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This year is a “super election year,” with more than 60 countries — encompassing around half the world’s population — hosting national elections, according to Statista. Promoting a healthy economy is high on the list of expectations of voters globally, according to a recent report by Principal Financial Group. But even when the economy is…
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Bitcoin briefly climbed above $70,000 as investors braced themselves for MicroStrategy earnings and counted the days to the U.S. presidential election. The price of bitcoin was last higher by about 3% at $69,925.00, according to Coin Metrics. At about 6:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, it touched $70,207.02…
Many factors make it hard to buy a home today, but the one that makes “the biggest difference” in today’s market is the housing shortage, Drew Scott, co-host of HGTV’s “Property Brothers,” said at CNBC’s Your Money event Thursday. “I don’t think people realize this shortage of housing that we have affects everything — from…
As earnings season kicks into high gear, investors are keeping an especially close eye on the Magnificent Seven ‘s quarterly results. The group of mega-cap tech names — Apple , Microsoft , Alphabet , Nvidia , Tesla , Meta Platforms and Amazon — has been the powerhouse of the two-year bull market rally. The Roundhill…
Bank of America topped analyst estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue on better-than-expected trading results. Here’s what the company reported: Earnings: 81 cents vs. 77 cents LSEG estimate Revenue: $25.49 billion vs. $25.3 billion estimate The bank said Tuesday that net income fell 12% from a year earlier to $6.9 billion, or 81 cents a…
About 165 million Americans get their health insurance through work, and yet most don’t spend much time considering what their employer is offering in the way of benefits and what it will cost. In fact, employees only spent about 45 minutes a year, on average, deciding which benefit options suit them best, a report from Aon found. Open…
About 165 million Americans rely on employer-sponsored health insurance, and yet workers may still not get the coverage they want — particularly when it comes to drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic. About 1 in 3 employees are looking for more resources to combat obesity, according to a recent report…
JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees risks climbing around the world amid widening conflicts in the Middle East…
The Department of Justice indicated this week that it’s weighing a potential break up of search giant Google, and the news could hold headline risks for shares of parent company Alphabet . Late Tuesday, the DOJ issued recommendations for Google to curtail what a federal U.S. judge had ruled in August as a monopoly over…
