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Amazon, Starbucks look to stay competitive with different approaches to pricing

Amazon, Starbucks look to stay competitive with different approaches to pricing

Albert Wagner

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time ...

Candy makers face steep cocoa prices, get creative

Candy makers face steep cocoa prices, get creative

Mickey Vernon

Dried cocoa beans at the Somos Cacao farm and production facility in Ragonvalia, Norte de Santader department, Colombia, on Friday, ...

Microsoft outsourcing best AI, Google could end up winning: Okta CEO

Microsoft outsourcing best AI, Google could end up winning: Okta CEO

John Ray

This photograph shows a screen displaying the logo of Bard AI, a conversational artificial intelligence software application developed by Google, ...

Child care crisis costs U.S. businesses

Child care crisis costs U.S. businesses

Mickey Vernon

Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the surface both cracks and resilience in the ...

France aims to become global AI leader with backing from U.S. Big Tech

France aims to become global AI leader with backing from U.S. Big Tech

John Ray

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with members of the AI sector at the Elysee Presidential Palace in ...

Is there a pullback in consumer spending? Here’s what CEOs say

Is there a pullback in consumer spending? Here’s what CEOs say

Bob Elliott

People walk past a Sweetgreen restaurant in Manhattan on September 14, 2023.  Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty ...

Planet Fitness raises prices even as customers grow cost-conscious

Planet Fitness raises prices even as customers grow cost-conscious

Mickey Vernon

People work out at a Planet Fitness in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 8, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters Planet Fitness said ...

Airline execs predict record summer, even more demand for first class

Airline execs predict record summer, even more demand for first class

Bob Elliott

Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York on June 30, 2022. Leslie Josephs | CNBC While the aviation industry has ...

Immigrant workers are helping boost the U.S. labor market

Immigrant workers are helping boost the U.S. labor market

Mickey Vernon

The strong jobs market has been bolstered post-pandemic by strength in the immigrant workforce in America. And as Americans age ...

JetBlue shares tumble after airline lowers 2024 revenue outlook

JetBlue shares tumble after airline lowers 2024 revenue outlook

Bob Elliott

Silhouette of passenger in front of the JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft spotted on the apron tarmac docked at the passenger ...