A quarter pounder with cheese, fries, and a drink arranged at a McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald‘s Quarter Pounders has led to 75 cases in 13 states, the Centers for Disease Control […]

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rally in U.S. stocks is wobbling as it confronts a stretch of potentially market-shaking events, starting next week with corporate results from tech titans and the closely watched employment report, while the U.S. election is also nearing. The benchmark S&P 500 is up about 22% on the

Oops, mortgage rates did it again. After playing with your heart in September — briefly flirting below 6% — they’ve gone up five weeks in a row. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.6% in the week ending Oct. 24, an increase of 14 basis points over the previous week. A basis point is one one-hundredth

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) will release earnings results for its third quarter, after the closing bell on Monday, Oct. 28, Analysts expect the Houston, Texas-based company to report quarterly earnings at $1.89 per share, up from $1.63 per share in the year-ago period. Waste Management projects to report revenue of $5.51 billion for the recent

U.S. stock futures are edging higher to end a down week; Tesla (TSLA) shares are pulling back in premarket trading after the EV maker posted its best day in more than a decade; shares of Versace and Michael Kors parent Capri Holdings (CPRI) are tanking after a federal judge blocked its proposed acquisition by Coach

In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images As McDonald’s and health authorities race to contain a deadly E. coli outbreak, the burger chain faces challenges

US stocks edged up before the bell on Friday as Treasury yields tipped lower, but with markets still on track for weekly losses with earnings season well underway. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) rose roughly 0.2%, after the benchmark snapped a three-day losing streak. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) added 0.1%, while contracts on the

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday as a dip in Treasury yields provided slight reprieve, though all major indexes remained on course for weekly losses. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield eased, after rising as high as 4.26% earlier in the week, and was trading

People walk past an advertisement for the iPhone 16 Pro at an Apple store during National Day holiday on October 3, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple rejoined the ranks of the top five smartphone vendors in the China in the third quarter, helped by the launch

Key Metric Reddit will report earnings Tuesday after the market closes, with analysts expecting higher revenue but a larger net loss than the same time last year. Shares have surged since Reddit went public in March, with the stock more than doubling from its offer price. Analysts expect international growth and AI-related data licensing deals