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Ford is adding an off-road package to its hot-selling Maverick compact pickup
2023 Ford Maverick Tremor Source: Ford Ford Motor is adding a new off-road-ready package to its Maverick pickup in a bid to extend the sales success of its hot-selling small truck. The new Maverick Tremor package includes a beefed-up, higher-riding suspension and a new all-wheel-drive system system powered by Ford’s 2-liter EcoBoost turbo four-cylinder […]
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These stocks have led the rally since the June bottom and could offer more momentum in the second half, Credit Suisse says
Credit Suisse believes the July stock market rally will continue, and has a list of names that could continue to ride the momentum from here. Stocks capped a strong month on Friday, rallying sharply off their June lows, as traders bet that markets have already priced in the likeliest recession expectations and shifted into more […]
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From legroom to airfare: How JetBlue’s takeover of Spirit could change air travel
Passengers wait in line at the Spirit Airlines check-in counter at Orlando International Airport. Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty Images Spirit Airlines relented this week and agreed to sell itself to JetBlue Airways for $3.8 billion, hours after breaking off a merger agreement with Frontier Airlines that failed to win enough shareholder support. The […]
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Space company Masten files for bankruptcy after struggle with NASA moon contract
Lunar-focused company Masten Space Systems filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, with the venture winnowed down to a handful of people after layoffs and furloughs. The space company declared as its debts ballooned, tracing back to a NASA contract awarded to Masten two years ago. Once seen as a major win for the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Roku, Amazon, First Solar, Intel, Apple & more
People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Amazon — Shares of the e-commerce giant jumped more than […]
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How US-made mobile-rocket artillery could change the battlefield in Ukraine
Artillery has quickly become the most important weapon in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Ukrainian forces have begun to use newer Western artillery, like the M777 Howitzer, in the battlefield. But a different kind of weapon has had a bigger impact. The American-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, aka HIMARS, has been a major high-tech upgrade […]
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Bank stocks are ‘too cheap’ and could outperform S&P 500 after recession strikes, Oppenheimer says
Bank stocks have sold off this year on fears that a looming recession will rock the sector with surging loan defaults. But that reflex is an example of recency bias and ignores a few key differences in the U.S. financial industry after the 2008 financial crisis, Oppenheimer analyst Chris Kotowski said Friday in a research […]
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Chevron, Exxon post record quarterly profits as commodity prices boom
A floorhand operates a Chevron oil drilling rig near Taft, California. Chip Chipman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Exxon and Chevron posted record profits during the second quarter of 2022 as high commodity prices boost operations, and as the oil giants keep their spending in check. Chevron reported earnings of $11.62 billion during the three-month […]
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Roku plunges 25% after missing earnings
In this photo illustration, a hand holding a TV remote control points to a screen that displays the Roku logo. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Roku plunged more than 25% on Friday, a day after the company reported second-quarter earnings that missed both top and bottom-line estimates. The company posted earning […]
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U.S. secures 171 million omicron Covid shots ahead of fall vaccination campaign
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department has secured 171 million doses of new Covid vaccines that target the omicron […]
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