year gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people in the mainly Russian-speaking territory of Transnistria […]
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Stellantis Italy output falls 37% in 2024, car production hits 68-year low
Employees works on the production floor of the SUSTAINera Circular Economy Hub at Stellantis NV’s Mirafiori complex in Turin, Italy, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vehicle production by car maker Stellantis in Italy fell by 37% last year, hit in particular by a steep plunge in car manufacturing, union figures […]
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Biden blocks U.S. Steel takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing national security
A water tower at the U.S. Steel Corp. Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday officially blocked the takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, making good on his promise to keep an industrial name that is […]
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