Costco stock finally woke up. Monthly sales came in hot, giving investors reason to believe that last year’s sluggish performance on Wall Street won’t carry over to 2026. Costco shares surged nearly 5% on Thursday after the retailer posted stronger-than-expected December sales the night before, signaling a return to momentum. U.S. comparable sales for the…
Real Estate Projects in Yantai, Shandong, China on January 5, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese policymakers may be finally warming to the idea of tackling the country’s worsening real estate slump, raising expectations that stronger support measures could be coming later this year. The Communist Party’s official journal Qiushi, which means “seeking truth,” kicked…
The Flag of Greenland, known nationally as “Erfalasorput”, flies above homes on March 28, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland. Leon Neal | Getty Images Europe spent much of 2025 scrambling to bolster its defenses against Russia — but just a week into the new year, it’s being forced to rethink security once again amid President Donald…
Could MLB follow the path of the NBA with an in-season tournament? Or perhaps split the 162-game campaign into two? What about expansion and realignment? MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said those ideas have been floated among the league’s offices. “We’ve talked about split seasons. We’ve talked about in-season tournaments,” Manfred said Thursday in a radio…
A “Now Hiring” sign at a Cookout fast-food restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, Nov. 25, 2025. Al Drago | Getty Images The U.S. labor market likely showed modest improvement in December, providing some encouragement for the year ahead but nothing to get too excited about. Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by 73,000 last month while the…
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that investors are watching a classic market phenomenon play out in real time: a violent rotation where yesterday’s winners become sources of cash and yesterday’s losers suddenly come back into favor. Cramer warned that these moments can feel chaotic — even irrational — but are often driven by valuation extremes…
A protester holds a sign reading ‘We are not for sale’ in front of the US consulate during a demonstration, under the slogan ‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people’, in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 15, 2025. Christian Klindt Soelbeck | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions around Greenland are rapidly gaining concrete…
Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal asked for a record $32 million in salary arbitration on Thursday while the Detroit Tigers offered the left-hander $19 million. Skubal was the most prominent of the 166 players eligible for arbitration at the start of the day and was among 18 who swapped figures with their…
The revival of Venezuela’s oil industry presents investors with a major opportunity in the country’s defaulted debt, according to a firm that generated a 30% gain after the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, was captured by U.S. forces on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet with oil…
