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Coca-Cola earnings beat Wall Street estimates as revenue jumps 16%
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Coca-Cola earnings beat Wall Street estimates as revenue jumps 16%

A person wearing a mask pushes a dolly cart past a Coca-Cola truck as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 16, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Coca-Cola on Monday reported quarterly earnings that topped analysts’ expectations as consumers […]

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Top Wall Street analysts like these stocks for long-term upside
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Top Wall Street analysts like these stocks for long-term upside

Earnings season is yet again upon us, with prominent names reporting this week. Volatility remains a focus for investors, and inflation has been continuing to compound pressure across all industries. The near-term uncertainty remains blurred, although long-term investing can often cut through the daily noise.   Let’s take a look at five stocks that analysts see […]

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Pickleball, a paddle sport with a whimsical name, is becoming big business
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Pickleball, a paddle sport with a whimsical name, is becoming big business

Two men play pickleball.  Seth McConnell | Denver Post | Getty Images About eight years ago, when brothers Rob Barnes, then 19, and Mike Barnes, then 21, founded a pickleball paddle-maker, they encountered a lot of skeptical glances. “We mentioned the word ‘pickleball’ — people would say, ‘What is that?’ No one knew about the […]

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Russia was Pepsi’s second-largest international market. What happens next now that it’s pulled out?
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Russia was Pepsi’s second-largest international market. What happens next now that it’s pulled out?

Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, multinational companies have withdrawn from Russia in staggering numbers.   As of April 22, more than 700 U.S. companies have scaled back, suspended or exited their Russian businesses, including Starbucks, McDonald’s and Pepsi, according to the Yale School of Management. Russia is Pepsi’s second-largest international market, after Mexico. The company generated […]

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Major retailers boost Black female entrepreneurship as employment gap lingers
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Major retailers boost Black female entrepreneurship as employment gap lingers

Ulta Beauty has doubled the number of Black-owned brands that it carries. Ulta Beauty Major beauty retailers are boosting small, minority-owned businesses as Black female entrepreneurship helps bridge an employment gap. As of last year, 17% of Black women in the U.S. were in the process of starting or running new businesses, according to the […]

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American Eagle is pitching a ‘frenemey network’ of vertical logistics to its retail peers — and it’s paying off
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American Eagle is pitching a ‘frenemey network’ of vertical logistics to its retail peers — and it’s paying off

Shekar Natarajan is chief supply chain officer of American Eagle Outfitters. He joined the retailer in 2018. Source: Julie Stapen Photography American Eagle wants to be more like Amazon. Not to get in the business of selling everything from shoes to pet food to toilet paper. But to master a business function that became critical […]

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Old Navy CEO to exit as parent company Gap cuts sales guidance
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Old Navy CEO to exit as parent company Gap cuts sales guidance

An employee hands a customer a shopping bag at an Old Navy Inc. store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gap Inc. announced Thursday that the CEO of its Old Navy division, Nancy Green, is leaving her post this week. Gap Chief Executive Sonia Syngal will work closely with the […]

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Carl Icahn calls out Wall Street ‘hypocrisy’ over ESG investing in letter to McDonald’s shareholders
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Carl Icahn calls out Wall Street ‘hypocrisy’ over ESG investing in letter to McDonald’s shareholders

Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Carl Icahn released his letter to McDonald’s shareholders on Thursday, calling out compensation among the company’s top ranks and Wall Street firms for their ESG investing policies. It’s the latest development in Icahn’s animal-welfare battle with the […]

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Starbucks’ union battle is getting aggressive and expensive, and Wall Street is backing away
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Starbucks’ union battle is getting aggressive and expensive, and Wall Street is backing away

Members react during Starbucks union vote in Buffalo, New York, U.S., December 9, 2021. Lindsay DeDario | Reuters When Starbucks announced Howard Schultz would return to the company as interim CEO, investors cheered. His first tenure as chief executive turned the company into a global brand and his second, years later, revived both the business […]

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It’s time to buy these e-commerce stocks after the sell-off, Morgan Stanley says
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It’s time to buy these e-commerce stocks after the sell-off, Morgan Stanley says

The e-commerce industry has strong growth prospects, according to Morgan Stanley. Source

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