Homes in Los Angeles, California, US, on Sunday, July 13, 2025. Like in the broader US market, home sales have slowed in Southern California as high interest rates and economic uncertainty chill demand. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes in June dropped 2.7% from May to 3.93 million units […]
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Yves here. While this article is accurate in defining a path that the Democrats could take to shore up their fading popularity, author Sean Mason does not appear to sufficiently appreciate that the Democrats decided to throw the working class over the side decades ago. One can point to different turning points, some in the
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Coca-Cola on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations as strong demand in Europe offset weaker volume in other markets. Shares of the company fell less than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings
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A man walks past shelves of Coca-Cola bottles and cans at a shopping mall in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2019. Temilade Adelaja | Reuters Coca-Cola plans to introduce a version of its namesake cola made with cane sugar in the U.S. this fall, the company announced Tuesday. Coke has used high-fructose corn syrup to
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A Kohl’s store in Pleasant Hill, California, on Nov. 25, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Kohl’s surged Tuesday in volatile trading that echoed the meme stock rallies of recent years. The legacy department store’s stock more than doubled from Monday’s close of $10.42 per share, only to see those gains wiped
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A “For Rent, For Sale” sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists,
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Many readers will probably say they don’t trust US economic statistics very much as it is, and as we’ll discuss, there are sound reasons to hold that view. But we’ll soon turn to economist Menzie Chinn explaining how their quality in the process of taking a further leg down thanks to DOGE spending-whacking and why
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Wayne Kuhl, a McDonald’s chef, shows the spicy and ranch Snack Wrap after he finished wrapping at the McDonald’s Headquarters in Chicago on May 29, 2025. Nam Y. Huh | AP Early data suggests the return of McDonald’s Snack Wraps is winning over customers. After a nearly decadelong hiatus, the burger chain brought back the
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Study of GLP-1 guidelines for children suggests potential drugmaker influence STAT (Dr. Kevin) A break from your smartphone can reboot your mood. Here’s how long you need NPR (Paul R). Some of us don’t go there to begin with. Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe ars technica Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have
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Back in May a bipartisan(!) group of lawmakers led by Rep. Josh Harder (D-Calif.) started a roughly 30-member bloc that’s claiming inspiration from the “abundance movement.” “Abundance” was penned by the liberal duo of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, and in this time of genocide, accelerating climate catastrophe, and Trump shock therapy, it zeroes in
