What would it take for you to feel financially comfortable?For most of the people who work with Joy Slabaugh, a certified financial planner, licensed therapist and founder of Wealth Alignment Institute, the answer is the same.”It’s always a little bit more than what they have,” she says. “Regardless of how much money they have, it’s just a little bit more.”On average, Americans say they’d need a net worth of $839,000 to feel financially comfortable, according to a recent survey from Charles Schwab. Members of Gen Z say they’d be comfortable with less — just $329,000, on average.You may be wondering…
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Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCompany: Global Payments Inc (GPN)Business: Global Payments is a payments technology company delivering software and services to its customers globally. Through its Merchant Solutions segment, it provides payments technology and software solutions globally to small-and-medium sized businesses and select mid-market and enterprise customers. It offers authorization, settlement and funding services, customer support, chargeback resolution, reconciliation and dispute management services, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security services, consolidated billing and reporting. It offers an array of business management software solutions that streamline business operations to customers in numerous vertical markets. Through…
A few companies that are reporting quarterly results next week could see their shares rise, including General Motors and Charter Communications . Earnings season ramps up next week, as 98 companies in the S & P 500 — or around 20% of the benchmark — are slated to share their most recent quarterly earnings. Telecom and defense names are set to report, while the week’s headliners will include big names like Tesla , Alphabet and General Motors . With this in mind, CNBC Pro screened data from FactSet to find the S & P 500 companies reporting earnings next week…
There’s a slew of stocks with more room to run ahead of earnings, according to Morgan Stanley. The firm’s analysts believe stocks such as AT & T are must-owns as the quarterly reporting season continues, they said. Other overweight-rated names include: Yum China, Starbucks , O’Reilly Automotive and Clearwater Analytics. Yum China Buy the dip in shares of the owner of Pizza Hut and KFC in China, the bank said. “We expect improvement in sales and continue to favor its solid business model and return visibility” analyst Lillian Lou wrote ahead of earnings in early August. The firm reiterated the…
The headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 18, 2025. Kent Nishimura | ReutersThe Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday that it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.The agency’s Office of Research and Development has long provided the scientific underpinnings for EPA’s mission to protect the environment and human health. The EPA said in May that it would shift its scientific expertise and research efforts to program offices that focus on significant issues, such as air and water.The agency said Friday it is creating a…
Natalia Lebedinskaia | Moment | Getty ImagesAs a Biden-era relief measure for federal student loan borrowers comes to an end, some people could see their bills more than double.Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that the so-called SAVE interest-free payment pause will expire on Aug. 1, and that enrollees’ education debts will begin to grow again if they don’t make payments large enough to cover the accruing interest.The Biden administration had moved people who enrolled in its SAVE plan into forbearance — a period during which federal student loan borrowers are excused from making payments — while the legal challenges against…
People walk in front of the heavily damaged Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters in Damascus, following Israeli strikes on July 16, 2025. Louai Beshara | AFP | Getty ImagesIsrael and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to Turkey said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people.On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus and hit government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and saying that Israel aimed to protect Syrian Druze – part of a small but influential minority that also has members in Lebanon and Israel.”We call…
Investigative journalist Bob Woodward (L) chats with CNN Portugal correspondent in USA Luis Costa Ribas (not seen) after having delivered remarks on “New threats for Democracy” during CNN International Summit on November 21, 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal.Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 best-seller “Rage” as an audiobook.The decision by U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe in Manhattan is a victory for Woodward, his publisher, Simon & Schuster, and its former owner, Paramount Global.Woodward…
Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 23, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted on additional charges on Saturday as a special prosecutor continues investigating him for his short-lived declaration of martial law in December.The new charges include obstruction of the exercise of others’ rights by abuse of authority, ordering the deletion of records and blocking the execution of arrest warrants, the prosecutor’s office said in a briefing.Yoon has been on trial on charges of insurrection, which is punishable…
Olga Rolenko | Moment | Getty ImagesORBE, Switzerland — For almost a century, a nondescript factory in an unsuspecting town beneath the Swiss mountains has played host to some of the most widely consumed coffee trends brewed up by caffeine giant Nescafe.From the 1938 launch of its flagship soluble powdered coffee to freeze-dried granules and later coffee capsules, the Nestle-owned household brand is now targeting its latest iteration for the next generation of coffee drinkers.”We have to develop solutions specifically to bring young people into the Nescafe brand,” Don Howat, global category lead for Nescafe at Nestle, told CNBC.For Nescafe,…
