The Senate has begun deliberations over a bipartisan plan to provide $550 billion in new spending for a wide range of infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges, public transit, broadband, and the electrical grid. The good news is that lawmakers avoided raising taxes to cover the cost of the new spending and instead used some reasonable
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In this article MA Mastercard Inc. credit cards. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Mastercard CFO Sachin Mehra told CNBC that consumer spending in America is on pace to exceed pre-pandemic levels, based on data from the company’s second-quarter earnings report. The payments giant reported Thursday that gross dollar volume, a metric that reflects purchase activity, increased
In this article QSR-CA Jose Cil, CEO of Restaurant Brands International, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., November 6, 2019. Brendan McDermid I Reuters Restaurant Brands International on Friday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street’s expectations, fueled in part by strong growth
A career fair in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 23, 2021. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Unemployment benefits are still not reaching people quickly, over a year into the Covid pandemic. About 38% of workers who got their first payment of benefits in June had waited more than 21 days for the funds to arrive, according
When Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon customers for essentially paying for his first trip to space, he apparently wasn’t talking to Oliver Daemen, the Dutch teen who joined the billionaire on Blue Origin’s inaugural passenger spaceflight. That’s because the 18-year-old Daemen says he’s never actually ordered anything on Amazon before. Daemen, who became the youngest person
teekid | E+ | Getty Images Although the national ban on evictions that’s been in effect for almost a year will expire tomorrow, there’s still time for struggling renters to apply for federal aid. Congress has allocated more than $45 billion in rental assistance to address the crisis, and only a sliver of the money
Buying a house can be expensive. The typical U.S. home will set you back $287,148, according to a recent report from Zillow. But the mortgage amount most likely won’t cover all of the upfront costs homebuyers will face. Check out this video for a full breakdown of how much you should have in savings before
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 25, 2021. Source: NYSE We’re halfway through second-quarter earnings. The results not only continue to beat forecasts by a wide margin, but estimates for the third and fourth quarter — and now even for 2022 — are continuing to rise. And most say estimates
In this article CMCSA US journalist Amanda Knox addresses a panel discussion titled “Trial by Media” during the Criminal Justice Festival at the Law University of Modena, northern Italy on June 15, 2019. VINCENZO PINTO | AFP | Getty Images Amanda Knox is speaking out against the new Matt Damon film “Stillwater.” The journalist, who
In this article PINS Ben Silbermann, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Pinterest, speaks in front of the company’s logo at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), during the company’s IPO on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Pinterest shares fell more than 14% in after-hours trading on
Investors watch the stock market in a securities business hall in Fuyang City, Anhui province, China, Dec. 31, 2020. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images BEIJING — Investors bought into Chinese stocks in the last week, despite mounting concerns about harsh regulation, according to fund research firm EPFR Global. A slew of new Chinese
Travelers may not be able attend this year’s Summer Olympic Games, but they can still experience Japan virtually. As the global pandemic marches on, tourist attractions and enterprising tour guides are finding ways to emulate the look, feel and taste of a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. Sightseeing and shopping For 2,000
d3sign | Moment | Getty Images Around 4 million children in low-income families are at risk of not getting a monthly payment of the expanded child tax credit this year, according to a report published Thursday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The IRS began issuing monthly payments of the tax credit on
In this article RLGY Realogy CEO Ryan Schneider told CNBC on Thursday the real estate services firm is embracing the remote work revolution that was accelerated by the Covid pandemic. In an interview on “Power Lunch,” Schneider said the New Jersey-based company is about to overhaul its corporate headquarters to accommodate its new way of working.
A worker hoists a flight chain at the Calder Brothers’ facility in Taylors, South Carolina, U.S., July 19, 2021. Brandon Granger | Calder Brothers Corporation | Reuters The U.S. economy is now larger than it was before the pandemic, but its growth rate may have peaked this year at a much slower pace than expected.
Image source: Eric Audras | ONOKY | Getty Images There appears to be a lack of understanding among investors about some of the fees they pay. Nearly half (47%) of investors mistakenly think the cost of investments like mutual funds and exchange traded funds generally are included in the fee they pay to their advisor
In this article HOOD Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on Thursday brushed off the first-day performance of the trading app’s stock, which ended the day lower despite making its public debut with much fanfare. Shares of Robinhood, a company that was the subject of both public and congressional scrutiny amid the meme stock frenzy earlier this
In this article AMZN Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, October 25, 2016. Mike Blake | Reuters Amazon is set to announce its second-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting: Earnings: $12.30 per share, according to analysts surveyed by
In this article @DJ.1 @ND.1 @SP.1 AMZN Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes traded mixed at the start of the overnight session Thursday evening as a soft earnings report from Amazon threatened to curb Wall Street’s otherwise strong July on the month’s final day of
Bill Hwang in 2012 Emile Warnsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A charity founded by Bill Hwang, a longtime financial executive under scrutiny for a round of trades that sent the market into a tailspin, saw its assets soar by over $100 million just two years prior to the meltdown on Wall Street. The new