The summer after my first year of college, I was finally ready to get a job. At 18 with zero work experience, my options were limited to retail and fast food; I landed on the latter and snagged my first gig at White Castle. Ironically, I worked at the same […]
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Lowe’s beats earnings estimates as sales fall — and the company expects revenue to slide again this year
The Lowe’s logo is displayed on the front of the store near Bloomsburg. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images Lowe’s on Tuesday beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue estimates, even as the company continued to see customers tackle fewer home projects. The home improvement was going up against […]
U.S. Treasury yields fall as investors assess the state of the economy
U.S. Treasury yields declined Tuesday as investors considered economic data and the state of the economy. At 6:37 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury yield was down by over 2 basis points at 4.276%. The 2-year Treasury yield was last trading at 4.693% after dipping by more than […]
Bitcoin surpasses $56,000 benchmark, uplifts crypto market in latest rally
The bitcoin halving is an event that happens roughly every four years where rewards to miners are cut in halve, effectively limiting supply of the token. S3studio | Getty Images Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, extended a rally in Asia trading on Tuesday, reaching a two-year high […]
Bank CEO shrugs off U.S. war on ‘woke’ capital, says ESG investing is good for business
Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer at the Standard Chartered Bank, attends a panel session of the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 12, 2024. Ryan Lim | Afp | Getty Images Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters says environmentally conscious investing can be good for business, dismissing the impact […]
Russia offering African governments ‘regime survival package’ in exchange for resources, research says
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Jan. 20, 2023: A banner of Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France’s ambassador and military forces. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s military intelligence service is […]
eToro wants to bring its trading app to Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest headsets
An Apple Vision Pro mixed reality (XR) headset is seen at Apple store in New York, United States on Feb. 3, 2024. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu | Getty Images Online brokerage firm eToro is exploring ways to bring its retail trading app to augmented and virtual reality headsets from Apple […]
The 11 GRANOLAS stocks power Europe to record highs, drawing Magnificent Seven comparisons
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 19, 2024. Staff | Reuters Over the last 12 months, just 11 stocks made up half of the gains that powered the pan-European Stoxx 600 stock index to a record-high close on Friday. […]
Samsung unveils new memory chip with ‘highest-capacity to date’ for AI
Samsung logo displayed on a glass door at the company’s Seocho building in Seoul on July 7, 2022. Samsung Electronics has begun applications for tax breaks for 11 potential chip plants in Texas adding up to investments of about $192 billion, according to documents filed with Texas authorities. Jung Yeon-je […]
Coldplay, then Taylor Swift: Concert economics are driving a tourism boom in Singapore
Taylor Swift performing onstage in Nashville, Tennessee. John Shearer/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and now Taylor Swift. Singapore is eyeing concert economics as its new growth driver, which is set to add hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism receipts. “The Lion City has […]