Shoppers pass along the main high street in Whitstable, UK. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. retail sales rose in September, data published Tuesday showed — but the details highlighted the multitude of challenges facing the public heading into the winter months. The headline 2% year-on-year increase was largely due to higher
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A child looks at a halloween costume on the rack. At the Target department store in Exeter Township Tuesday afternoon for a story on halloween costumes. Ben Hasty | Medianews Group | Getty Images In the past few weeks, Craig Cislo dug out the spray-painted tombstones from his attic, scoured websites for a giant animated
In this article ASTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A close up look at Astra’s LV0008 rocket at LC-46 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. John Kraus / Astra Embattled small rocket-builder Astra revealed Friday that it received a delisting warning from the Nasdaq after its stock spent 30 consecutive days below $1 per share, a violation
Vehicles are displayed for sale at an AutoNation car dealership on April 21, 2022 in Valencia, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images DETROIT — New cars are slowly becoming more widely available, as supply chain bottlenecks finally start to ease. But now, an increasing number of Americans might not want them or be able to
In this article PARA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod in the original series “BILLIONS” airing on Showtime. Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Paramount Global executive David Nevins, who joined Showtime in 2010 and has run the premium network since 2016, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Along with his
SpaceX launched four people to the International Space Station from Florida on Wednesday, as Elon Musk’s company keeps up a steady pace of crewed missions. Known as Crew-5, the mission for NASA will bring the group up to the ISS for a six-month stay in orbit. The mission is SpaceX’s fifth operational crew launch for
The Disney+ website on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images A contradiction is developing in the world of streaming media, and it revolves around bundling. There’s a consistent drumbeat of expectation that streaming services will eventually all bundle
In this article RIVN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers inspect a Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., on Monday, April 11, 2022. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive said Monday that it
In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Walmart launched its subscription service, Walmart+ in 2020. It has added perks, including deeper gas discounts and free access to Paramount+. Walmart Americans have tons of subscriptions. Even with inflation, Walmart thinks they’re willing to pay for one more. Walmart’s subscription service is Walmart+. The
Boxes of Cutwater Tiki Rum Mai Tai canned cocktails in a retail store in Pleasant Hill, California, February 11, 2022. Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Hard seltzer has lost its fizz. Now canned cocktails are all the buzz. Also known as ready-to-drink, or RTD, cocktails, the canned drinks were the fastest-growing spirits category last year,
The union movement that kicked off across the country more than a year ago has continued its momentum in 2022, with workers in warehouses, coffee shops, grocery stores and airlines pushing for representation. Working conditions during the pandemic pushed many of these frontline workers to organize, but fears about the economy and a potential recession
In this article TM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Toyota bZ4X on display at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC LAS VEGAS – Toyota Motor is standing by its electric vehicle strategy, including hybrids like the Prius, following criticism by some investors and environmentalist groups that the