White sand, clear turquoise sea and lush trees swaying in the breeze. This might sound like a description of the Maldives — but it’s actually what I experienced on a recent trip to Italy. Sardinia, the Mediterranean’s second-largest island after Sicily, is sometimes referred to as “the Maldives of Europe” for the beauty of its […]

Key Takeaways The S&P 500 dropped 1.9% on Thursday, Oct. 31, as signs of major firms spending big bucks to build out their AI platforms weighed on the tech sector. Huntington Ingalls shares sank after the military shipbuilder missed quarterly profit estimates and cut its full-year sales forecast. Labor market strength helped drive a strong

Boeing workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing production facility on the day of a vote on a new contract proposal during an ongoing strike in Renton, Washington, U.S. October 23, 2024.  David Ryder | Reuters Boeing and its

COP earnings call for the period ending September 30, 2024. Image source: The Motley Fool. ConocoPhillips (COP 6.37%)Q3 2024 Earnings CallOct 31, 2024, 12:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Welcome to the third-quarter 2024 ConocoPhillips earnings conference call. My name is Liz and I will be your

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on June 8, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the third quarter, driven by growth in its cloud computing and advertising businesses. The stock ticked about 5% higher in extended trading. Here

You could illustrate the dictionary definition of “bummer” with a graph of recent mortgage rates. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has now climbed for six weeks in a row. It averaged 6.75% in the week ending Oct. 31, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. That’s up 15 basis points from the previous week, and

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at a company event on artificial intelligence technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft‘s better-than-expected earnings report wasn’t enough to prevent the stock’s steepest sell-off in two years, as investors instead focused on the company’s forecast for the current period. Microsoft

Key Takeaways Although inflation has been cooling, voters may remember the 2022 price spike when they go to the polls this year. Inflation hasn’t been this high during election season since 2008 during the financial crisis. Although inflation has typically been below 4% during presidential elections over the past two decades, voters in 1980 faced

The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock in Somerset, England, on Feb. 17, 2024. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday posted a small year-on-year drop in third-quarter profit as a sharp decline in crude prices and lower refining margins were partially offset