The First Slice for Monday, August 15, 2022
U.S. equity markets rallied on Friday to post gains for the week after Labor Department reports on consumer and wholesale inflation showed prices rose less than expected last month, fueling optimism that…
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U.S. equity markets rallied on Friday to post gains for the week after Labor Department reports on consumer and wholesale inflation showed prices rose less than expected last month, fueling optimism that…
There was more good news Friday for inflation, as import prices fell more than expected and brought some much-needed relief for consumers. The report capped off a relatively upbeat week for…
Robinhood, as its name suggests, was designed to take the power of the stock market away from the rich fat cats on Wall Street and hand it over to regular…
Peloton announced on Friday that it will cut hundreds of jobs, increase prices for some of its equipment, and close some of its stores in an “ongoing transformation” effort to…
Walmart Inc could face an uphill battle to reclaim U.S. shoppers who opted for the neighborhood dollar store or Aldi rather than driving farther to a Walmart Supercenter when gasoline…
Gulp. A Disney Plus price hike, it’s second in the less-than-three years since it launched, is coming. And it’s really freaking big. Oh, and if you don’t want to pay that much?…
Even as freshmen nervously arrive on campus for the fall semester, policymakers are grappling with what they say has become an “alarming” decline in the number of high school graduates…
National Relaxation Day on August 15th encourages us to slow down and unwind. It’s a day to focus on taking care of ourselves and take a moment to relax. National…
On August 15th, 1945 – U.S. stock markets close to celebrate the end of World War 2. Japan formally surrounded the day before, August 14th, 1945. Stock markets would reopen on…
U.S. stocks gave up an early rally Thursday afternoon after hitting a three-month high in the morning session following another batch of July data that suggested inflation may be easing.…