In this article FL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign hangs above the entrance of a Foot Locker store on August 02, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Foot Locker’s stock opened 24% lower Friday after it reported dismal fiscal first-quarter results and reduced its outlook just two months after
In this article DIS FL BE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Foot Locker Inc. signage is displayed in the window of a store in New York, U.S. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Bloom Energy — The clean energy stock jumped 5.1% following
Elon Musk says his days of trying to sleep less and work more are over — at least, relatively speaking. The Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter CEO, who referred to himself just last year as “fairly nocturnal,” has a history of pulling all-nighters and sleeping under his desk to get work done. Now, he makes an
Skodonnell | E+ | Getty Images I’m a financial advisor. So, I know a thing or two about saving and investing. But I’m also a dad with a college-aged son, and I am starting to see that, now more than ever, I need financial knowledge to help in that role. Saving for college has gotten
Getty The annual contribution limit for health savings accounts, or HSAs, will soon get a sizable boost due to inflation, the IRS announced this week. For 2024, the yearly limit for self-only HSA plans is rising to $4,150 from $3,850 in 2023, and the cap for family plans is jumping to $8,300 from $7,750. The catch-up
With all the talk lately about a looming recession, I’ve been thinking about strategies that retirees and pre-retirees can adopt to protect themselves from severe financial disruptions if the predicted recession lands on our doorstep. It reminded me of how my parents retired and recession-proofed their retirement. In the fall of 2008, I asked my
More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, returning to the office versus working from home still hasn’t settled down. There’s an ongoing tension around working from home between management’s need for innovation and discipline versus workers’ desires for more flexible arrangements and reduced commuting time. As urbanist and historian Dror Poleg likes to
In today’s post-pandemic world, brick-and-mortar retail has surprisingly made an incredible comeback. At one point, as consumers stayed home and shopped online, the future of physical stores was called into question. Yet now many retailers are welcoming in customers who seek an experience or the chance to see and touch merchandise before making a purchase.
In this article NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix saw its stock rise nearly 10% on Thursday after the streaming service unveiled details about its new ad-supported tier this week. The streaming service said it had 5 million monthly active users for its cheaper, ad-supported option
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Pocket money rose by more than inflation in the UK in the last year, and kids found ways to boost their income on top of that, a new report says. Agrobacter | Istock | Getty Images Despite a wider financial crunch in the U.K., British kids have reason to be cheerful with new data showing
JGI | Blend Images | Getty Images The IRS is preparing to test a free online direct filing system for some taxpayers — and while pre-populated returns with certain details already filled in aren’t part of the initial plan, research shows it may be possible for certain filers. As directed by the U.S. Department of
You’ve probably heard about the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (LSG, H.R. 2811), which narrowly passed the House of Representatives last month. It features prominently in the ongoing debate over the federal debt ceiling. It’s the GOP’s wish list of spending cuts, totaling $4.8 trillion over the 10-year budget window, according to the Congressional
Even if you’ve never read Eloise, the iconic children’s book by Kay Thompson, the name has become almost synonymous with New York’s iconic five-star Plaza Hotel. The French Renaissance château-style building was first built in 1907 and deemed a New York City landmark in 1969. While it’s been an operating hotel for over a century,
In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World. Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images Disney has abandoned plans to open up a new employee campus in Lake Nona, Florida, amid rising tensions with the state’s governor. Citing “changing business conditions” and the return of CEO
In this article BABA BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of Alibaba, unveiled its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen during the 2023 Alibaba Cloud Summit on Tuesday morning. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba announced plans to spin off its cloud division as a separate, publicly-traded company, while the
Lorie K. Logan, the newly appointed Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president and chief executive, is pictured in this undated handout image, obtained on May 11, 2022. Dallas Federal Reserve | via Reuters Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan said Thursday that the economic data points so far don’t justify skipping a rate increase at
Adrian Hallmark, CEO, Bentley Scott Mlyn | CNBC After a record-breaking year in 2022, Bentley Motors reported surging profits in the first quarter thanks in large part to car customization, CEO Adrian Hallmark said. Bentley reported its best-ever first quarter, with operating profits up 27% to 216 million euros, or about $232 million. Even more
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., urges Congress to make child care affordable, pass paid leave, support care infrastructure, and raise the debt ceiling on May 17, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Many workers need to take leave at some point to address their own health needs or to
The issue of teacher shortages is a problem plaguing schools and communities across the nation, and one that is reaching crisis levels. Historically, a majority of people would like to see their child become a public school teacher. That has been changing. In 2022, 62 percent said they would not like to see that happen.