‘The selling agent is long dead’: My $250,000 term life-insurance policy costs $2,000 a month. I’m 80. Is it time to ditch it?
“I took out a $250,000 policy for a 10-year term. At the time, the payments were $200 per month.”
Kohl’s shares rise amid short interest, Reddit posts
A Kohl’s store in Pleasant Hill, California, on Nov. 25, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Kohl’s surged Tuesday morning in volatile trading that echoed the meme stock rallies of recent years. The legacy department store’s stock more than doubled from Monday’s close of $10.42 per share, only to see those gains […]
Businesses cautious on travel spending as trade uncertainty looms
istocksdaily | iStock | Getty Images Corporations are continuing to spend on business travel, but are being strategic about how they allocate those dollars amid ongoing trade uncertainties, according to new reports from the travel and expense platform Navan and the Global Business Travel Association. Corporate travel spending activity increased 15% year over year in […]
Lockheed Martin’s stock rocked by big profit miss, as problems with classified programs continue
Lockheed Martin’s stock led the S&P 500’s early decliners after a $1.6 billion charge led to a big profit miss.
Coca-Cola (KO) Q2 2025 earnings
A 12-pack of Coca-Cola is displayed on a counter in a 7-Eleven convenient store in Austin, Texas, on July 17, 2025. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Coca-Cola on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations as strong demand in Europe offset weaker volume in other markets. Shares of the company rose 1% […]
AstraZeneca to build new Virginia plant as it re-hashes other U.S. investment plans
AstraZeneca, the U.K.-Swedish pharmaceutical giant, on Tuesday announced a plan to invest some $50 billion in the U.S. in a move hailed by the Trump administration — though much of what it is announcing it’s already announced before.
General Motors (GM) earnings Q2 2025
New GMC trucks are displayed on the sales lot at Hanlees Hilltop GMC in Richmond, California, on July 2, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images General Motors is set to report second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday, as investors watch for how President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs will affect the automaker’s results and for any […]
Buy these stocks as railroad-merger talk heats up, analyst says
CSX’s stock has been upgraded at TD Cowen, which sees the railroad operating benefiting from consolidation in the rail sector.
JPMorgan overhauls quantum computing leadership, poaches State Street exec
Marco Pistoia, Global Technology’s Head of Applied Research and Engineering at JP Morgan. Source: JP Morgan JPMorgan Chase has overhauled the leadership of its internal research group responsible for quantum computing and other forms of advanced technology, hiring a State Street executive, CNBC has learned. Marco Pistoia, the former IBM inventor who became head of […]
CEO Russell Weiner discusses results
As the restaurant industry aims to lure frugal consumers with discounts and deals, Domino’s Pizza thinks it can steal diners from its competitors. “I think the industry headwinds are actually tail winds for us. Meaning, of course, they’re headwinds, but we’re going to gain [market] share during this time frame,” CEO Russell Weiner told CNBC […]
