In this article GM F STLAM-IT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United Auto Workers members on strike picket outside General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit, Sept. 25, 2019. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – The Oracle of Omaha is cutting exposure to the U.S. automotive industry amid union negotiations — potentially for good

In this article CMG MCD WEN PZZA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A McDonald’s restaurant near Times Square, NYC on July 29th, 2023.  Adam Jeffery | CNBC Restaurant companies navigating some of the same challenges in the second quarter fell into two categories: winners and losers. Some chains said their higher menu prices alienated

In this article BLMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Outback Steakhouse truck sits parked outside a restaurant in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Outback Steakhouse owner Bloomin’ Brands rose 9% in premarket trading Friday after an activist investor disclosed its interest in the restaurant company. Starboard Value

In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Timothee Chalamet stars in Warner Bros.’ “Dune.” Warner Bros. LOS ANGELES – Warner Bros. has a sandworm-sized dilemma on its hands: Keep the fall release date for its highly anticipated “Dune: Part Two” and risk not having its star-studded cast promote it – or bump

In this article WMT TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT (L) A customer pushes a shopping cart full of groceries outside a Wal-Mart n Rogers, Arkansas, and (R) A pedestrian passes a Target store in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Getty Images Target and Walmart are both catering to thriftier shoppers, but the

In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Atchison, Kansas. Walmart store logo with gardening products for sale. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Walmart will report fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, as the discounter tries to capitalize on

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A selection of injector pens for the Wegovy weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, March 31, 2023. Jim Vondruska | Reuters Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster weight loss injection Wegovy could prevent up to 1.5 million heart attacks, strokes and other

In this article TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage for Target Corp.’s “#TakePride” initiative sits above products displayed for sale at a company store in Chicago, Illinois. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Target CEO Brian Cornell said “negative reaction” to the retailer’s Pride merchandise hurt sales and contributed to the disappointing

In this article TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Target department store on May 17, 2023 in North Miami Beach, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Target will report fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as consumers send mixed messages about their willingness to spend. The discounter, which saw enormous sales gains during the

Avatar: The Way of Water Courtesy: Disney Co. Hollywood financer TSG Entertainment is suing Disney for breach of contract. The suit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Disney and its studio 20th Century Fox committed a number of transgressions, including withholding profits and cutting deals to boost its streaming platforms and stock price. This

Simpson33 | Istock | Getty Images The decline of traditional TV continues, even as the prices of streaming services rise. Total traditional TV usage — comprised of broadcast and pay-TV — dropped below 50% in July for the first time ever, according to Nielsen’s monthly streaming report, The Gauge. Usage among pay-TV customers fell to

In this article JPM BAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign for the financial agency Fitch Ratings on a building at the Canary Wharf business and shopping district in London, U.K., on Thursday, March 1, 2012. Matt Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Fitch Ratings analyst warned that the U.S. banking industry

In this article GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said he couldn’t imagine returning to his old firm, disputing a news report that said Blankfein offered to return in some capacity. The New York Times piece “misquoted” Blankfein, the former Goldman CEO told CNBC Monday in a phone

Compilation of Target, Walmart, Lowe’s and Home Depot stores. Reuters High food prices. Low unemployment. And eye-popping spending on concert tickets and European trips. Retailers are chasing shoppers as they navigate contradictory dynamics like cooling inflation, rising interest rates and pandemic-induced jolts to the way people live, work and shop. That has made it tricky

In this article TGT FL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT This is part two of a three-part series on organized retail crime. The stories will examine the claims retailers make about how theft is impacting their business and the actions companies and policymakers are taking in response to the issue. Read the first story

In this article TPR CPRI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A man rides a bicycle past a Gianni Versace store in Beijing, China. Nelson Ching | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tapestry, the fashion conglomerate behind Coach and Kate Spade, will acquire competitor Capri Holdings in a $8.5 billion deal announced on Thursday.  The deal

In this article TSAT-CA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A rendering of Telesat’s low earth orbit broadband constellation Telesat Shares of Canadian telecommunications satellite operator Telesat surged on Friday after the company announced it would swap suppliers for its planned Lightspeed global internet network. Canadian space company MDA will now build the Lightspeed satellites,

In this article ILMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A building on the campus at the world headquarters of Illumina is shown in San Diego, California, September 1, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Illumina over its controversial $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer test developer Grail, the DNA

Major retailers and brands have driven $14 billion in revenue to Black-owned businesses since May 2020. In the last three years, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Sephora, Ulta Beauty and 25 others have partnered with nonprofit organization Fifteen Percent Pledge. The group asks companies to reflect the Black community that makes up 15% of the U.S. population by

In this article FOXA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk by the News Corporation headquarters, home to Fox News, on April 18, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Fox Corp. Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet Dinh will step down from his post, months after the company agreed to

This is the final part of a three-part series on organized retail crime. The stories examine the claims retailers make about how theft is impacting their business and the actions companies and policymakers are taking in response to the issue. Read the first story here and the second here. Pedestrians walk past a vacant storefront along the

In this article SBGI NXST GTN SSP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Christian Petersen | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Tensions are building among broadcast station owners and pay-TV providers as the local rights to air NBA, NHL and MLB games go up for grabs. Broadcast station owners including E.W. Scripps Co., Gray

Nikola Jokic of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets prepares to be interviewed by ESPN’s Lisa Salters after the fourth quarter of the Nuggets’ 113-111 Western Conference finals game 4 win over the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, May 22, 2023. Aaron Ontiveroz | Denver Post | Getty Images It’s clear to the

People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on June 29, 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Eros Hoagland | Getty Images Over the past few years, Alicia Browne has noticed a change in what college students haul out of cars on move-in days at the University of Alabama. Along

The Disney+ logo is displayed on a TV screen in Paris, December 26, 2019. Chesnot | Getty Images Disney is raising prices on almost all of its streaming offerings as it looks to accelerate profitability for the business. Commercial-free Disney+ will cost $13.99 per month, a 27% increase, beginning Oct. 12. Disney+ with ads will

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk the picket line outside of Disney Studios in Burbank, California, on July 18, 2023.  Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images When the markets close Wednesday, all eyes will be on Bob

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A selection of injector pens for the Saxenda weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 31, 2023.  Jim Vondruska | Reuters Novo Nordisk‘s obesity drug Wegovy slashed the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a

In this article RIVN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive on Tuesday reported a loss for the second quarter that was narrower than expected and raised its production guidance for the

In this article DIS PENN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SportsCenter at ESPN Headquarters. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Disney‘s ESPN is launching a betting sportsbook, putting the sports entertainment unit deeper into the wagering world. U.S. gambling company Penn Entertainment said it is partnering with ESPN to rebrand

In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series Cadillac NEW YORK – General Motors on Wednesday will reveal a new all-electric version of the Cadillac Escalade, testing the luxury SUV’s prestige for a new era of drivers and the company’s strategy to turn its most lucrative vehicles into money-making