A shopper at a Dollar General store Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dollar General’s core customers are reining in their spending amid a worse than expected macroeconomic backdrop, leading the discounter to slash its full year outlook after a dismal earnings report Thursday. Shares of Dollar General plunged about 16% in morning trading
In this article M Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Macy’s company signage is seen at the Herald Square store on March 02, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Macy’s on Thursday beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations, but cut its full-year guidance after discretionary sales weakened significantly in March.
In this article CHWY OKTA AI M Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk past Macy’s on January 26, 2023 in New York City. US gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2022. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making
Ejs9 | E+ | Getty Images Assessing how fast prices are changing for consumers may sound straightforward. But that’s not always the case — measurement quirks in consumer price index categories such as housing, technology and health insurance mean inflation readings don’t always jibe with the actual prices people pay. The dynamic is important: It
Despite a lack of affordable housing, many American cities have seen a paradoxical proliferation of new luxury condos. The reason behind this comes down to scarcity. Because cities limit the amount of housing that can be built, developers focus on attracting the wealthiest occupants instead of catering to everyone. Consider this metaphor: Imagine you are
Artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly, it can be hard to speculate about its effects on elders. What we can see is that applied to healthcare, it could be very positive. For older adults with multiple chronic conditions, there are different doctors with different perspectives, each a specialist in one thing. For anyone who has
As the debt limit drama plays out, Americans might be wondering if there is a better way to prevent defaulting on US debts and perhaps inducing a global recession or depression. President Biden, along with many commentators, has speculated that a president can bypass Congress by using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. But we
In this article LCID Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In an aerial view, a sign is posted on the exterior of Lucid headquarters on March 29, 2023 in Newark, California. Electric vehicle maker Lucid announced plans to lay off 1,300 workers, 18 percent of its workforce, as part of a restructuring plan. Justin Sullivan
In this article CRWD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CrowdStrike reported first-quarter earnings results for its fiscal 2024 year Wednesday, beating consensus estimates on the top and bottom lines but sending shares down more than 11% after hours on slowing revenue growth. Here’s how the cybersecurity firm did versus Refinitiv consensus estimates for the
GetYourGuide CEO Johannes Reck. GetYourGuide German online travel startup GetYourGuide raised $194 million from investors, hoping to capitalize on a bump in demand for travel services in the summer, further an expansion into the U.S., and invest in large language models and other artificial intelligence tools. The Berlin-based company said Thursday it had raised the
Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world again. Michel Euler | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk is the richest person in the world again, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index’s updated figures Thursday. The Tesla CEO saw his wealth jump 40.3% this year to $192 billion, after shares of the electric car maker
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Americans’ confidence they can live comfortably in retirement has dropped the most since the global financial crisis in 2008, according to a recent report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research. One reason is high inflation, which has reduced both workers’ and retirees’ belief that their
Forbes Global Properties The rarity of the exceptional location comes into play in the appeal of this Colorado home, which brings privacy, proximity, the sounds of water and the hushed quiet of the forest to the table. Set on a hillside in the sanctuary-like Buffehr Creek neighborhood of Vail, the mountain contemporary sits on a
After housing, transportation is the second-biggest expense for Americans age 65 and older. This demographic spent a mean of $7,160 on transportation in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s about $600 per month. Keep in mind that 2021 was a pandemic year. People weren’t driving nearly as much as they would
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden reached an agreement over the weekend to limit spending for a small fraction of the federal government for a couple of years. But it would not come close to materially reducing annual deficits or slowing the growth of the national debt, which the Congressional Budget Office
For several years, the terms shrink, retail crime and organized retail theft have echoed from the mouths of politicians, police officers, trade groups and the country’s most prominent retail executives. Politicians and police departments have sounded the alarm about rising retail theft, and are calling for stricter enforcement and prosecution to fight it. Trade groups
In this article CRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff attends the TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on April 26, 2023. Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images Salesforce reported an earnings and revenue beat and lifted its full-year guidance, but the stock dropped in extended trading as
In this article CRWD OKTA CRM AI CHWY PSTG JWN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Customers walk through a shopping mall along the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, March 15, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Nordstrom — Shares of the high-end department store jumped 9%
Djelics | E+ | Getty Images During the past year, the rate at which Americans quit their jobs has steadily declined from a record high back to pre-pandemic levels — seeming to spell the end of the labor market trend that came to be known as the “great resignation,” labor economists said. The “quits rate”
In February of 2022, real estate developer M. Patrick Carroll relocated his company Carroll to Florida and purchased a brand new Miami Beach estate for $16350000. This incredible home was designed from the ground up by legendary architect and designer, Achille Salvagni. Completed in 2020, the home is truly a work of art in itself—inspired