United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets workers at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023.Rebecca Cook | ReutersDETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike to a Stellantis plant in Michigan...
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Chevron , Hess — Chevron shares slumped more than 2% after the oil giant said its buying smaller rival Hess in an all-stock deal totaling $53 billion, or $171 a share. Hess shares moved slightly higher. Apple — Apple shares...
Philips office building in Warsaw, Poland on July 29, 2021.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDutch health technology company Philips on Monday raised its full-year outlook as it beat analysts' expectations for third-quarter core profit and comparable sales.Core profit more than doubled to 457 million euros ($483.3 million), while comparable...
US singer Taylor Swift arrives for the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" concert movie world premiere at AMC The Grove in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 2023. Valerie Macon | Afp | Getty ImagesTaylor Swift continues to beat records at the box office.The pop star's Eras Tour concert film...
Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements and controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, walks to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 12, 2023.David A. Grogan | CNBCShari Redstone may have missed her window.Paramount Global's controlling shareholder is open to a...
Jim Farley, CEO, Ford, left, and Mary Barra, CEO, General MotorsReuters; General MotorsDETROIT — Ready for a tightrope walk?General Motors and Ford Motor report third-quarter earnings and future guidance this week amid ongoing strikes and contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. And it's a difficult balance.If the...
Today's housing market is a toxic mix of high mortgage rates, high prices, tight supply and strangely strong pent-up demand — and it's scaring off buyers and sellers alike.Prices were already high, driven by supercharged demand during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the popular 30-year fixed mortgage...
Travelers are flocking to airport lounges in search of complimentary food, drinks and perhaps most importantly, a chance to relax away from the hordes of travelers at the gate. The problem: plenty of other travelers are too.Armed with high-end rewards credit cards and fresh from years of big spending,...
Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan September 29, 2023.Rebecca Cook | ReutersDETROIT – The United Auto Workers union believes there is "more to be won" in ongoing contract negotiations with the Detroit automakers following five weeks of...
Janet Yellen, United States Secretary of Treasury, participates in global infrastructure and investment forum in New York, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Pool | Via ReutersThe federal government wound up its fiscal year in September with a deficit just shy of $1.7 trillion, the Treasury Department announced Friday.Wrapping up a year...