A gauge of economic misery that has a strong track record of predicting elections is tilting toward a Kamala Harris victory — but it appears tight entering the race’s final stretch.The “misery index” is the addition of the unemployment rate to the annualized inflation rate in the U.S. It has…

Starbucks has been on the decline, with shrinking sales as it moved from a traditional sit-down coffee shop into one where people place orders on their phones and grab a drink from the counter. Its new CEO has a plan to fix it all. And it starts with comfortable chairs.…

Thesis Summary Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) rallied over 14% on Monday after it was added to the S&P 500 Index (SP500). The stock is up over 30% in the last month, in stark contrast to many other SaaS and AI companies. Palantir has taken it upon itself to prove to…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseDonald Trump and JD Vance have stepped up their attacks on immigrants with baseless claims about Haitians abducting pets and Venezuelan gangs taking over apartment buildings, betting that attacking…

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance acknowledged Tuesday that it’s possible the “rumors” of Haitian immigrants abducting pets of Springfield, Ohio, residents might “turn out to be false,” but encouraged his followers to continue posting “cat memes.” “In the last several weeks, my office has received many inquiries from actual…

There’s been a growing interest lately in phased retirement, as indicated by the results of several surveys. For example, more than half (52%) of pre-retirees wish to continue working in some way after they retire, according to The Retirement Outlook of the American Middle Class, a survey whose results were…

Long-term mortgage rates remained unmoved this week while shorter notes fell some, but did little to spur on demand. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage held steady at 6.35%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was…

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. Stocks on Monday were bouncing back from last week’s sell-off, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both solidly in the green. Tech…

Shares of Trump Media by climbed more than 7% Monday, a respite from the stock’s two-months-long losing streak ahead of the date when its majority shareholder, former President Donald Trump, can begin selling his shares.Shortly before 1 p.m. ET, shares of Trump Media were trading at $18.39, up 7.59% from…

The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that it’s proposing a new rule setting testing and performance requirements to minimize the risk…