American Express has announced plans for the construction of a 55-floor building at 2 World Trade Center in New York City. It is anticipated that the building project will be finished in 2031, the company noted. Construction is slated to start in spring of this year.”Spanning nearly two million square…
British luxury automaker Aston Martin said on Wednesday that it will cut up to 20% of its workforce as tariff and regulatory headwinds along with a challenging market backdrop weigh on the business. The company said the cuts will result in an annualized savings of about 40 million pounds ($54…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued a warning that some of the conditions in financial markets are reminding him of the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. “Unfortunately, we did see this in ’05, ’06, ’07, almost the same thing,” Dimon said Monday in remarks at JPMorgan Chase’s annual investor…
Even as higher-end department stores struggle, off-price retail is thriving, showing that Americans are still spending, just more selectively. TJX Companies – which owns TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods – blew past Wall Street expectations in its fourth quarter earnings report Wednesday morning.Sales surged 9% year-over-year to $17.7 billion in…
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The nation’s largest retailer of used cars, CarMax, will pay at least $420,000 to resolve allegations that it repossessed vehicles…
Volvo Cars is recalling over 40,000 of its flagship electric EX30 SUVs because of a risk of battery packs overheating…
Walmart posted solid fourth-quarter results Thursday as shoppers continued prioritizing value and convenience, helping push online sales to a record…
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FedEx sued the U.S. government Monday, seeking a full refund of tariffs assessed under President Donald Trump’s order targeting imports. The lawsuit is one of the highest-profile moves by a major American company following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling Friday, which determined that the president…
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The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge remained elevated in December as price pressures continued to pose a challenge for consumers. The Commerce Department on Friday reported that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index rose 0.4% in December on a monthly basis and is up 2.9% from a year ago. Those figures were…
The U.S. economy grew at a much slower than expected pace in the fourth quarter, according to new data released on Wednesday. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its advance estimate for fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP), which found the U.S. economy grew at an annual…
A new analysis found that payments made by U.S.-based midsize businesses to firms in China dropped significantly last year as tariffs on Chinese imports rose under the Trump administration. The JPMorgan Chase Institute released a report Thursday that found payments made by midsize firms to China declined significantly, falling by about…
The Trump administration is stepping up its push to reinvigorate the U.S. coal industry as it pursues its goal of boosting energy security. Last week, the Department of Energy announced it would provide $175 million in funding for projects to modernize, retrofit and extend the useful life of six coal-fired power plants…
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in a next-generation manufacturing facility that will produce advanced cell therapy technologies. The facility will be located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and Johnson & Johnson said the move will expand its U.S. manufacturing capacity along with its pipeline…
Mortgage rates dropped this week to the lowest level since September 2022, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.01% from last week’s reading of 6.09%. The average rate on a…
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Wednesday called for the New York Federal Reserve to punish economists who published a research paper that found that the bulk of the burden of the Trump administration’s tariffs are falling on U.S. businesses and consumers. “The paper is an embarrassment. It’s, I think,…
Federal Reserve policymakers were mostly in agreement on the decision to leave interest rates unchanged despite two calling for cuts, though several signaled that rate hikes could be on deck if inflation remains elevated. The minutes for the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed’s monetary…
Renters are expected to see some relief from rising prices this year, with the pace of rent growth expected to slow as the market stabilizes and a measure of affordability hits a four-year-high. An analysis by Zillow projects that multifamily rental prices are expected to remain relatively flat through the end…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Buffalo Wild Wings’ (BWW) use of the term “boneless wings,” rejecting a customer’s claim that the name misled him into thinking the dish was made from actual chicken wings with the bones removed. In a lighthearted opinion packed with poultry puns, U.S.…
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