video Big stores including Walmart, Home Depot facing ‘historic’ levels of theft Former Chrysler Chairman & CEO Bob Nardelli on big nationwide retailers facing historic levels of theft and other crimes. Home improvement retailer Home Depot is making a nationwide change to how it pays hourly employees next week. "As laws, technology and workplace practices continue to evolve, we’re changing […]
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Stocks are trading lower shortly after Thursday’s opening bell. The report on December CPI came in better than expected, and equities reacted accordingly. The all-times index declined by 0.1% and came in at up 6.5% year over year. That is the smallest 12-month increase since October of 2021. The core index (excluding food and energy) rose 0.3% to post a […]
Read morevideo FOX Business Flash top headlines for January 11 Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing Co on Wednesday said it would raise wages by as much as 40%, a clear sign that Japan's rock-bottom salaries may be starting to budge after decades of deflation and cost-cutting. The move by the casual clothing giant is likely to […]
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This report was sent to Briefing.com subscribers earlier today. Research calls posted earlier this morning are available here. Upgrades: > Dow (DOW) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA Securities; tgt raised to $59 > Eastman Chemical (EMN) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA Securities; tgt raised to $108 > Euronav (EURN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at JonesTrading; […]
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The pandemic-era investing of trading fun and games is long over. Like last year, 2023 may be another year when the tab comes due, and it could be expensive. Gone are all the savings that were stored up in personal accounts. Also gone is the government largesse in the form of zero interest rates, quantitative easing and multiple rounds of […]
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With Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade, which will include code allowing withdrawals of ETH staked in the Beacon Chain, forthcoming, user interest in ETH staking continues to grow. This has also led to an increase in interest in liquid staking protocols like Lido and Rocket Pool, which allow users to join ETH staking without running a validator node. What is Ethereum Liquid […]
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The three major stock indexes opened essentially flat on Tuesday. There is little in the way of economic news except for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech to a meeting of central bankers in Stockholm. Prognosticators found no clue in Powell’s remarks about how the FOMC is leaning on an interest rate hike at its January meeting. December’s consumer price […]
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Mid-cap companies are fast-growing, young companies that are not as volatile as small-cap and not as stable as large-cap companies. Thus, they present a good opportunity for investors seeking a mix of growth and stability. To get an idea of the returns you could make (or lose) in the short term by investing in mid-cap stocks, detailed below are the […]
Read morevideo Tesla investors don’t want to think about Twitter: Al Root Barron’s senior writer Allen Root on what lies ahead for Tesla in 2023 after stocks face a steep decline on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Hundreds of Tesla clients in China who purchased cars from the electronic vehicle manufacturer late last year protested in Tesla stores after the company announced it […]
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