Month: October 2023

Troy Millings, left, and Rashad Bilal, co-creators of Earn Your Leisure. Source: Tyrell Davis Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings are among a growing class of financial influencers who want to help people be smarter about money. The duo — a former financial advisor and a teacher, respectively — launched the podcast “Earn Your Leisure” nearly
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In this article CNXC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images Company: Concentrix (CNXC) Business: Concentrix provides technology-infused customer experience (CX) solutions and runs customer service for 2,000 customers globally. They are the second largest outsourced CX company globally and provide CX process optimization, technology innovation, front- and back-office
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In this article CMG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Food is served at a Chipotle restaurant on in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations, helped by higher menu prices for its burritos and bowls. Shares of the company rose more than 2%
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In this article PEP KO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsi Co. soda machines stand in a shopping center parking lot in Jasper, Indiana. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coca-Cola and PepsiCo‘s rivalry spans decades, but Coke usually comes out on top. This quarter was no different. The beverage
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In this article CVS WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signs offering COVID-19 vaccinations are seen outside of a CVS pharmacy in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Many pharmacy employees at some of the largest U.S. drugstore chains say they’re reaching a breaking point.  On top of verifying, filling and
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Chris Wattie | Reuters The Federal Reserve is expected to announce it will leave rates unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting next week, even though the central bank’s preferred inflation indicator remains well above the 2% target rate. Late last month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said ”inflation is still too high,” raising expectations that another rate hike may
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Elenaval | Room | Getty Images If you inherited an individual retirement account, the IRS waived penalties for some missed mandatory withdrawals this year. But there could be reasons to start taking them anyway, experts say. Prior to the Secure Act of 2019, heirs could “stretch” IRA withdrawals over their lifetime, which minimized year-to-year tax
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In this article STLA GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan September 29, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT — Contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors are reconvening midday Friday after intense talks
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In this article NRDS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Getty Images Both retail credit cards and buy now, pay later programs can offer opportunities to spread out payments for high-priced purchases, especially during the year-end holiday shopping season. Buy now, pay later, or BNPL, is like a new form of old-school layaway plans, except
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In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford workers produce the electric F-150 Lightning pickup on Dec. 13, 2022 at the automaker’s Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center (REVC). Michael Wayland | CNBC As a result, it’s postponing about $12 billion in planned spending on new EV manufacturing capacity. Customers’ reluctance to pay
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In this article T-CA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nicoletaionescu | Istock | Getty Images Workers’ biggest financial concern is still keeping up with rising costs, more than one year after inflation peaked at a new 40-year high, according to a new report from Telus Health. Those money woes may have a connection to
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In this article MO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Packs of Marlboro cigarettes are displayed at a smoke shop on April 28, 2023 in San Francisco, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Altria Group, the parent company of Philip Morris USA and the nation’s largest tobacco company, reported third-quarter results Thursday that fell short of Wall
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In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT  2024 Ford F-150 Raptor Ford DETROIT — Ford Motor is set to report its third-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, according to average estimates compiled by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv. Adjusted earnings per share: 45 cents Automotive revenue:
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Twenty/20 American cardholders paid $130 billion in interest and fees in 2022, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cardholders were charged more than $105 billion in interest last year, and $25 billion in fees. The tally represents “the highest amount of interest and fees ever measured by the CFPB’s data,”
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