Check out the companies making headlines before the bell : FedEx — Shares popped 5.5% on the back of a better-than-expected earnings report for the fiscal first quarter. FedEx earned an adjusted $3.83 per share on $22.24 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG forecasted $3.59 per share and $21.66 billion. Intel — The…
Citi isn’t buying the hype around Intel after it announced its partnership with Nvidia , telling clients the former is likely to continue struggling. The bank downgraded Intel to sell from neutral. And although it raised its price target to $29 from $24, that figure still signals 5.1% downside. “We downgrade Intel … given our…
When Mary May started buying from third-party sellers on Walmart‘s online marketplace, she said she assumed the products she was purchasing were the same as the ones she’d long bought in stores. So in late March when she said she saw a “ridiculous sale” on her favorite Neuriva brain supplements on Walmart’s marketplace, she bought…
As more consumers prioritize convenience and value over brand loyalty, experts say they’re turning to online marketplaces more than ever to buy the things they need, raising the risk they could inadvertently purchase a fake product. While fake goods have exchanged hands in informal markets since ancient times, the growth of online marketplaces has contributed…
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers…
Car prices are still hovering near all-time highs, but one of the main reasons is that automakers are stacking their lineups with high-end vehicles. As of August, the share of new cars sold over $50,000 was almost double what it was in 2019, according to Cox Automotive. There were about 33 models for sale with a…
Investor conviction in ByteDance’s potential has climbed since Washington and Beijing this week reached a framework agreement on the long-contested future of TikTok in the U.S., several dealmakers told CNBC. Existing shareholders are not planning to sell in the wake of the TikTok deal, said LU Shihui, partner at Envision Capital which has facilitated investments…
A customer holds up the new orange-colored iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphone inside an Apple retail store in Chongqing, China, on September 19, 2025. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Eager buyers flocked to Apple stores on Friday morning to pick up the new generation of iPhones at a time when the…
Property taxes aren’t usually the biggest part of a monthly housing bill, but they’ve become a growing strain on household budgets. Homeowners are paying 27.4% more in property taxes than they did in 2019, CoreLogic data from 2024 shows. That may help explain why 67% of homeowners who budgeted for taxes said their bill came…
JPMorgan sees nearly 50% upside ahead for the stock market if investor allocations return to the levels seen at the peak of the dotcom bubble in early 2000. While retail participation has increased in recent years, overall equity allocation of nonbank investors is at the same level as in 2007 and “significantly” below the 54.6%…
