Rivian investor day focuses on cost reductions, efficiency gains

A Thursday investor event for Rivian Automotive that focused on cost-cutting efforts, efficiency gains and in-house technologies and software wasn't enough to build on the company's significant share growth this week.Shares of the all-electric vehicle startup fell by about 2% to 6% for much of the event, eating into...

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How Walmart’s Sam’s Club is trying to take on Costco’s Kirkland

Stuck at home during the Covid pandemic, Megan Crozier needed a way to keep her two young children entertained. She bought an inflatable pool from Sam's Club.The pool began leaking air after just a few uses.For Crozier, chief merchant of the Walmart-owned membership club, that trashed pool — and...

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Walgreens (WBA) earnings Q3 2024

In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on January 04, 2024 in San Pablo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesWalgreens on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations and slashed its full-year adjusted profit outlook, citing a "challenging" environment for pharmacies and U.S. consumers.The...

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SpaceX wins NASA contract for ISS reentry destruction

A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024.Maxar Technologies | Via ReutersNASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk's SpaceX guide the International Space Station's destruction later this decade, the agency announced Wednesday.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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All 31 banks pass annual exercise

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the response to the bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2023.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Federal Reserve said Wednesday that...

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