[ad_1] U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a press conference at Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday did not commit to calling Congress back into session before the election after President Joe Biden pressed congressional leaders about potential funding shortfalls […]

[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer reviewed next week’s top market-moving action, highlighting new consumer price index data and a slew of earnings reports as the season begins, including ones from Delta, Domino’s and several major banks. He also noted the stocks rally on Friday as Wall Street celebrated better-than-expected job creation last month. “A market that […]

[ad_1] A sign outside of the Starbucks headquarters is seen at Starbucks Center on July 3, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder | Getty Images More than a decade ago, Starbucks bought its first coffee farm, in Costa Rica. Now the coffee giant has added two more to its portfolio. The Seattle-based company said Thursday […]

[ad_1] Visitors pass shops on a pedestrianized street in the old town in A Coruna, Spain, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Manaure Quintero | Bloomberg | Getty Images Euro zone inflation fell to 1.8% in September, coming in below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. The reading […]

[ad_1] A view of a SpaceX rocket, as seen across the Rio Grande in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., July 22, 2024.  Veronica Cardenas | Reuters SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule […]

[ad_1] A woman takes a selfie photo, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, at Surcouf street in Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.  Mauro Pimentel | Afp | Getty Images France’s harmonized inflation rate fell sharply in September, preliminary data from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic […]

[ad_1] Ayesha Ofori, founder and CEO of Propelle. Propelle Ayesha Ofori is a former Goldman Sachs wealth advisor who quit her high-profile job to resolve Britain’s gender wealth gap, after realizing she had spent her career making rich men even richer. Ofori is the 40-year-old founder and CEO of female-focused financial investment platform, Propelle, which […]

[ad_1] LONDON — The British pound has jumped to its highest level in two-and-a-half years following a hawkish rate hold from the Bank of England, but strategists warn the upcoming U.K. budget could pose a risk to investor and consumer sentiment. Many investors are awaiting the new Labour government’s fiscal plan at the end of […]

[ad_1] Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel […]

[ad_1] Demaerre | Istock | Getty Images Corporate leaders can’t “bulls—” their employees about the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce and the ways in which the technology will affect jobs more broadly, according to one tech billionaire. Jim Kavanaugh, the CEO of World Wide Technology (WWT), told CNBC that people are “too smart” […]