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CEO of Snap Inc. Evan Spiegel walks to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 07, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Snap shares plummeted more than 20% in extended trading on Thursday after the social media company reported weaker-than-expected …

Employees work at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greer, South Carolina, October 19, 2022. Bob Strong | Reuters The economy sent a low-key signal Thursday that a recession is looming — and that the Federal Reserve could be making a policy mistake by continuing to try to slow things down. …

United’s check-in area at Washington Dulles International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Cheap airfares are hard to find, and it might not get much easier in 2023. Between staffing shortages, aircraft delays and airlines’ conservative schedules after costly travel meltdowns, available seats are limited. Airlines are also passing along higher …

Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education’s application for student loan forgiveness, which officially went live earlier this week, is surprisingly easy to fill out. Borrowers just need to provide some basic contact information and their Social Security number. That’s it. Well, for some. More …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022.  …

(Below is an excerpt from Bob Pisani’s new book “Shut Up & Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing from the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange.”) If you think knowing something about behavioral economics prevents you from doing stupid things, let me tell you about the Black Sabbath …

Nearly 500 million people worldwide will develop severe conditions like heart disease and diabetes by 2030 if they don’t increase their physical activity, according to a new study conducted by the World Health Organization. Lack of movement costs the world $27 billion a year, researchers discovered, which would be $300 …

Halfpoint | Istock | Getty Images Retirees who rely on Social Security benefits for income will get some relief from record high inflation when an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment kicks in next year. But two factors — the size of Medicare Part B premiums and taxes on benefits — may offset …

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday told investors to consider adding shares of well-established consumer packaged-goods companies to their portfolios. “Nobody’s championing what actually works: these old-line consumer packaged-goods names that we all know,” he said. Cramer highlighted three companies’ most recent quarterly results as examples of why investors should have …

Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech Sunday that outlined the Communist Party of China’s priorities for the next five years. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — The twice-a-decade Chinese leadership meeting this week has significant implications for which parts of the economy will …