How to avoid buying fake products on online marketplaces
As more consumers prioritize convenience and value over brand loyalty, experts say they’re turning to online marketplaces more than ever to buy the things they need, raising the risk they could inadvertently purchase a fake product. While fake goods have exchanged hands in informal markets since ancient times, the growth of online marketplaces has contributed […]
Insomnia keeping you up at night? It may also raise your risk for dementia and cognitive impairment.
Sleep problems may be causing more than red eyes and poor performance at work.
5 key takeaways from CNBC investigation
Walmart‘s online marketplace has become a key part of its strategy to grow profit faster than sales and better compete against its longtime rival, Amazon. As the largest U.S. retailer with more than 4,600 locations nationwide, growing sales online is also critical for its future. But a CNBC investigation found Walmart’s digital boom came as […]
Should we drain our $200,000 savings for Roth conversions on $2.3 million in our 60s?
A reader worries he and his wife might need that money down the road.
Walmart Marketplace’s rapid growth came with fakes, scams
When Mary May started buying from third-party sellers on Walmart‘s online marketplace, she said she assumed the products she was purchasing were the same as the ones she’d long bought in stores. So in late March when she said she saw a “ridiculous sale” on her favorite Neuriva brain supplements on Walmart’s marketplace, she bought […]
Why mortgage rates are actually going up after the Fed cut interest rates
The 30-year mortgage rate shot up the day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates.
Larry Ellison $365 billion fortune breaks every rule of wealth management
A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Larry Ellison built the world’s second-largest fortune by holding on to his Oracle shares over nearly five decades of ups and downs. At the […]
FedEx (FDX) Q1 2026 Earnings
A Fedex truck is seen during heavy traffic on Sept. 16, 2025 in New York City. Zamek | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images FedEx beat on the top and bottom lines in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report on Thursday. The stock rose more than 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday. “Despite significant […]
Google searches for ‘help with mortgage’ haven’t been this high since 2009
More people appear to be looking for help with their mortgages, according to internet search trends. But economists say the reality is more nuanced and less alarming.
Comcast’s Versant reports declining annual profit as it prepares to go public
Versant, Comcast’s spinoff of the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio, is gearing up to go public. The new entity will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker “VSNT” after the separation, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Investors also became privy to more of Versant’s financials. […]
