Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CVS Health – CVS reported adjusted quarterly profit of $1.89 per share, 20 cents a share above estimates. Revenue also came in above forecasts, as same-store sales rose 4.2%. CVS also raised its full-year guidance, as it continues to benefit from its acquisition of insurer Aetna,
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that the U.S.-China trade war will not lead the American economy into a significant decline in economic activity. The “Mad Money” host, who has generally been in favor of a tough trade policy with the economic powerhouse, says he is “more sanguine” about the ongoing tensions in efforts to force
Best Buy has received a lot of praise for being one of the few traditional brick-and-mortar retailers to survive the retail apocalypse that killed or significantly weakened many of its competitors, like Sears and Kmart. Including from us. Its stock peaked in 2018 and it’s still the top retailer of consumer electronics, even beating out
This image shows Alasdair Clark, from the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering, holding a scaled-up version of the artificial tongue. University of Glasgow Researchers in Scotland have developed an “artificial tongue” which can tell the difference between different types of whiskies and, in the process, potentially aid the fight against counterfeit alcohol. In an
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday told a viewer to let Microsoft‘s share price come down a few more dollars before pulling the trigger. The stock fell more than 3% in the session’s market-wide sell-off that was induced by escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China. “My take is that Microsoft is probably the best
Members of the ‘Crosses for Losses’ group arrive at the scene with crosses for each victim, after the shooting that left 21 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall WalMart in El Paso, Texas, on August 5, 2019. MARK RALSTON Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Shares of major video game companies fell sharply
A still image from a CVS Carepass video ad Source: CVS CVS has a plan to win over millennials and it looks a lot like Amazon Prime: free home delivery of products from shampoo to cold medicine, all for an annual membership fee of $48. CVS announced on Monday its CarePass program will expand nationwide.
Pilots demonstrating for better working conditions people who fly planes for Amazon.com and Atlas Air Worldwide picket outside Amazon.com’s annual shareholders meeting, May 22, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. Ted S. Warren | AP Photo In the decade since the U.S. emerged from the recession, many industries, including airlines and automakers, have enjoyed a near uninterrupted
The 2019 Range Rover Sport P400e Mack Hogan | CNBC Jaguar Land Rover isn’t in the best market position right now. Sedans sales have crippled Jaguar, while Land Rover’s market share in China is contracting and both brands have supply chains that could be significantly disrupted by Brexit. The bright spot, though, is the Range
Pedestrians walk by a KFC location in China Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amid a trade war that has waged on for more than a year, the largest restaurant chains in the U.S. are ramping up development in China. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China once again flared up Thursday after President