May 28, 2024
“Lowe’s topped Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday, even as do-it-yourself customers bought fewer pricey items… Lowe’s stuck by its full-year forecast. It said it expects total sales of between $84 billion and $85 billion, which would be a… Continue Reading…
May 9, 2024
“… …” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/03/jobs-report-april-2024-us-job-growth-totaled-175000-in-april.html
March 29, 2024
“… Runaway prices at U.S. fast-food joints and restaurants have made people skittish down the income ladder and executives at chains including McDonald’s and Wendy’s recently said they worry about losing business from those on the tightest budgets. Roughly a quarter… Continue Reading…
February 22, 2024
“…In fact, employees with student loan payments who earn $55,000 a year or more and have been at their company for five years or less have average 401(k) balances 36% lower than those without payments, the EBRI found…” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/19/americans-making-student-loan-payments-have-up-to-36-percent-less-in-401ks.html College… Continue Reading…
February 13, 2024
“For just the third time in more than two decades, less than half of Americans say they are “very satisfied” with the way things are going in their personal lives. The 47% of U.S. adults expressing high satisfaction with their… Continue Reading…
November 1, 2023
“…The payrolls processing firm said that companies added 113,000 workers for the month, higher than the unrevised 89,000 in September but below the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 130,000. On wages, ADP said pay was up 5.7% from a year ago, the… Continue Reading…
May 16, 2023
“…The advanced sales report showed an increase of 0.4%, below the Dow Jones estimate for 0.8%. Excluding auto-related figures, sales increased 0.4%, which was in line with expectations. As the numbers are not adjusted for inflation, the headline increase equaled the 0.4%… Continue Reading…
August 10, 2022
“Prices that consumers pay for a variety of goods and services rose 8.5% in July from a year ago, a slowing pace from the previous month due largely to a drop in gasoline prices. On a monthly basis, prices were… Continue Reading…
April 7, 2022
“Total water usage in California cities and towns decreased by just half a percent in February compared with the same month in 2020, a far cry from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s goal of reducing urban water use by 15%… Newsom in… Continue Reading…
February 18, 2022
“Renault CEO Luca de Meo said the French carmaker expects to make 300,000 fewer units in 2022 than it potentially could have as a result of the ongoing global chip shortage. Renault made 500,000 fewer cars last year as a result of… Continue Reading…
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