Tag: Breaking News: Economy
Child care crisis costs U.S. businesses
Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Covid-19 pandemic brought to the surface both cracks and resilience in the American economy, with child care t [...]
U.S. millionaire population grew by 600,000 last year
B2m Productions | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThe U.S. far outpaced the rest of the world in minting millionaires last year, adding 600,000 new millio [...]
Ulta Beauty (ULTA) earnings Q1 2024
Ulta Beauty on Thursday laid out plans to boost sales and gain market share after a first-quarter sales slowdown.Comparable sales, a metric that track [...]
Consumers, businesses have turned cautious
Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Thomas Moynihan speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on [...]
McDonald’s franchisee group cheers $5 value meal, pushes for more
An employee hands an order to a customer through a drive-thru window at a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, California, April 9, 2020.David Paul Morri [...]
Spirit Airlines gets rid of change fees, joining Frontier
A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 1 [...]
Is there a pullback in consumer spending? Here’s what CEOs say
People walk past a Sweetgreen restaurant in Manhattan on September 14, 2023. Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesWith higher prices and el [...]
McDonald’s $5 value meal starts June 25, last about a month
A McDonald's store sign in Austin, Texas, Oct. 30, 2023.Brandon Bell |Getty ImagesMcDonald's is set to offer a $5 value meal in the U.S., but only for [...]
McDonald’s working on $5 value meal
A McDonalds located on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles, California, April 1, 2024.Robert Gauthier | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesMcDonald's is wor [...]
Planet Fitness raises prices even as customers grow cost-conscious
People work out at a Planet Fitness in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 8, 2024.Leah Millis | ReutersPlanet Fitness said it's hiking its base-level membersh [...]
What we know about the consumer so far
A customer walks through The Home Depot store on February 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe state of the consumer in 2024 is a [...]
Immigrant workers are helping boost the U.S. labor market
The strong jobs market has been bolstered post-pandemic by strength in the immigrant workforce in America. And as Americans age out of the labor force [...]
JetBlue shares tumble after airline lowers 2024 revenue outlook
Silhouette of passenger in front of the JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft spotted on the apron tarmac docked at the passenger jet bridge from the termin [...]
Airline execs predict record summer, even more demand for first class
Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York on June 30, 2022.Leslie Josephs | CNBCWhile the aviation industry has been in the spotlight lately for a ho [...]
United Airlines (UAL) 1Q 2024 earnings
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines on Tuesday repo [...]