Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said Monday that consumer behavior has diverged as inflation for goods and services makes life harder for many Americans.Fraser, who leads one of the largest U.S. credit card issuers, said she is seeing a "K-shaped consumer." That means the affluent continue to spend, while lower-income...
High-end fitness chain Equinox is launching one of the most expensive gym memberships in the world — a $40,000-per-year program aimed at improving overall health and longevity.Equinox is teaming up with lab-test startup Function Health to launch "Optimize by Equinox," a personalized health program that includes everything from personal...
Howard Schultz, former chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., drinks from a Starbucks mug during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz weighed in Sunday on the coffee...
Star Wars Lego models are seen at the Bricks & Figs museum in Krakow, Poland, on April 15, 2023.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIf you are a Star Wars fan, Jens Kronvold Frederiksen may have crafted your childhood.A design director at the Denmark-based Lego company, he has spent the past...
A Dave & Buster's location in the Gateway Center shopping complex in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesArcade chain Dave and Buster's plan to allow customer betting isn't winning over everyone.Software company Lucra Sports announced on Tuesday...
Warren Buffett tours the grounds at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska.David A. Grogan | CNBCBerkshire Hathaway, led by legendary investor Warren Buffett, has been making a confidential wager on the financial industry since the third quarter of last year.The identify of the stock — or...
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The typical family office costs more than $3 million a year to operate, as competition for talent drives...
Shari Redstone, chair of Paramount Global, attends the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.David A. Grogan | CNBCSkydance Media is prepared to walk away from its offer for Paramount Global unless it receives a firm commitment from controlling shareholder...
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAmgen's stock rose more than 12% on Friday after the drugmaker teased positive initial data on its experimental weight loss injection. That fueled investor concerns about new competition in the rapidly growing weight loss drug industry, sending shares of the current obesity players, Novo...
Shari Redstone, non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global, attends the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 11, 2023.David A. Grogan | CNBCSony Pictures and private equity firm Apollo Global Management have sent a letter to the Paramount Global board expressing interest in acquiring the...