© Reuters. Mannequins are seen at a Walmart’s newly remodeled store, in Teterboro, New Jersey, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Siddharth Cavale By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) – Price-conscious shoppers flock to Walmart (NYSE:) Supercenters to pick up $1 potato chips and $3 gallons of milk, but the world’s biggest retailer will…

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON(Reuters) – Oil prices fell 1.5% on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve projected more interest rate hikes this year, worrying markets about demand just hours after government data showed an unexpected, large build in oil stocks. futures settled $1.09, or 1.5%, lower at $73.20 a barrel,…

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar traded largely unchanged Monday in the early European session, near multi-week lows as traders seem reluctant to take news positions at the start of a week that includes a policy-setting meeting by the Federal Reserve. At 02:55 ET (06:55 GMT), the , which tracks the…

By Antonio Bronic ZADAR, Croatia (Reuters) – Croatian tourism officials are anticipating a record year for the sector after the country joined Europe’s free-movement Schengen zone in January, which has boosted the number of visitors to its picturesque Adriatic coast. Tourism accounts for 20% of Croatia’s economy and following a…

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK They say that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. They need to add management fads to the list. Like other management trends (i.e., fads) before it—like reengineering, knowledge management, and Big Data, to name a few—innovation is the management fad…

According to NextEarningsDate.com, the Nike next earnings date is projected to be 6/29 after the close, with earnings estimates of $0.66/share on $12.61 Billion of revenue. Looking back, the recent Nike earnings history looks like this: The company has an impressive long-term earnings per share chart: And with equally impressive…

The luxury goods industry has had a good year. As of June 12, 2023, the STOXX Europe Luxury 10 Index has risen by 22.81%, after reaching an all-time high in April. This surge comes as China’s economy begins to recover, reopening after three long years of lockdowns due to the…

Thirty-seven million student loan borrowers will be required to resume their monthly payments in October, more than three years after the federal government paused them due to Covid-19. I paid off $300,000 of debt, including $72,000 of student loans in three years, and now serve as a financial coach to…

Why is it so hard for people in their 60s, 70s and even 80s to admit they are changing with age? Believe me, I hate “ageism” as much as the next person, but fighting ageism doesn’t need to be synonymous with denial of the reality of aging, especially by those…

After months of speculation, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has been charged with tax and gun charges. According to court documents, he is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges as part of a plea deal. In a letter filed in federal court, the charges…