PepsiCo to buy Siete Foods for $1.2 billion

PepsiCo to buy Siete Foods for .2 billion

Siete Foods Tortilla Chips Courtesy: Siete Foods PepsiCo said Tuesday that it’s buying Mexican American food company Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, marking the company’s first food acquisition in roughly five years. Like many food companies, Pepsi has been trying to shift its portfolio to include healthier options in recent years, usually through acquisitions. Recent … Read more

Top Wall Street analysts prefer these dividend stocks to strengthen portfolios

Top Wall Street analysts prefer these dividend stocks to strengthen portfolios

The Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates by 50 basis points, setting a favorable backdrop for dividend-paying stocks. Wall Street analysts’ recommendations and in-depth analysis can help investors choose dividend stocks that can enhance total returns with passive income and stock price appreciation. Here are three dividend stocks, highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros on TipRanks, a platform … Read more

Kamala Harris promises to fight inflation

Kamala Harris promises to fight inflation

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images As she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order … Read more

Jim Cramer reviews 10 stocks that perform well after rate cuts start

Jim Cramer reviews 10 stocks that perform well after rate cuts start

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday reviewed stocks that have historically performed well just after the Federal Reserve embarks on a cutting cycle and chose his favorites. Using data compiled by CNBC Pro, Cramer discussed the top 10 stocks with the median best performance during three months after an initial cut over the past 40 years. … Read more

How Amazon is using generative AI to drive more same-day deliveries

How Amazon is using generative AI to drive more same-day deliveries

For years, Amazon has set the bar for package delivery. When Prime launched in 2005, two-day shipping was unheard of. By 2019, one-day shipping was standard for millions of items. Now, the retail giant is turning to generative AI to drive more same-day shipping. Amazon is using the technology to optimize delivery routes, make more intelligent … Read more

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) earnings Q2 2024

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) earnings Q2 2024

A Dick’s Sporting Goods store at the Los Cerritos Center shopping mall on February 21, 2024 in Cerritos, California.  Kirby Lee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday blew past Wall Street’s earnings estimates in its fiscal second quarter and while the retailer did raise its full-year guidance as a … Read more

Harris, Walz use Minnesota progressive overhaul as economic ‘roadmap’

Harris, Walz use Minnesota progressive overhaul as economic ‘roadmap’

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gesture at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., August 20, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters To understand the economic vision of the Harris-Walz presidential ticket, Minnesotans say just look at the North Star State. “I’ve heard some … Read more

Two-day shipping Americans now expect faces a climate change threat

Two-day shipping Americans now expect faces a climate change threat

Customers have come to expect when they order something online, it arrives in two days or less. But with increasing adverse weather events like Houston’s heatwaves, Florida’s hurricanes and other extreme storms, it’s getting harder to ensure fast delivery. Many logistics companies have warned about shipping delays due to extreme weather. Weather-related supply chain disruptions … Read more

Canadian rail lockout leaves billions in U.S. trade stranded

Canadian rail lockout leaves billions in U.S. trade stranded

Locked out railway workers demonstrate outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on August 22, 2024 in Brampton ON, Canada.  Ian Willms | Getty Images Canada’s Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon announced at a press conference on Thursday that he had directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to review his request for binding arbitration and … Read more

Cramer explains why retailers saw success in today’s consumer environment

Cramer explains why retailers saw success in today’s consumer environment

As major retailers start to report earnings this season, CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested why some companies managed to draw in shoppers in a changeable and sometimes oblique consumer environment. To him, outfits like Walmart, Target, TJX and Costco have fared well because they have low prices, attracting consumers tired of inflation and more selective about … Read more