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The historic consumer price drop in April may be more than a temporary setback. Michael Gapen, Barclays’ head of US economics research, warns widespread job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic is radically changing Americans’ spending habits. He suggests the damage will last years. “Whether this is a permanent shift will in part depend on
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Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  GrubHub, Uber — Grubhub shares soared more than 27% on news that ride-hailing company Uber has approached the company with a takeover bid. Uber’s offer comes months after other outlets reported that food-delivery service Grubhub had hired advisors to explore strategic
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The world’s wealthiest could be subjected to higher tax rates as governments scramble to fund spending and repair their economies amid the coronavirus crisis, an economist has predicted. Speaking to CNBC’s “Street Signs Europe” on Monday, Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics, said he was concerned that some governments — including Britain’s — would assume
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One of the world’s leading authorities on Asia is worried Wall Street is miscalculating China’s efforts to reopen its economy. While it’s going relatively smoothly on the supply side, Yale University senior fellow Stephen Roach warns the demand side is struggling, and that’s a bad sign for the U.S. economy as it begins reopening. “Chinese consumers
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Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC (Follow live updates of Berkshire’s annual meeting here.) Warren Buffett said Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway is still sitting on its massive cash hoard because the conglomerate hasn’t found a company to buy at an attractive price.  “We have not done anything, because we don’t see anything that attractive to
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Warren Buffett Gerry Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett said Saturday he is optimistic that the U.S. economy will re-emerge even after being dealt a body blow by the coronavirus pandemic.  “Nothing can basically stop America,” said Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, from the conglomerate’s first virtual shareholder’s meeting from Omaha, Nebraska. “The American
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Western Digital hard drives are shown for sale at an Office Depot Inc store in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Amazon — The e-commerce giant’s stock tumbled 5% in extended trading after the company posted its first-quarter financial results. The company reported first-quarter earnings of
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Stock futures fell slightly in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors eyed guidance from the Federal Reserve on the future path of interest rates with a gradual reopening of the economy in sight. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped about 60 point, while the S&P 500 futures were marginally lower. The Nasdaq futures rose slightly after
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An employee assembles an excavator at the Caterpillar Inc. manufacturing facility in Victoria, Texas. Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caterpillar experienced a sales drop in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted demand for construction and mining. The industrial giant on Tuesday reported revenues of $10.6 billion in the first quarter, a 21%
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