A stealth inflationary cost is biting into corporate profits. While some companies are now seeing lower input and freight costs, one expense is not falling: insurance.In its earnings report Friday morning, Dow component Travelers said insurance premiums that it charges are still soaring. Premiums on business policies jumped 14%...
A delivery man delivers packages in a Los Angeles neighborhood on January 17, 2024. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesSales of previously owned homes fell 1% in December compared with November to 3.78 million units on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales...
Delta airlines airplanes are seen parked at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.Camilo Freedman | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines expects to move forward with an order of Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft as the plane manufacturer struggles with issues surrounding the Max 9, the carrier's CEO told CNBC...
Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden's Justice Department has successfully had two airline link-ups halted in court in recent months....
A person walks on the day of the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2024. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseDenis Balibouse | ReutersThe 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland will wrap Friday. Billionaires and world leaders are flying home from Zurich or taking long...
Ford workers produce the electric F-150 Lightning pickup at the automaker's Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on Dec. 13, 2022.Michael Wayland | CNBCDETROIT – Ford Motor is increasing production of its Bronco SUV and Ranger pickup, while cutting production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning, the automaker said Friday.Ford said...
The drive-thru entrance to a Salad and Go location.Source: Salad and GoWhen Sweetgreen went public two years ago, co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman said the salad chain aspired to be the "McDonald's of its generation."But another salad rival could beat Sweetgreen to the punch: Salad and Go.Founded in 2013,...
Spirit Airlines jetliners on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Joe Cavaretta | South Florida Sun-sentinel | Getty ImagesSpirit Airlines on Friday raised its financial forecast for the fourth quarter of 2023, sending shares soaring more than 20%...
Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Lucas Jackson | ReutersWayfair is cutting 13% of its global workforce as the digital home goods retailer looks to trim down its structure, cut out layers of management and reduce costs, it announced Friday. The company plans to lay off...
Macy's on Thursday said it will cut about 3.5% of its workforce and close five of its namesake mall locations as the legacy department store moves to trim costs and turn around slowing sales.The move will affect approximately 2,350 positions across its corporate office and stores, company spokesman Chris Grams said."As we...