In this article MGM STZ DGE-GB An employee pours tequila into the popular Mountain Dew Baja Blast frozen drink at the new Taco Bell Cantina in Brookline, MA. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images Tequila could soon overtake vodka as America’s favorite liquor, fueled by consumers’ desire for pricey bottles of agave-based spirits.
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Loading chart… Rivian: “No, I don’t think [it’s going to be the next Tesla]. I think that it’s going to be a very unsexy truck maker. I have to tell you, Ford has to sell its stock [in Rivian]. Why don’t we buy GM? I mean, [GM CEO] Mary Barra is doing a good job.
Columbia Sportswear‘s strong fourth-quarter profitability was helped by consumers starting their holiday shopping earlier than years past, CEO Tim Boyle told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday. Shares of the outdoor-focused apparel maker jumped 5% Friday, after the company a day earlier reported a 64% year-over-year jump in net income in Q4 and issued robust full-year guidance. “In
A gas station in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2021. FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images Gas prices rose to the highest level in more than seven years Friday, on the heels of the U.S. oil benchmark topping $90 per barrel for the first time since 2014. The national average for a gallon
Rattler Midstream: “That group is red hot. The mastere limited partners. This thing yields 8%. I think it’s money good. I think it’s great. … Buy.” Nextdoor: “It’s a great advertising vehicle, but it was a SPAC. It was a SPAC and therefore, it’s no good. I mean, honest to God. If it’s a SPAC,
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday that the chipmaker views the so-called metaverse as much more than just the next frontier for social media. “The metaverse is going to develop as a number of different opportunities,” Amon said in an interview on “Mad Money,” appearing one day after the company’s posted
A pump jack at oil well and fracking site situated in cotton field in Shafter. Kern County Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images U.S. oil crossed above $90 on Thursday for the first time since 2014 as demand for petroleum products surges while supply remains constrained. West Texas Intermediate crude futures, the
A man with her protective face mask walks in Vellaces neighborhood after new restrictions came into force as Spain sees record daily coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, in Madrid, Spain on September 21, 2020. (Photo by Burak Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images One of the great mysteries that has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic
Waste Management CEO and President Jim Fish on Wednesday expressed confidence in the company’s 2022 prospects, despite the continued presence of inflationary pressures. “Our guidance that we just gave for 2022 is pretty darned robust,” Fish said in an interview on “Mad Money,” referring to projected organic revenue growth of 6% and adjusted operating EBITDA
In this article SEAS FUN SIX Guests ride the Bayside Skyride at SeaWorld on July 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. Daniel Knighton | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Theme park experts aren’t surprised that SeaWorld is looking to acquire Cedar Fair, but the price might not be right, yet. The company’s bold proposal,
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 04, 2021. Sumaya Hisham | Reuters Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti are the least vaccinated countries in the world against Covid-19, data has shown. Just 0.05% of Burundi’s population has received at least one Covid vaccination dose,
Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The flooding in the central Chinese province of Henan last year not only exacted a heavy human toll, it was also the costliest in Asia-Pacific
WHO Technical lead head COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini | Reuters The World Health Organization on Tuesday said there’s no indication omicron’s
Dover Corp.: “I liked the quarter. We’re looking for companies that make things and do stuff, but it does have some of these industrial problems that others have. I’m going to say you can hold onto it.” Perficient: “This is one of those companies that sells at 60 times earnings, and we have been saying
Silvergate Capital CEO Alan Lane told CNBC on Monday the bank holding company hopes to launch a stablecoin by the end of this year, following its acquisitions of assets and intellectual property from Mark Zuckerberg’s beleaguered cryptocurrency project. The California-based financial firm, which through its subsidiary Silvergate Bank operates the crypto-focused payments platform Silvergate Exchange
Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers – part of what is now called The Great Resignation. Around 4 million workers have quit each month between July and November 2021. Erica Leman had maintained a side hustle as a wedding photographer for 12 years. Like millions of other Americans, Leman, who was working in
In this article MGM A Ladbrokes betting shop, operated by Entain Plc, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images In a crowded gambling landscape, technology increasingly gives operators an edge. Global sports betting and gaming company Entain said Monday it is launching Ennovate, an innovation lab
In this photo illustration a TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images When TikTok creator Boman Martinez-Reid first got an email from Creative Artists Agency he ignored it. As an Ontario native, he saw the acronym CAA and assumed it was
Going out is not only less common these days, it’s also a lot more expensive. In general, the prices that consumers pay for goods and services recently notched their largest year-over-year jump since 1982. Gas prices, alone, are up a whopping 58.1% over the past year, and that’s just to get to where you are going.
Prosecutors said that officers obtained a ledger documenting profits in excess of $1.5 million from the alleged illegal activity. Office of the District Attorney County of Suffolk Two nurses on New York’s Long Island are being charged with forging Covid-19 vaccination cards and entering the fake jabs in the state’s database, a scam that allegedly