A worker assembles a box for delivery at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 2019 Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon — Amazon jumped nearly 9% in midday trading after the e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnings well ahead of Wall Street consensus expectations. The
For retirees on Medicare who head back to work, the move could provide the option of employer-based health insurance. And given the various costs associated with Medicare, the employer’s plan might be cheaper. Yet before you drop parts of Medicare with the idea of picking them up down the road, be aware that there could
Staff members, wearing protective suits, watch as a plane carrying 32 Mongolian citizens for their evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan arrives in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia on February 1, 2020. Byambasuren Byamba-ochir | AFP | Getty Images Disney, Tesla, more than a dozen airlines and other global companies with significant footprints in
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street is suffering a risk-off relapse, producing a milder but familiar set of the symptoms felt during last year’s overdone summertime recession scare. Bond yields have rushed toward their old lows, flattening the gap between very short-term and
Photographer is my life. Americans may soon be able to withdraw cash from ATMs around the country using only their phones. While there are several clear benefits, especially for those without a bank account or debit card, there may also be security risks, according to some experts. Mastercard and a technology partner, Pin4, have been
Police officers in plainclothes raid a medical supply shop for allegedly hoarding and overpricing face masks, as public fear over China’s Wuhan Coronavirus grows, on January 31, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images All times below in U.S. eastern standard time. Roughly 2,100 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in
Tesla has reported fourth-quarter results, and it’s a beat on earnings. The stock spiked as much as 13% on the news after hours. Here’s how the company did versus expectations: Earnings: $2.14 adjusted vs. $1.72 per share expected. Revenue: $7.38 billion versus $7.02 billion, expected according to Refinitiv. Tesla said it expects positive cash flow
Ada Calhoun, who’s written about the financial struggles of middle-aged women today Gilbert King The summer of 2017 was a difficult one for Ada Calhoun. The 41-year old freelance writer watched a bunch of her projects fall through. She racked up $20,000 in credit card debt, and had next to no savings behind her. Childcare
Getty Images Thank the strong economy and the low unemployment rate. At 703, the average FICO score reached an all-time high at the end of 2019, a two-point increase from the year before, according to Experian’s 2019 Consumer Credit Review. That score would land the average consumers within the “good” range of credit scores. “Credit
A nurse holds up a one dose bottle and a prepared syringe of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. George Frey | Getty Images The deadly coronavirus worsened quickly this month, roiling the financial markets as investors fled risk