U.S. new vehicle sales expected to have struggled during third quarter

U.S. new vehicle sales expected to have struggled during third quarter

New Jeep vehicles sit on a Dodge Chrysler-Jeep Ram dealership’s lot on October 03, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images DETROIT — U.S. sales of new vehicles are expected to have struggled during the third quarter amid economic and political uncertainties, as well as elevated interest rates and … Read more

H&M shares fall as much as 8% on profit miss, scrapped margin target

H&M shares fall as much as 8% on profit miss, scrapped margin target

The logo of Swedish clothing retailer H&M hangs over one of its stores on March 28, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of H&M tumbled as much as 8% on Thursday after the world’s second-largest listed fashion retailer posted a miss on operating profit and abandoned its … Read more

David Tepper says the Fed has to cut rates at least two or three more times to keep credibility

David Tepper says the Fed has to cut rates at least two or three more times to keep credibility

David Tepper, founder and president of Appaloosa Management. David Orrell | CNBC Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper said investors should believe the Federal Reserve when it says it will lower interest rates because the central bank has now to keep credibility. “You just read what these guys are saying,” Tepper said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday. … Read more

WTI below $68 as Saudi committed to higher output

WTI below  as Saudi committed to higher output

U.S. crude oil prices fell nearly 3% on Thursday on a report that Saudi Arabia is committed to pressing ahead with production increases later this year. Saudi is prepared to ditch its unofficial oil price target of $100 per barrel, people familiar with the kingdom’s thinking told The Financial Times. Saudi officials are ready to … Read more

Swiss central bank cuts rates by a quarter point in third trim this year

Swiss central bank cuts rates by a quarter point in third trim this year

A view of the headquarters of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), before a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, March 21, 2024.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters The Swiss National Bank on Thursday took a third step to loosen monetary policy this year, bringing its key interest rate down by 25 basis points to 1.0%. The trim, … Read more

Hoda Kotb announces she is leaving NBC’s ‘TODAY’ show

Hoda Kotb announces she is leaving NBC’s ‘TODAY’ show

Hoda Kotb on the set of the TODAY Show on Friday, April 12, 2024, Nathan Congleton | Nbcuniversal | Getty Images Hoda Kotb will be leaving her role as a co-anchor on NBC’s “TODAY” show early next year, she announced in a letter to staff on Thursday. “As I write this, my heart is all … Read more

Kamala Harris likely to win, but Trump better for economy: CFO survey

Kamala Harris likely to win, but Trump better for economy: CFO survey

Election polling continues to forecast a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but within corporate America, top executives are preparing for Harris to become the next president of the United States, according to a new CNBC survey of C-suite executives across the economy. A majority of chief financial officers … Read more

Google backs Distance, startup bringing mixed reality to cars, planes

Google backs Distance, startup bringing mixed reality to cars, planes

Distance Technologies develops a product that it says can turn any transparent surface into an augmented-reality display. Distance Technologies Distance Technologies, a Finnish startup that aims to bring mixed-reality technology to any car windshield or plane cockpit, has raised 10 million euros ($11.1 million) of funding from GV, the venture capital arm of Alphabet and … Read more

Just Eat Takeaway.com to deliver sex toys in partnership with Lovehoney

Just Eat Takeaway.com to deliver sex toys in partnership with Lovehoney

A Just Eat sign displayed at the front of a pizza takeaway shop on May 19, 2020 in Fleet, England. Alex Burstow | Getty Images Grubhub-owner Just Eat Takeaway.com said Thursday it had partnered with sex toy retailer Lovehoney Group, in an unexpected expansion into the so-called sexual wellness sector. The Anglo-Dutch online takeaway delivery … Read more