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In an aerial view, the Netflix logo is displayed above Netflix corporate offices on October 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images There’s a love affair on Wall Street between investors and streaming. The romance started about a decade ago when consumers began cutting the cord with cable TV bundles en […]
Walmart CEO John Furner, left, and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke. Walmart (L) | Getty Images (R) When Walmart and Target report holiday earnings this quarter, investors may quickly brush off those results. Instead, they will likely focus more on the two big-box retailers’ futures under new CEOs and the outlook for U.S. consumers in 2026. […]
Elon Musk’s pay package of up to $1 trillion highlights the continued escalation in CEO compensation, even as worker pay slows and rewards to shareholders remain mixed, according to several studies. Already, Musk is the richest person on the planet with a net worth that tops $660 billion, according to Bloomberg. Musk saw his […]
While discounts drove purchasing in the early days of the holiday shopping season, consumers are shifting into more thoughtful, quality gifts in the back half of the season as total spending growth slows. U.S. consumers had spent $187.3 billion so far online between Nov. 1 and Dec. 12, up 6.1% from the same stretch last […]
McDonald’s Meal Deal photographed in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2024. Scott Suchman | The Washington Post | Getty Images McDonald’s leadership is urging operators to stay the course on value offerings as the competition for consumers plays out across the restaurant space. In a memo to U.S. operators following the company’s third-quarter earnings, McDonald’s […]
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April 28, 2025, 2:00pm A new press will be “focusing initially” on publishing male writers, reported The Bookseller today. Finally, a space for guys to be guys. The press is called Conduit Books, and will be run by novelist and critic Jude Cook. There’s not a lot of information on their website—they’re still looking for […]
Apple’s iPhone 16 at an Apple Store on Regent Street in London on Sept. 20, 2024. Rasid Necati Aslim | Anadolu | Getty Images Apple has made moves to diversify its supply chain beyond China to places like India and Vietnam, but tariffs announced by the White House are set to hit those countries too. […]
