A ''Now Hiring" sign hangs above the entrance to a McDonald's restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesJob growth was much stronger than expected in December, possibly providing the Federal Reserve less incentive to cut interest rates this year.Nonfarm payrolls surged by 256,000 for the month, up...
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Delta Air Lines — The airline stock popped 6% on stronger-than-anticipated fourth-quarter earnings. Delta posted adjusted earnings of $1.85 per share in $14.44 billion in revenue. That surpassed the EPS of $1.75 and $14.18 billion in revenue expected by analysts...
People walk by a Walgreens on Nov. 3, 2024 in Brookline, Massachusetts.Danielle DeVries | CNBCWalgreens on Friday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped expectations, as it shutters stores and cuts other costs to steer itself out of a rough spot.Here's what Walgreens reported for the three-month period...
Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Airlines, speaking on CNBC's Power Lunch on Dec. 17th, 2024.Adam Jeffery | CNBCDelta Air Lines' first-quarter outlook on Friday topped analyst expectations as the carrier forecast strong travel demand to start the year, which CEO Ed Bastian said will likely be the carrier's best...
The logo for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 26, 2023.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. posted December quarter revenue that topped analyst estimates, as the company continues to get a boost from the...
The December jobs report is likely to provide only limited clarity on where the labor market is headed, with experts differing on how pronounced a slowdown there is in hiring.From a consensus view, economists expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning to report a gain of 155,000...
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. eBay – Shares jumped 9.7% and touched 52-week highs after announcing that Meta is testing using its listings on Facebook Marketplace . Buyers from Facebook will be redirected to eBay to complete transactions. The gain put the stock on track...
The rally in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices has generated excitement among some investors, but investment advisors are largely still skeptical that those volatile assets belong in a 401(k) plan or other qualified retirement savings plans. Crypto was one of the fastest-growing categories of exchange-traded funds in 2024. The most...
A worker adjusts hiring signage at a job and resource fair hosted by the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board in partnership with NCWorks in Hendersonville, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPrivate sector job creation eased more than expected in December while...
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. SolarEdge Technologies — The solar stock dropped 6%. Citi downgraded SolarEdge to sell from neutral, saying the company faces "stubbornly high" operating expenses despite its restructuring announcement. Shares moved 6.6% and 8% higher on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, after SolarEdge...
Gregg Greenberg spent 14 years as a journalist at TheStreet.com where he wrote the highly popular column "The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Glamour to ESPN the Magazine, and on humor sites such as Points in Case.
Focus Financial Partners is looking ahead to a new era of growth following its acquisition by funds affiliated with Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Stone Point Capital. The deal which takes Focus off the public market — it was previously listed on the Nasdaq — and into private hands was...
The financial services sector is set for substantial growth in the next few years as several factors converge. The global market is anticipated to reach more than US$37.5 trillion dollars by 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5% according to the latest report from The Business Research...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now sees a 15% chance the US will slide into recession, down from 20% previously as cooling inflation and a still-resilient labor market suggest the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates any further. “First, real disposable income looks set to reaccelerate in 2024...
A record sell-off in Chinese stocks by global funds has pushed their positioning to the lowest since October, with money managers unswayed by the stimulus measures that have been coming through over the past few weeks. The average underweight position by global long-only managers is back to where it was...
US equity investors are in for disappointment as economic growth is set to be weaker than expected this year, according to Morgan Stanley’s staunch bear, Michael Wilson. The strategist’s warning contrasts with the rally on Wall Street, driven by expectations the economy can withstand the Federal Reserve’s hiking campaign, which...
Market making in digital tokens used to be a font of outsized profitability. The picture today is very different as costs jump and investors avoid a crypto sector scarred by a $2 trillion rout. The price crash led to bankruptcies like that of the FTX exchange, leaving a mountain of coins stranded...
The world’s biggest banks aren’t telling stakeholders what they need to know to judge how big the industry’s carbon footprint is, according to a fresh study. Only five global banks have disclosed the quantitative results of climate scenario analyses to shareholders and clients, according to a report published on Tuesday...
