Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck in “Joker: Folie a Deux.” Warner Bros. Audiences got the last laugh at the box office this weekend. “Joker: Folie a Deux” stumbled to just $40 million in domestic ticket sales during its opening weekend, a far cry from the $96.2 million its predecessor brought in during its debut in 2019. Just last…
A life-size model of the new Marvel Universe movie “Deadpool & Wolverine” authorized by Disney is seen in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Hollywood’s franchise frenzy is only just beginning. The 2024 box office has been inundated with sequels, prequels and remakes, with the top 10 titles of the year all…
The rocky start to October trading has left Wall Street wondering what can boost stocks in the near-term. The three major averages eked out modest gains after a wobbly week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite each added 0.1% on the week, while the S & P 500 rose 0.2%. Stocks struggled this week as rising tensions…
A view of Apple’s new iPhone 16 at an Apple Store on the Regent Street in London, United Kingdom on September 20, 2024. Rasid Necati Aslim | Anadolu | Getty Images As Apple prepares Apple Intelligence to jump into Silicon Valley’s AI race, it’s relying on one of its strongest advantages: Its army of 34 million app developers. IPhone…
The stronger-than-expected September jobs report is good news for Main Street and Wall Street, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. Job gains of 254,000 in the month — paired with solid hourly earnings gains — suggest the U.S. economy is in a solid spot despite lingering slowdown fears, Cramer said. That kind of backdrop should lend support to corporate earnings…
The September jobs report was surprisingly strong, and the details show that growth came from many different areas of the economy. The biggest contributions came from leisure and hospitality, with 78,000 new positions, and health care and social assistance, at 71,700. If private education was added to the health-care group, as some economists do, that category would have been…
Well, that was unexpected. The U.S. economy added a whopping 254,000 jobs in September, nearly 100,000 more than economists expected. The unemployment rate, which was expected to hold steady at 4.2%, slipped to 4.1%. Wages also rose more than expected month over month. Stock futures rallied following the news. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures popped 255 points, or 0.6%….
The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment rate edged lower, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 254,000 for the month, up from a revised 159,000 in August and better than the 150,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, down…
Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez | Reuters Shares of Rivian Automotive dropped by as much as 8.9% in intraday trading Friday after the electric vehicle startup delivered fewer vehicles in the third quarter than analysts had expected and lowered its annual production…
A sign outside of a CVS pharmacy store on February 07, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images It’s time for a wellness check at CVS Health. Shares of the company are down more than 20% this year as it grapples with higher-than-expected medical costs in its insurance unit and pharmacy reimbursement pressure, among other issues. As…
