So I see the labor market as stable around full employment. Uh we have an unemployment rate at 4.2% which is consistent with full employment and you know low by historical averages. We have a ratio of vacancies to persons unemployed which is above one meaning there is more than one vacancy slightly more than one vacancy for each person unemployed and looking for a job.We have uh the transition rates from employed to employed are consistent with a full employment labor market and the employment cost index is ...

A former teacher accused of murder appeared in court this morning. Andrew James man pleaded not guilty to the stabbing deaths of Clinton David Brink and his wife Kristen. According to police, man attacked that couple in Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas late last month.And that's while they were hiking with their two young daughters. The girls, well, they managed to run away and get help. Man was arrested at a hair salon just a few days later and now faces two counts of capital murder.NBC News corresponden ...

Trading Recommendations - Sell November 45 calls for Freeport McMoran (FCX) [1] - Consider American Express, noting the stock is down approximately 10% over the past month [2] - Buy volatility as a just-in-case trade [2] Market Observations - Gen Z and millennials show affinity for American Express [2] - Expect a pickup in M&A activity to benefit private equity and traditional big banks [2]

McDonald's 麦当劳 - 分析师普遍上调麦当劳的目标股价至 334 美元，公司预计股价将上涨至 310 美元，股息收益可观，股息增长强劲[1] - 麦当劳受益于消费降级趋势，能够对产品进行合理定价[3] - 麦当劳的国际业务销售额有所增长，公司在全球范围内具有优势[4][6] - 麦当劳在技术层面上优于其他竞争对手，例如 Carvana 和 Shake Shack[9] - 麦当劳被认为是同类最佳公司，超越竞争对手[10][11] Restaurant Stocks 餐馆股 - 近期餐馆股的股价表现普遍不佳[2] - 关税和劳动力成本上升对快速服务行业构成挑战[4][10] - Shake Shack 的价格高于麦当劳和 Wendy's[6] - Jack in the Box 的股价表现不佳[7] Investment 投资 - 公司买入了更多的麦当劳股票，旨在实现投资组合多元化[1] - 公司增持了 RTX 的股份，并看好国防股的长期前景[11][12] - 公司在增长投资组合中新增了 Altria 和 Hasbro 两支股票[13][14] - Hasbro 的股息收益率为 36%，远期市盈率为 18 倍，在游戏领域占据重要地位，尤其是在千禧一代和 Z 世代中受欢迎，例如《万智牌》的销售额增长了 46%[14][15] - Altria 是一家现金流充裕的公司，正在从烟草业务转向替代产品[15]

I am about to break down for you what you need to know from Taylor Swift's appearance on New Heights. We're going to start on Taylor and Travis, their relationship, because we learned so much and even just got to see so much. We also heard that the first time she went to a Chiefs game, she went in through general admission, wearing a cap, wearing a mask, walked right in. Now, let's talk about Taylor buying back her master recordings of her music because we got way more information on how this all went down ...

This is a very public show of European solidarity with Zalinski as the world waits to see what comes out of that Trump Putin meeting in Alaska tomorrow. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski greeted at Downing Street by the British Prime Minister ahead of that crucial summit about a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine. And Zalinski is not invited to that summit and European leaders are deeply concerned about what the president might agree to.So, they're doing everything they can to try to shape the outc ...

So in the idea you're a large cap manager selling growth retail selling a little bit single stock long onlyies are selling a little bit um you're buying more you bought more meta right bought more meta we did Scott and I bet you that that number changes next week that retail flows back into the big five the reason we were buying Meta it was a number one pick going into the year it's up 30 40% on the year and you're wondering like why are you chasing this as a large cap dividend portfolio But the truth is we ...

And we are red reacting to that news of the morning on the PPI. Uh hotter the largest monthly increase in some three years. It throws a bit of a wrench into the no inflation narrative if anything.Um the question really for all of you I think for us here on the desk is does it wreck the September rate cut narrative. If anything it kills the 50 idea probably. But what about the whole thing.I think it takes 50 off the table and I think the market effect of that is the optimism that everyone had yesterday. We b ...

An Illinois judge just rejected a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to help arrest Democrats who fled there over a fight on redistricting. Texas Republicans are expected to end their first special legislative session tomorrow after Democrats denied them a quorum, but they will immediately begin a new one, leaving out of state Democrats hammering out a plan for when they should return home. Joining me now, Democratic strategist and author of the Salty Politics Newsletter on Substack, Julie Reggink ...

Listen and subscribe to The Big Idea with Elizabeth Gore on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. Want press for your business? Inc. Magazine’s editor in chief breaks down the best way to do it. This week on The Big Idea with Elizabeth Gore, Inc. Magazine editor in chief Mike Hofman joins the show to answer the question: How do I get press for my company? Following this week’s announcement of the 2025 Inc. 5000 honorees - a celebration of the fastest-growing private companies ...