Month: August 2023

Dry cannabis flowers inside the packaging room at the Aphria Inc. Diamond facility in Leamington, Ontario, Jan. 13, 2021. Anne Sakkab | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Salesforce — The cloud software company saw its stock jump 3% after it announced quarterly results and guidance that surpassed
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(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) “It’s very difficult to buy a sports team and lose money,” Carlyle Co-Founder David Rubenstein recently said in an interview for a CNBC podcast.  Historically, that purported upside has only been enjoyed by the wealthiest of the wealthy. But most major U.S. sport leagues have – just within the last
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Source: Envato Elements Job openings and layoffs dropped slightly for another consecutive month in July, according to government data released on Tuesday. That slowdown is a sign the labor market is getting back to pre-pandemic patterns, economists say. The number of job openings edged down to 8.8 million in July, dropping from 9.58 million in June, reported
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Fall is almost here. If it’s been a busy summer filled with fun and travel, your home has probably been the last thing on your mind. So, if things need a little repair or refresh, now is the time. Remember, the holidays are just around the corner, so it’s important to get your home in
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When it comes to housewarming gifts, most people think of kitchen gifts and bathroom gifts. However, experts recommend sleeping 8 hours a day – which is one-third of each 24-hour period. And even people who don’t reach the 8-hour threshold spend well over 6 hours a day in the bedroom, either sleeping or lounging in
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In this article BF.B Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey Getty Images Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman on Wednesday fell short of Wall Street expectations for its first quarter of fiscal 2024, plagued by lagging whiskey sales, supply challenges and a significant inventory rebuild. Net sales for whiskey products decreased by 1%, led
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Haitham al-Ghais, secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), speaking at the Energy Asia Summit on June 26, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images What do toothpaste, deodorant, soap, cameras, computers, gasoline, heating oil, jet fuel, car tires, contact lenses and artificial limbs have in common? If oil vanished today, these and
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eclipse_images | E+ | Getty Images So-called junk fees can be tricky. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been scrutinizing some banking fees, including those for overdrafts and non-sufficient funds, that can catch customers by surprise — and are “likely unfair and unlawful,” according to the agency. The consumer watchdog proposed a rule prohibiting financial institutions from charging certain fees on
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