Ordini’s Best Fiberglass Pools contractors work to install a pool, which the company says have dramatically increased in sales due to COVID-19 fears, in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, April 26, 2021. Rachel Wisniewski | Reuters Americans are kicking the can down the road on some more-costly, traditionally financed purchases as elevated inflation …
Trucks wait to enter the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The US Census Bureau is scheduled to release trade balance figures on December 5. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The latest shipping data is …
At American Express, consumers are continuing to open high-fee credit cards and splurge on luxuries like travel. But for lending firm Upstart, there’s a strong interest in microloans as cash-strapped Americans try to scrape by. That juxtaposition underscores the growing picture of bifurcation among income brackets in America. And adds …
A truck picking up a container at the Norfolk International Terminals at the Port of Virginia. NIT is the largest terminal at the port with more than 90 semi-automated stacking cranes. Lori Ann LaRocco | CNBC The Port of Virginia is on track to become the functionally widest and deepest …
A customer walks through The Home Depot store on February 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The state of the consumer in 2024 is already taking shape — even before the country’s major retailers begin to report first-quarter earnings, starting with Home Depot and Walmart next …
Nicolette Nelson was running late for her return flight to Fairbanks as she sprinted towards her gate at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Overcome by a medical issue, she didn’t make it to her gate and wound up spending the night in a Cincinnati hospital. By the next day, she had recovered …
A Family Dollar Stores Inc. store in Hyattsville, Maryland, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Dollar Tree Inc. expects to close about 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of fiscal 2024 and shut down an additional 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree locations as their leases expire. …
Goldman Sachs sees opportunities in small-cap stocks — even as the Russell 2000 finishes its worst week since early January. Greg Tuorto, who runs the actively managed Goldman Sachs Small Cap Core Equity ETF (GSC) , thinks easing financial conditions should help boost the group. But his view comes with …
An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, on March 21, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Help wanted at Boeing. CEO Dave Calhoun on Monday announced he is stepping down from the aerospace giant’s top post at year’s end …
Terry Vine | Getty Images Falling fertility rates are set to spark a transformational demographic shift over the next 25 years, with major implications for the global economy, according to a new study. By 2050, three-quarters of countries are forecast to fall below the population replacement birth rate of 2.1 …