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Earnings playbook: Your guide to a busy week of earnings, including Alphabet and Tesla
Wall Street will get its first glimpse of Big Tech earnings this week. Google-parent Alphabet and Tesla are among the more than 100 S & P 500 companies slated to report. Results from Ford Motor, IBM and General Motors are also on deck. The reporting period is off to a solid start. About 14% of […]
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GM to increase production of high-performance Cadillac Escalade V8 SUV
2025 Cadillac Escalade V-Series SUV Cadillac DETROIT — General Motors will increase production of its Cadillac Escalade V-Series performance model as part of updates to the flagship SUV for the 2025 model year. The new SUV features a standard 55-inch diagonal display across the dash, including a passenger-only screen; an “executive package” for the second […]
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GM’s 2025 EV production capacity target in doubt after Barra comments
GM CEO and Chair Mary Barra speaks during an “EV Day” on March 4, 2020, at the company’s tech and design campus in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. GM General Motors‘ goal of being capable of producing 1 million all-electric vehicles in North America by the end of 2025 in heavily in doubt, following […]
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Tesla shares fall 6% after report of robotaxi unveiling delay
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X speaks during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters Tesla shares fell about 6% on Thursday after Bloomberg reported that the electric vehicle maker is delaying […]
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China’s robotaxi push sparks concerns about job security for drivers
More than 70% of Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi rides in Wuhan were fully driverless as of April, and the company said in May it expected 100% of the rides to be completely autonomous in coming quarters. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s yearslong effort to develop robotaxis is starting to gain traction […]
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GlobalFoundries races to find semiconductor talent as demand for chips soars
The semiconductor industry is recruiting workers in a tight labor market as the competition for talent ramps up and funding from the CHIPS and Science Act designed to spur domestic production continues to be dispersed. It is also staring down a projected shortfall of as much as one million workers in the broader U.S. economy […]
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The five secrets to Ferrari’s success as a luxury brand
In the world of luxury, Hermès is arguably the gold standard. Its sales are growing double digits even as other luxury companies post declines or dramatically slower growth. Wealthy customers lucky enough to be anointed as Birkin-bag worthy can purchase a Birkin 25 for about $11,000 and flip it the same day for more than $23,000. […]
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Ford sales edge 1% higher in the second quarter, led by trucks
Ford Mustang Mach E electric vehicles are offered for sale at a dealership on June 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Ford sales rose 1% during the second quarter over the year-earlier period, led by a 5% gain in truck sales, the automaker said Wednesday. Ford truck sales, which includes pickups […]
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GM reports best U.S. quarterly sales since 2020
DETROIT — General Motors reported its best quarterly sales in more than three years, including notable increases in full-size pickup trucks and all-electric vehicles. The Detroit automaker on Tuesday reported sales of 696,086 for the second quarter, up 0.6% from a year earlier and its highest quarterly units sold since the fourth quarter of 2020. Its […]
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How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise and lost access to bank accounts
Natasha Craft, a 25-year-old FedEx driver from Mishawaka, Indiana. She has been locked out of her Yotta banking account since May 11. Courtesy: Natasha Craft When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up. The app made saving money fun […]
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