New York (CNN Business)Coffee shops have used loyalty programs to learn more about their customers and keep them coming back for years. Now, as consumers embrace digital payments during the pandemic, the trend is spreading to restaurant chains who want the same benefits. Earlier this month, White Castle announced the launch of its first national rewards program, Craver Nation. Customers […]

After all these stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions, you’re itching to get out on the vast, open ocean. You’re ready to see multiple countries — but only want to unpack once. You’re yearning for the all-you-can-eat popcorn on the pool deck. But you’re also skeptical of when you’ll actually be able to cruise. Given a slower-than-expected vaccine rollout, ongoing quarantine […]

Azek, a producer of sustainable building materials, saw revenues grow 28% last quarter amid a red-hot real estate market. "The focus on the house really gives us a long-term benefit because we really benefit from people investing in their homes," CEO Jesse Singh said in a "Mad Money" interview. The company also raised its full-year guidance for the current fiscal […]

(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc said late on Friday that outgoing Chief Executive Officer Mike Corbat’s compensation for 2020 would be $19 million, a 21% decrease from 2019, according to a regulatory filing.FILE PHOTO: The logo of Citi bank is pictured at an exhibition hall in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File PhotoCompany directors reduced Corbat’s incentive pay for his […]

Los Angeles County will again reserve the majority of its available Covid-19 vaccinations again next week to provide second doses for those ready to receive them, with county-operated large-scale sites exclusively administering second doses, health officials said Friday. “Next week the majority of appointments at our vaccination sites will continue to be for second doses,” said Dr. Paul Simon, chief […]

FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo/File Photo(Reuters) – Richard Branson and Barry Sternlicht were among more than two dozen investor groups that filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise new blank-check acquisition companies, setting a new record. The 28 filings for new […]

Insider Intelligence publishes thousands of research reports, charts, and forecasts on the Fintech industry. You can learn more about becoming a client here. The following is a preview of one Fintech report, the Usage-Based Auto Insurance Report. You can purchase this report here. Usage-based insurance (UBI) is personalizing the previously impersonal business of auto insurance. This business model — also […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq traded sideways on Friday in a tight range, with investors buying energy, financial and materials shares and selling big tech stocks as they wait for progress on new fiscal aid from Washington to spur the market to new highs.FILE PHOTO: Traders wearing masks work,on the floor at the New York Stock […]

Gina Carano was fired from "The Mandalorian" by Disney on Wednesday. On Friday, she announced she will be working with Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire. Gina Carano may have been fired from her Star Wars gig by Disney on Wednesday, but she's already got a new project lined up. This time with Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire. On Friday, the conservative media […]