Customers shop at a Home Depot store on August 19, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesInvestors seeking steady returns amid macro uncertainties ought to consider adding dividend-paying stocks to their portfolios.Given the vast universe of dividend-paying stocks, it can be challenging for investors to identify the most attractive ones. To this end, the recommendations of top Wall Street analysts could make the task easier, as the decisions of these experts are based on in-depth financial analysis.Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros, as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.MPLX…
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Citizens ride on the road amid heavy rain as Typhoon Kajiki approaches on August 24, 2025 in Qionghai, Hainan Province of China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesVietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people and has ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on Sunday as the two countries braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.The storm could make landfall along the southern coast of China’s southern island province of Hainan from Sunday afternoon to evening, or skirt the southern coastline before heading toward Vietnam, China’s National…
Talks of a cease-fire in Ukraine have centered on the Donbas, a valued region for both sides and where most of the fighting is taking place. Michael Schwirtz, a global intelligence correspondent, and Anatoly Kurmanaev, a foreign correspondent covering Russia, break down who the Donbas is important to and why. Source link
Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesFrom American Eagle to Swatch, brands appear to be making a lot of blunders lately.When actress Sydney Sweeney’s jeans campaign came out last month, critics lambasted the wordplay of good “jeans” and “genes” as tone deaf with nefarious undertones.More recently, an advert from Swiss watchmaker Swatch sparked backlash for featuring an Asian model pulling the corners of his eyes, in an offensive gesture.Colgate-Palmolive’s ad for Sanex shower gel was banned in the U.K. for problematic suggestions about Black and white skin tones. And consumers derided Cracker Barrel’s decision to ditch its overalls-clad character for a…
A screen displays the logo of Spotify on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2023.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersSpotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing the music streaming provider’s Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom.The increases would be accompanied by planned new services and features, the FT cited Norstrom as saying in an interview.Spotify did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.Earlier in August, the Swedish firm said it would increase the monthly price of its premium individual…
In this day and age, receiving a cold call at any time can be disarming, but Norway’s finance minister reportedly took a most surprising ring on the streets of Oslo earlier this month.According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, the cold caller was U.S. President Donald Trump, and the request for Norway’s Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, was how the American leader could be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.Trump has been publicly explicit about his desire to be awarded the prize, which some say is a driving factor behind his efforts to broker a peace deal for Ukraine and Russia, as…
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., participates in a subcommittee hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2025.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersRep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., in a statement on Saturday criticized the release of the first trove of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as incomplete and predominately “recycled content already made available to the public.”Lee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, last month filed the motion to compel President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to release files related to Epstein.The Justice Department gave Congress…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Aug. 23, 2025.Jim Urquhart | ReutersBank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said wage hikes are spreading beyond large firms and likely to keep accelerating due to a tightening job market, signaling his optimism that conditions for another interest rate hike were falling into place.The remarks are likely to reinforce market expectations that the central bank will resume a rate hike cycle, which was put on pause due to concern over the fallout from U.S. tariffs on…
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesWhile you may hope to step out of the workforce sooner rather than later, it’s easier said than done, experts say. On average, surveyed Americans, asked “What age should you be” for retirement, said 58, according to a recent report by Empower, which polled 1,001 adults on June 2.That’s much younger than the current typical retirement age. On average, as of 2024, men retire at age 64 while women retire at age 62, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.More from Personal Finance:Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ makes Roth conversions more complicatedSchool lunch…
A sign outside Brooklyn coffee shop Clever Blend offers a $6 gelato and espresso “recession special.”Lisa Kailai Han | CNBCAs fears of a slowing economy lurk in the background, some businesses are taking notice and bringing back so-called recession specials.Look up the term “recession specials” through Google’s search engine, and the list of results will include entries from the Great Recession nearly 20 years ago.Consider this Grub Street article from 2008 slugged “Recession Specials: Your Definitive Guide.” Or this 2009 story from The New York Times, which details the mealtime recession specials restaurants across New York offered as an act…
