It was the first big day of the wrestle for the Midwest that is likely to decide the 2024 election, and someone important was missing — former President Donald Trump. The Republican nominee left it to his vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, to troll the newly minted Democratic…

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Sellers are pricing their homes at record-high prices, but buyers aren’t biting. High interest rates and high listing prices are keeping buyers away. This does mean that the buyers who are still looking have some wiggle room they haven’t had in the last few years. Pending home sales fell by…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Disney — Shares were down about 1% after the media giant reported quarterly results that beat analyst expectations, thanks in part to strong performance at its streaming unit. The company earned $1.39 per share, excluding items, on revenue of $23.16 billion.…

Shipping giant Maersk, considered a barometer for global trade, is not seeing signs of a U.S. recession as freight demand remains robust, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday.”We’ve seen in the last couple of years, actually, [the shipping container] market remaining surprisingly resilient to all the fear of recessions that…

Seven months of investigations. Nearly 10 hours of hearings. And yet neither Boeing nor the National Transportation Safety Board know how a 737 Max was delivered to Alaska Airlines without the four bolts needed to keep a door plug in place. What is known: Boeing’s procedures and training – by…

I am initiating coverage on DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) following its Q2 2024 earnings release on Thursday, July 25th. DexCom, Inc. is a medical device company focused on insulin monitoring, specifically continuous glucose monitors that help track insulin levels throughout the day. The company’s revenue is generated primarily from sales of…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Niger became the second west African country in a week to cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine amid an escalating row over whether Kyiv provided support for rebels behind an attack last month…

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to make America joyful again. The vice president’s rocking rollout of her running mate on Tuesday sent jolts of energy through a huge crowd, as the pair personified the extraordinary transformation of the 2024 election campaign. Such a scene would have been unthinkable even…

Weight-loss drugs have been all the news recently. There are finally medications that can help people lose weight and that is a good thing. In recent years, obesity rates have nearly doubled among older adults in the U.S. Two of every five Americans ages 65 and older are obese. Wegovy…