Business
Inflation forces mom and pop restaurants and chains like McDonald’s to lean on their strengths
Customers at a McDonald’s restaurant Scott Mlyn | CNBC As the restaurant industry battles inflation, the large size of chains and their access to cash gives them the upper hand, but independents have advantages of their own when managing higher costs. Feeling the pressure on their budgets, consumers have been cutting back on their restaurant […]
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Layoffs mount, and Main Street still can’t find any workers to hire for open jobs
A “Now hiring” sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, May 9, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters When it comes to salary, small business owners generally don’t play in the same league as larger companies. It’s even trickier now in a tight labor market with rising wages […]
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The big new Exxon Mobil climate change deal that got an assist from Joe Biden
Could it be that Big Oil’s next big thing got a big assist from Joe Biden? Maybe, if carbon capture and storage is indeed as big a deal as ExxonMobil’s first-of-its-kind deal to extract, transport and store carbon from other companies’ factories implies. The deal, announced last month, calls for ExxonMobil to capture carbon emitted […]
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Cramer’s lightning round: AST SpaceMobile is an exciting thing, not a stock
AST SpaceMobile Inc: “It’s an exciting thing, not a stock. I think a stock is a company that makes money and then returns some of that money to you and trades inexpensively, and that one doesn’t qualify.” Cano Health Inc: “What the heck is going on with Cano Health? … The stock is just in […]
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Cramer’s week ahead: Markets will do ‘much better’ during the next four weeks
Stocks rose on Friday but ended the turbulent week down. Source
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Taylor Swift slams ‘outside entity’ over ticket fiasco: ‘I’m not going to make excuses for anyone’
Taylor Swift performs onstage during iHeartRadio’s Z100 Jingle Ball 2019 Presented By Capital One on December 13, 2019 in New York City. Kevin Mazur | Getty Images Taylor Swift responded to her fans Friday after Live Nation‘s Ticketmaster said a general public sale of tickets to the superstar’s “Eras” tour would be canceled because there […]
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Buyers need a six-figure income to afford a ‘typical’ home, report finds. Here’s how to reduce the cost
It’s no secret that it’s a tough market for prospective home buyers. In October, U.S. buyers needed to earn $107,281 to afford the median monthly mortgage payment of $2,682 for a “typical home,” Redfin reported this week. That’s 45.6% higher than the $73,668 yearly income needed to cover the median mortgage payment 12 months ago, […]
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This week’s best performers include several retail stocks and one exchange operator
It hasn’t been the best week for the broader market. The S & P 500 is down about 1% week to date, as investors weighed fresh commentary from Federal Reserve officials on inflation and monetary policy, which heightened concerns of even higher interest rates. Several retail stocks bucked the overall market trend, however, on the […]
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Carvana to lay off 1,500 employees following stock freefall
A Carvana used car “vending machine” on May 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Carvana plans to lay off about 1,500 people, or 8% of its workforce, following a freefall in the company’s stock this year and concerns around its long-term trajectory, according to an internal message first obtained by CNBC’s […]
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Erie County hit with 3 feet of snow as Buffalo braces for ‘historic’ winter storm
A person walks through downtown in the snow Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. Joshua Bessex | AP Residents of Buffalo and other parts of New York state woke up Friday morning to heavy snowfall that officials warn could “paralyze” the hardest-hit communities. As of Friday morning, Erie County, home to Buffalo, has seen three feet […]
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