NEW YORK — Melanie Moore, who runs the Ohio-based Cincy Book Bus, is one of hundreds of booksellers who received a pleasant surprise for the holidays: a check for $500 from author James Patterson. “I’ve never taken a salary. All profits from the bookstore go to buy books for kids in need,” Moore said in…
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Jefferies believes that small-cap stocks will usurp their larger counterparts in 2026 to lead the market higher. In a Tuesday note to clients, Jefferies strategist Steven DeSanctis set his 2026 year-end target for the Russell 2000 small-cap index to 2,825. DeSanctis is known as a top small-caps analyst on Wall Street. The Russell 2000 has…
A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., November 7, 2025. Tim Evans | Reuters Southwest Airlines is “actively pursuing” the possibility of opening a network of airport lounges, CEO Bob Jordan told CNBC on Wednesday, as the airline industry continues to fight over premium travelers. “I think…
Larry Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder and chief technology officer, appears at the Formula One British Grand Prix in Towcester, U.K., on July 6, 2025. Jay Hirano | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Oracle is scheduled to report fiscal second-quarter results after market close on Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are expecting, according to LSEG: Earnings…
Sophie Kinsella, who has died at age 55, had a special talent for characters who persevered through the most embarrassing mishaps — often of their own making. Here are five novels that helped keep readers laughing, and relating, over the past 30 years. Fellow writers could only envy Kinsella’s success, how early it came and…
Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles have lost three consecutive games and are in a rut. And the skid has Dan “Big Cat’ Katz asking a question: is Hurts this generation’s Russell Wilson? “Hurts is a very good quarterback. Jalen Hurts is just a Russell Wilson 2.0,” Katz said on Tuesday’s edition of “Wake Up…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were mixed Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s expected interest rate cut at the conclusion of its December meeting at 2 p.m. ET. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s…
People wait in the security check in line in Terminal 5 at JFK Airport on Aug. 29, 2025 in New York, New York. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The U.S. is planning to impose social media inspections on some tourists as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up travel restrictions for foreign visitors. Tourists…
Television stations broadcast Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions…
