Holiday shopping season forecasts show growing K-shaped divide
Americans tend to overspend during the holiday shopping season, and this year will be no different, according to some forecasts. Despite concerns about the economy, President Donald Trump’s latest wave of tariff hikes and persistent inflation, holiday spending between November and December is expected to rise 3.7% to 4.2% and surpass $1 Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: NVDA, WMT, PANW
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nvidia — The chipmaker popped 5% after it reported fiscal third-quarter results that were well above expectations. Nvidia’s fourth-quarter revenue guidance was also stronger than analysts anticipated. Walmart — The retail giant gained rose slightly on better-than-expected results for the third Continue Reading
Global robotaxi race heats up between U.S. and Chinese rivals
Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles. Baidu BEIJING — Chinese robotaxi companies are expanding abroad at a faster clip than U.S. rivals Waymo and Tesla — at a time when industry leaders say autonomous driving is finally Continue Reading
The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up
Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s Continue Reading
Walmart (WMT) Q3 2026 earnings
A sign with the Walmart logo is seen outside of a Walmart store in Selinsgrove. Paul Weaver | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Walmart will report fiscal third-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday and give the latest read on consumer spending as the retail industry heads into Continue Reading
Williams-Sonoma CEO says next quarter will see a bigger tariff impact
Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber gave CNBC’s Jim Cramer an update on how tariffs are affecting business, explaining why her company’s next quarter will see more of an impact. The home goods and furniture outfit beat the estimates when it reported on Wednesday. But management indicated tariffs are taking longer than Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: NVDA, PANW, ODD, AMD
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Nvidia — Shares of the chipmaker rose more than 6% in extended trading on the back of better-than-expected third-quarter results . Nvidia earned $1.30 cents per share, excluding items, on $57.01 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by LSEG had expected $1.25 Continue Reading