A FedEx worker unloads packages from his delivery truck on March 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News U.S. delivery firm FedEx reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, after price hikes, lower fuel costs and efficiency gains countered negative impacts associated with a pandemic-fueled surge in e-commerce shipments. Shares in
Kraft Heinz is looking to capitalize on consumers’ rediscovered interest in store-bought mac and cheese and Ore-Ida french fries as it unveiled a turnaround plan Tuesday that will shave $2 billion in costs through 2024 and invest some of that in marketing its products. The company is expecting long-term organic sales growth of 1% to 2%
Entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel has a lot going on. She is the founder of Skinnygirl, as well as disaster relief initiative BStrong. And she’s launching her podcast, “Just B with Bethenny Frankel” this month. To get it all done, Frankel is “so organized,” she tells CNBC Make It. So what do her days look like? Frankel says
Singapore Airlines is said to be considering a new route next month — what media reports are calling a “flight to nowhere.” Flights that take off and land from the same place — in this case, Singapore Changi Airport — may start as early as next month, according to a report in the local Straits Times
Before Mark Cuban became a billionaire, he spent his 20s struggling to make ends meet – Cuban frequently came home to his lights turned off, he had his credit cards cut and he worked a number of odd jobs to stay afloat. It wasn’t until Cuban sold his start-up, MicroSolutions, for $6 million in 1990 that
Democratic donor and money manager Michael Novogratz told CNBC on Monday that a Joe Biden victory over President Donald Trump would at first cause problems for the U.S. stock market. But the billionaire former hedge fund investor contended that the former vice president’s election would ultimately benefit Wall Street. “I think Biden’s going to win. I hope
Today, Tom Brady is an NFL vet — he’s a six-time Super Bowl champion and National Football League MVP, and in his first game as quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, the 43-year-old became the oldest oldest player in the NFL to score a touchdown. But as a teenager, Brady had odd jobs
In 2014, Todd Kunsman, founder of personal finance blog Invested Wallet, was $29,000 in debt and working a job that paid less than $36,000 per year. Kunsman decided to take the reins of his finances and improve his situation, educating himself on topics like investing and money at large. “I decided to dedicate an hour
Ex-New York Jets wide receiver Josh Bellamy was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in a $24 million Covid-19 relief scheme, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. The complaint says that Bellamy, along with 10 other defendants, allegedly applied for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans via at least 90 fraudulent applications for a total more
Oracle CEO Safra Catz delivers a keynote address during the Oracle OpenWorld conference on September 17, 2019 in San Francisco. Oracle CEO Safra Catz kicked off day two of the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oracle shares rose as much as 6% in extended
Peloton said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter sales surged 172%, as its high-tech stationary bike and treadmill became two of the hottest commodities for people looking to workout from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The fitness equipment maker also offered Wall Street an eye-popping outlook for the current quarter and fiscal 2021, with sales of its bikes
D Color Flawless Diamond Source: Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is set to auction off a 102-carat diamond that could become the most expensive jewel ever sold to an online bidder. The stone, a 102.39-carat D Colour Flawless Oval Diamond, could fetch $10 million to $30 million. Only seven flawless white diamonds of more than 100 carats have
As mortgage rates reach all-time lows due to the pandemic, demand for real estate has increased exponentially. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should buy a home right now. Way too many homebuyers overextended themselves during the 2008 financial crisis. As a result, most of us paid the price. Having your neighbor conduct a short sale or foreclosure
Bill Gates helped build Microsoft into one of the world’s most valuable companies. But between the hard work it took to get the company off the ground and the pressure to succeed against fierce competition, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder wasn’t always such a nice guy to his employees. Gates, much like fellow tech icon Steve
Louis Vuitton owner LVMH said Thursday it intends to file a lawsuit against Tiffany, accusing the luxury jeweler of “dishonesty” and mismanaging the coronavirus crisis. The announcement comes a day after LVMH announced it would be scrapping its $16.2 billion acquisition of Tiffany, a deal that would have been the biggest ever in the luxury industry. Tiffany then
GQ Editor-in-chief Dylan Jones attends the Paul Smith AW20 50th Anniversary show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 19, 2020 in Paris, France. David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Paul Smith Editor-in-chief of British GQ magazine Dylan Jones has told CNBC he’s not worried about the future of print publication, despite significant challenges in
A man enters a building with rental apartments available on August 19, 2020 in New York City. Eduardo MunozAlvarez | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images The number of empty rental apartments in Manhattan nearly tripled compared with last year, as more New Yorkers fled the city and prices declined. There were more
In 1969, Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach joined the Dallas Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie with a starting salary of $25,000 a year (a far cry from today’s rookie minimum salary of $610,000). In 1979, by the end of his 10 seasons with the Cowboys — which garnered him two Super Bowl wins, five appearances
Louis Vuitton owner LVMH is scrapping its $16.2 billion acquisition of Tiffany, a deal that would have been the biggest ever in the luxury industry. The luxury-goods giant said Wednesday the merger agreement signed last November provides for a closing deadline no later than Nov. 24, 2020. But Tiffany had requested to extend the date
Ken Griffin speaking at the 2018 Delivering Alpha Conference in New York on July 18th, 2018. David A. Grogan | CNBC Billionaire hedge funder Ken Griffin is going head-to-head with the billionaire governor of Illinois over a plan to increase taxes on the wealthy. Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, contributed $20 million to
Economic turmoil caused by Covid-19 has left millions unemployed and struggling to pay rent and bills on time — in fact, 14% of Americans said they’ve spent their emergency savings to cover expenses since the start of the pandemic, a recent CNBC + Acorns survey, conducted by SurveyMonkey, shows. One solution is to speak to your landlord or
Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and chief executive officer of Slack Technologies Inc., speaks during an event in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Slack shares fell as much as 20% in extended trading on Tuesday after the team communications software company reported fiscal second-quarter results and full-year guidance that exceeded analysts’
Lululemon Athletica store logo and sign in Philadelphia. Gilbert Carrasquillo | Getty Images Lululemon on Tuesday reported surprise revenue growth, despite lockdowns during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, as stores started reopening in the fiscal second quarter and consumers stocked up on workout apparel and yoga accessories. But its stock fell by more than 6% in
Macallan 18 Mark Littler LTD A 28-year-old has sold a collection of whisky given to him each year by his father as a birthday present, for £44,000 ($57,363), in order to buy his first home. Matthew Robson, who lives in Somerset in the south of England, was given a bottle of 18-year-old Macallan single malt
The nation’s richest Big Tech executives lost a collective $25 billion to their net worth after Thursday’s market sell-off, according to data compiled by CNBC’s Robert Frank. The S&P 500 tech sector closed down 5.8% Thursday, dragging markets in the red. The dramatic drops shaved billions off the net worth of some of the world’s
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | DigitalVision | Getty Images There is nothing like a precipitous decline of nearly 35%, followed by a swift rise of about 50% in the S&P 500 index — all within the span of five months — to motivate people to bust out the old cliché “buy low, sell high.” Ah, yes,
Ever thought about going to Antarctica for the day? It’s possible through sightseeing tours by Antarctica Flights. The company operates flights that depart from Australia and fly one of 19 routes over the ice-covered continent. Flights depart and land at the same airport, making this one trip that actually is more about the journey than
Thanks to Amazon’s success, CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, worth $207 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. But when he started Amazon as an online bookseller in 1994, Bezos thought it was likely that his business would fail. “I thought there was a 30% chance that we might build a successful
The Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans app is displayed on a smartphone Aug. 6, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg via Getty Images Rocket Companies, the parent of mortgage lender Quicken Loans, swung to a quarterly profit in its first results as a public company on Wednesday, driven by higher borrowings on the back of lower
Macy’s appears to be excelling in luxury retail as its high-end department store peers go under. “Look at luxury right now, look at Neiman’s, look at parts of Lord & Taylor,” Macy’s Chief Executive Jeff Gennette told CNBC in a phone interview Wednesday, on the heels of the company’s second-quarter earnings report. “There is opportunity for