An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said the agency will increase the required amount of rest time for air
In this photo illustration, Pantene and Head & Shoulders hair products are displayed on July 28, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Procter & Gamble on Friday reported mixed quarterly results as it struggles to bring back shoppers after two years of hiking prices across its portfolio, from Tide detergent to Charmin
In this article SMH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Investing in semiconductors may be the most efficient way to play the artificial intelligence boom, according to VanEck’s CEO. “Semiconductors have become the heart of the AI trade,” Jan van Eck told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. His firm’s VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH), which tracks
There is no doubt that the economy is now stronger than it was four years ago. But, are people better off than they were before the pandemic? Looking at employment alone, it is clear that the quick and strong jobs recovery has meant that those workers, who were from 25 to 44 years old in
The Netflix logo on a laptop arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, July 16, 2023. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The best way to get investors to stop focusing on something is to stop telling them at all. Netflix said Thursday it will no longer report quarterly membership numbers and average revenue per membership
Pictured here is a commercial residential property under construction on March 20, 2024, in Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s fiscal stimulus is losing its effectiveness and is more of a strategy to buy time for industrial and consumption
More than 70% of Americans are worried that higher taxes will be imposed on future distributions from traditional IRAs and 401(k)s, according to Allianz Life’s Quarterly Market Perceptions Study for the third quarter of 2023. That’s one reason a high percentage of participants in the same survey said effectively managing taxes on retirement income is
Antonio Suarez Vega | Istock | Getty Images The largest cohort of baby boomers is poised to reach age 65 between now and 2030. And women — who make up 52% of those “peak 65” boomers — are more likely to struggle in retirement compared with their male peers, according to a new economic impact
In this article NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Enrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Netflix is due to report first-quarter earnings after the closing bell Thursday. The company’s performance has been an anomaly in the streaming realm. While competitors struggle to turn profits, Netflix saw a 12% bump in
The facade of Norway’s central bank, also known as Norges Bank, in Oslo, Norway. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of 1.21 trillion kroner ($109.9 billion), supported by robust returns on its investments in technology stocks. “Our equity investments had a very strong return in
Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park on Aug. 8, 2020. Darwin Fan | Moment | Getty Images Visitors to national parks will get free admission on April 20 as the federal government waives entrance fees to commemorate the start of National Park Week. National Park Week runs for nine days, from April 20 to April
Medicare expects it will spend more $550 million this year for the controversial anti-Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi and predicts the cost will skyrocket to $3.5 billion in 2025, according to Stat News. The program spent $5.7 billion on drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro in 2022, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. These GLP-1 medications were
Peter Cade | Stone | Getty Images Buyers of newly built homes can come across a number of sticker shocks. In February, the median sale price for new construction sold in the U.S. was $400,500, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. More from Personal Finance: Should you
Prospective buyers attend an open house at a home for sale in Larchmont, New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of previously-owned homes dropped 4.3% in March compared with February, to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.19 million units, according to the National Association of
In this article ALK BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 25, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Alaska Airlines forecast second-quarter and full-year earnings well ahead of estimates on Thursday thanks to strong travel demand, despite a
Illustration of a cybercriminal using a computer. Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty Images A huge fraud website used by thousands of criminals to trick people into handing over personal information such as email addresses, passwords, and bank details, has been infiltrated by international police. Britain’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement Thursday that the
By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue Companies lay off or discharge approximately 1.5 million people every month, shocking family finances of those affected — particularly if the finances include college plans for a son or daughter. Students and their parents are not helpless, however. Here is a closer look at how college plans may be affected
Jetcityimage | Istock | Getty Images The annual rate for Series I bonds could fall below 5% in May based on the latest inflation data and other factors, experts predict. That would be lower than the current 5.27% interest on I bond purchases made before May 1, but higher than the 4.3% interest offered
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York on June 30, 2022. Leslie Josephs | CNBC While the aviation industry has been in the spotlight lately for a host of safety issues, airline executives say there is no sign of slowing demand for flights. United Airlines “as an airline and as an industry” will carry record
In this article ASML ASML-NL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President Joe Biden’s administration plans to press the Netherlands next week to stop its top chipmaking equipment maker ASML from servicing some tools in China, two people familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. leans on allies in its bid to hobble Beijing’s