BAE Systems BAE Systems has reached an agreement to acquire British company Prismatic, with the defense and aerospace giant looking to continue its development of solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The deal, announced Tuesday, builds on a collaboration between BAE Systems and Prismatic announced last year. Their work has resulted in the production of two
Month: September 2019
Early retirement may sound like a dream. However, if today’s retirees are any indication, you may want to rethink how you plan financially. Photo taken in Big Island, United States Shawn Walters / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images A new survey from NerdWallet finds that today’s retirees stopped working at 59, on average. That
The labor market and the broader economy are both better than they look on the surface, and in fact have been mostly defying the continual patter of recession expectations. By multiple measures, the U.S. is staying ahead of the global slowdown, the trade war with China and the bond market’s implication that the decade-long recovery
Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 Source: Lamborghini Fans of the famous flux capacitor in 1985 movie “Back to the Future” will love the new Lamborghini. The Italian automaker unveiled its fastest car ever Tuesday morning at the Frankfurt Motor Show — a geometric fantasy of speed and engineering called the Sian FKP37. It is the company’s
Pedestrians pass in front of a GameStop store in New York Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of GameStop plummeted more than 16% after the company cut its forecast and reported second quarter earnings that fell short of expectations. The company said it expects adjusted full-year earnings per share
CNBC’s Jim Cramer expounded on the ongoing rotation of investments in the stock market. The “Mad Money” host goes off the charts to understand if the gold and bond prices are nearing a top. Cramer gives his thoughts on activist investor Elliott Management’s $3.2 billion stake in AT&T and explains why he think the move will
Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images Kids can come up with some pretty amazing ideas. In fact, ear muffs, the popsicle and the trampoline were all invented by children. Even Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, who is worth $81.7 billion, according to Forbes, began hustling as a child, going door to door selling
Petri Oeschger | Moment | Getty Images One of the best ways financial advisors can bolster their credibility and reach potential clients is available for free. It’s called social media. However, merely joining Twitter and Facebook won’t cut it, according to Dasarte Yarnway, founder of Berknell Financial Group in San Francisco. He shared his views
A selection of Netflix original content sits displayed in the Netflix app on an Apple iPad tablet device in this arranged photograph in London. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Netflix is putting out strong performance data but investors don’t seem to care, according to Credit Suisse. Despite positive numbers coming from app downloads
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2019 in New York. – Wall Street stocks tanked Friday after President Donald Trump vowed a tough response to new Chinese tariffs, escalating the trade war between the world’s top two economies amid rising fears of recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
A woman shops for clothing at the JC Penney store in Garden City, New York. Saul Martinez | Bloomberg | Getty Images In a bid to boost sales, J.C. Penney said Tuesday it plans to launch an outdoor shop, selling apparel and other excursion gear in 100 of its roughly 830 department stores next month.
It’s a debate that typically comes up when discussing whether to delay Social Security benefits: Will that result in less total money over your lifetime? The longer you wait on those retirement checks — up until age 70 — the larger the monthly payments you’ll receive. Aimstock | Getty Images That’s why experts generally advise
An activist investor with a penchant for bold calls about companies losing value spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday about his latest position, which bets that household products company Church & Dwight will lose half its value. Spruce Point Capital founder Ben Axler published a report last week expressing “significant concerns” about Church &
An employee hands a customer their order at the drive-thru window of a Wendy’s restaurant in Peoria, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Wendy’s shares fell about 4% after the company slashed its 2019 forecast as it announced plans to roll out breakfast nationwide
Scooter drivers in Ho Chi Minh City on November 01, 2016. Thomas Koehler | Photothek | Getty Images Growth in emerging markets has been the linchpin holding up the global economy at a time when advanced countries are threatening to unravel it. That’s the view of former World Bank vice president Ian Goldin, who told
Most people looking for better money skills turn to the money pros — certified financial planners or advisors. Yet sometimes a nonmoney maven can get you on the right track. Marija Jovovic | E+ | Getty Images Marie Kondo, the anti-clutter crusader, has some useful things to say about spare change (don’t let it sit
Pedestrians walk outside an E*Trade Financial office in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Bernstein downgraded Hewlett-Packard to ‘market perform’ from ‘outperform’ Bernstein said the computer and printer maker would face greater structural headwinds from a shift to digital communications. “With supplies
The “Options Action” traders share three options trading strategies to kick off the week. Carter Worth and Mike Khouw looked at buying a put spread in the Industrials ETF. Dan Nathan illustrated call buying in Apple. Khouw also broke down a call spread risk reversal trade in Lululemon. Disclaimer Trader disclosure: Mike Khouw is long HAL. Dan
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday the government needs to regulate cannabis products, after reports of 450 possible cases and five deaths from a mysterious lung disease linked to vaping. Most of the patients reported vaping both nicotine and THC, the marijuana compound that creates a high. Though some reported only using
Just under a quarter of Americans are “very confident” they’ll have enough money to retire comfortably. And many expect to delay retirement at least until age 65, according to recent studies. So what’s a person who’s ready to call it quits at the office to do? Relocating to more affordable climes is one option. Personal
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Chad Chubb, a certified financial planner, walked a 66-year-old client through four premium increases on her long-term-care insurance policy. In all, the retiree, who is single, has seen her annual premiums rise by more than 60% over the last six years. Her cost in 2018 was $2,721, up from
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Without the temporary hiring of Census workers, the disappointing August jobs report would have been even worse. The federal government hired 25,000 temporary workers in preparation
Source: TCS World Travel There’s luxury travel and then there’s super-luxury travel. And by any measure, touring the world on a specially outfitted private jet with 15 to 50 like-minded passengers, all on the same financial playing field, falls into the “ultra-luxe” category. For well-to-do, worldly travelers with destinations and experiences still on their bucket
Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue warns snap decisions during market volatility spikes will trap investors in losing trades. According to the firm’s senior investment strategist, reacting to every U.S.-China trade war development and taking on large positions are two of the worst things they can do right now. “For long-term investors, to chase those headlines risks
Still from Warner Bros.’ “It: Chapter 2.” Warner Bros. “It: Chapter Two” wasn’t able to scare up more ticket sales than the first installment of Warner Bros. two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s famed novel, but it did manage to have the second-highest horror movie opening of all time. The film, which takes place 27 years
Joseph Barbarito holds a sign as he waits for protesters to deliver a petition to Walmart in Danbury, Connecticut January 15, 2013. The petition was signed by about 300,000 citizens nationwide urging Walmart, the nation’s largest gun retailer, to halt sales of assault weapons and munitions nationwide. Michelle McLoughlin | Reuters Recent mass shootings have
White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said recent conversations with China “went very well.” “The phone call the night before last with Secretary Mnuchin and Lighthizer and Vice Premier Liu He went very well. That’s important,” Kudlow said Friday on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street. “The phone lines have been open during this period and
Bespoke Investment’s Paul Hickey believes a market hot streak is unfolding. The independent market researcher is building his bullish case by zeroing in on the Citi Economic Surprise Index, which is built to measure optimism in the economy. In the week ending Friday, the index flipped into positive after spending more than 100 days in
Members of the Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) team from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s RFA Mounts Bay deliver supplies after Hurricane Dorian on the island of Great Abaco, Bahamas September 4, 2019. LPhot Paul Halliwell | Royal Navy | Reuters Volunteers continue to search for victims and survivors after Hurricane Dorian blasted the Bahamas with
When Marie Villegas, 46, an IT project manager, was about to start a new position with the Department of Defense contractor she works for, she Googled “salary negotiation tips.” “I knew my responsibilities would increase, but I wasn’t sure how to actually ask for more money,” she said. That’s how Villegas learned about a free
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