Scared of Inflation? 2 Top Value Stocks to Buy Now
Philip Morris International and Dollar General could be great investments in this inflationary economy.
Philip Morris International and Dollar General could be great investments in this inflationary economy.
PepsiCo beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Tuesday as demand held steady for the soda and snacks giant's Tropicana juices and Cheetos in its international markets. Consumers have remained resilient and shelled out money for PepsiCo's Lays chips and 7UP products across the company's international markets, helping offset a slowdown witnessed in its major market United States. Several rounds of price hikes in the U.S. have led consumers in the region to push back on the company's sodas and juices as sticky inflation makes customers cautious with their spending.
Nvidia will report earnings in late May, an event that is likely more crucial to the overall market than the coming week's crush of results and economic data.
U.S. stock index futures rose marginally on Tuesday as some growth and chip stocks gained, while market participants geared up for a busy week of quarterly earnings that could help gauge the health of America's corporates. Most megacap growth stocks, including Meta Platforms , Microsoft and Tesla, edged up between 0.4% and 1.1% in premarket trading.
During Monday's episode of Tori Spelling's misSPELLING podcast, the actress revealed that she once dated her former Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star. "It was short. It's like we tried something and then we just went, 'Yeah, this isn't gonna work.' Like, the kissing didn't even make sense.'" Shannen, 53, appeared on the drama series from 1990 to 1994, while Brian, 50, was on the show from 1990 to 2000. Host Tori, who also starred in the show, admitted she couldn't see Shannen and Brian as a couple. "I can't imagine it now, either…”
Time was when an engagement was something to be loud about. Parents would host drinks parties, a notice would be submitted to the paper and the happy couple would be the toast of every gathering until the big day arrived. But of late, the age-old tradition to shout about upcoming nuptials has lessened to a whisper.
Rita Ora has secured a role alongside Joe Cole in the action-thriller movie 'He Bled Neon'.
Carolina general manager Dan Morgan isn’t just worried about his season. He wants the Panthers to compete for the foreseeable future with an evolving roster.
Kim Kardashian has confirmed a lot of rumours about her to be true.
As Katy Perry prepares to bow out of 'American Idol', the judges and host have had their say on who should take her seat.
Donald Trump is set to secure on Tuesday a stock bonus worth $1.3 billion from the company that operates his social media app Truth Social, equivalent to about half the majority stake he already owns in it, thanks to the wild rally in its shares. The award will take the former U.S. President's overall stake in the company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) , to $4.1 billion. While Trump has agreed not to sell any of his TMTG shares before September, the windfall represents a significant boost to his wealth, which Forbes pegs at $4.7 billion.
When Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's hush money trial began in a Manhattan courthouse on Monday, cable TV news coverage of the case was as divided as America itself. A Reuters review of 2-1/2 hours of daytime coverage showed the distinctly partisan approaches of the Fox News Channel and MSNBC News to the trial taking place in the midst of an election campaign pitting the former president against Democratic President Joe Biden. Fox News, which is the country's most watched cable television network and leans Republican, gave significantly more air time to other national news including protests on U.S. college campuses against the war in Gaza.
A Colombian designer convicted of shipping purses made of exotic reptiles is sentenced in Miami
Fintech lender Affirm has started quietly offering "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) loans for elective medical procedures, in a major push beyond its core e-commerce market, the company told Reuters. Over the past year, Affirm has more than doubled the number of elective medical merchants on its network, reaching around 130 at of the end of 2023. The San Francisco-based company is hoping to tap growing consumer demand for financing for cosmetic treatments, dental services, medical devices and veterinary procedures.
Tom Holland has declared his intention to carry on playing Spider-Man in more movies but knows that the stories featuring the web-slinger have to be perfect.
When Adrian Stephenson played for Devon club Isca in the early Sixties, his team had to gain clearance from air traffic control to play in the middle of Exeter Airport’s aerodrome grass pitch. “As a centre-forward it was better than skinning oneself on the shale at Crystal Palace,” he recalled. “We all wondered if we would survive and our knees would quit.”
Spotify on Tuesday reported quarterly monthly active users (MAU) of 615 million, missing its own estimates, as the Swedish music streaming company spent less on marketing activities to draw in more listeners. First-quarter MAUs rose 19%, but missed Spotify's own guidance and a median of analysts' forecasts of 618 million. Premium subscribers, who account for most of the company's revenue, rose by 14% to 239 million, in line with estimates, according to IBES data from LSEG.
David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of attributes for a budding media mogul: a Silicon Valley pedigree. In an industry where many get their start fetching coffee or moving props, Ellison spent summers writing computer code for his father's software company and getting insights on the movie business from Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Steve Jobs. Ellison is orchestrating a multi-step transaction that would result in the merger of his independent studio, Skydance Media, with Paramount.
U.S. News and World Report annually ranks high schools across the country to tell parents how common measurements stack up between schools.
Kelsea Ballerini is suing an alleged hacker for illegally obtaining and leaking her new music.
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