WTI lower as demand weighs on market

WTI lower as demand weighs on market

Crude oil futures fell for the fourth day in five Monday, as the U.S. pushed to secure a cease-fire deal to the end the fighting in Gaza and worries about softening demand weighed on the market. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel, where he warned this may be the “last opportunity” to … Read more

Gold set for fresh highs ahead of Fed rate decision

Gold set for fresh highs ahead of Fed rate decision

An employee handles one kilogram of gold bullion at the YLG Bullion International Co. headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Chalinee Thirasupa | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold prices have been hitting new highs and analysts expect more records, with some forecasting the metal to hit $3,000 per ounce next year, as … Read more

Beijing and Hollywood are decoupling as Chinese audiences favor domestic productions

Beijing and Hollywood are decoupling as Chinese audiences favor domestic productions

Cosplayers pose for a photo in front of a life-size model of the new Marvel Universe movie “Deadpool & Wolverine,” authorized by Disney and seen in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2024. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Hollywood blockbusters have dominated international box offices for decades, but in recent years, they have … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street’s ‘dress rehearsal’

CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street’s ‘dress rehearsal’

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2024.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

stocks, news, data and earnings

stocks, news, data and earnings

London’s Bishopsgate, the British capital’s financial district. Vuk Valcic | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week in mixed territory, after global markets rallied last week. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 11 points lower at 8,299, Germany’s DAX down 13 points … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street ‘dress rehearsal’

CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street ‘dress rehearsal’

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2024.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you … Read more

Why Walgreens, CVS retail pharmacies are struggling

Why Walgreens, CVS retail pharmacies are struggling

The abundance of Walgreens and CVS Health stores makes them convenient for whenever Shriya Raghavan, a research associate based in Philadelphia, needs to pick up necessities like gum, deodorant and soap.  But she said she often has to wait for employees to unlock cabinets or stand in lengthy lines to pick up prescriptions as pharmacists … Read more

US Woman Falls From Golf Cart, Sues Hard Rock Hotel For Rs 4 Crore

US Woman Falls From Golf Cart, Sues Hard Rock Hotel For Rs 4 Crore

The 27-year-old was a guest at the hotel in 2022. A woman from Brooklyn, United States, who fell from a golf cart is suing Hard Rock Cafe & Hotel in the Dominican Republic for $500,000 (Rs 4 crore). Taylor O’Leary claimed in the complaint that she suffered several injuries after she fell out of her … Read more

10 most-expensive U.S. cities to raise a child

10 most-expensive U.S. cities to raise a child

It’s no secret that kids are expensive, but where you raise them can add thousands to your annual budget. The average yearly cost of raising a child across the 100 most-populous U.S. metros is $22,989, but it can vary widely between cities, according to an analysis by Creditnews Research. In San Francisco, the annual cost … Read more

Long-term winners as AI boosts U.S. power needs, according to Mizuho

Long-term winners as AI boosts U.S. power needs, according to Mizuho

A large array of solar panels along Highway 41 are located in close proximity to the growing Tulare Lake, a once great body of water in the southern Central Valley, now beginning to fill again due to the recent series of major rain and snow storms in the Sierra Nevada, is viewed on April 13, … Read more