During the recent second quarter, general merchandise comp came in flat as strength in home and hardlines was offset by softness in entertainment, the company reported. At Walmart Marketplace U.S. – where sales jumped 32% – sales were led by fashion, toys, hardlines and home. Total comp at...

Higher-income households drive gains at Walmart U.S.

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(Reuters) -Americans are worried about inflation, so they are shopping more at Walmart. The U.S. retailer raised its annual sales and profit forecasts on Thursday for a second time this year, as Americans flocked to its stores for inexpensive essentials, sending its shares up 8% to a record high.

Walmart boosts sales outlook, shares surge to record

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The estimated $31.3 billion Buffett has put to work in Apple is dwarfed by the amount of money he's spent regularly purchasing shares of this top-performing company.

Billionaire Warren Buffett Has Purchased $77 Billion of His Favorite Stock, Which Is More Than Double What He's Spent Buying Shares of Apple!

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The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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"I worked at Walgreens for 4 years. There was never a dress code for customers". A Walgreens shopper says a manager kicked her out of the store for not following the store’s dress code, sparking outrage in a viral TikTok.

I didn’t realize you had a new dress code for customers: Walgreens shopper says she was forced out

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Maybe it's just me, but it's not summer until I get to eat crab cakes! Don't let this recipe intimitate you! It's really not difficult, just takes a little bit of prep time in the fridge.

Delicious Crab Cakes!

Walmart said inflation was flat in its latest quarter, and revenue growth came from selling more items and drawing more visits to its stores and website, rather than higher prices. Yet prices have remained high in some parts of the store, such as dry groceries and processed foods. Prices at...

Walmart says prices are coming down — except in one key area

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. Jewells Chambers doesn't look like a typical Icelander. In a country where 94% of people identify as native Icelandic, Chambers, a Black American woman, is among the other 6%.

38-year-old American expat lives on $73,000 in one of the world's most expensive countries: 'I feel safe, I feel at home'

 Warren Buffett is betting big on this beauty brand. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway halved its stake in Apple in the second quarter, a selloff that could cost the Omaha-based conglomerate more than what Coca-Cola brings in in a year. Suggested Reading. Chipotle's stock tanked after CEO left but...

Warren Buffett's Apple stock selloff will cost $15 billion in taxes — more than what Coca-Cola makes in a year

A good pizza sauce makes ALL the difference in the flavor and end result of your dish. Personally, I've not found any commercially processed pizza sauces that don't taste.... fake, so I made my own. I'm not a huge fan of tomatoes in a can as they tend to taste a bit metallic, but you use what you've got and it's 1000 times better than storebought. Fresh tomatoes are in season right now though, so if you can get them fresh, more power to ya!

10-Minute Pizza Sauce

The tech-centric index is taking a break from its relentless run, but some stocks in the Nasdaq have much further to climb, according to Wall Street.

2 Nasdaq Stocks to Buy Before They Soar as Much as 226% According to Select Wall Street Analysts

In 2020, Kristina Knighten, 38, and her husband, Paul Cordier, 46, closed on their dream home in Lago d'Iseo, Italy. They bought the two-bedroom house for 23,000 euros, or $24,973, at the time. "It looked like a house you drew when you were a kid with the pitched roof, the...

This couple lives in an apartment in Italy that sat mostly abandoned for 22 years—take a look inside

Walmart (WMT) shares jumped Thursday as the retail giant reported better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2025 sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS), leading the company to lift its outlook for the full year. Walmart posted total revenue up nearly 5% year-over-year to $169.33 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.67, both better...

Walmart Stock Surges as Revenue and Profit Outlook Lifted

Warren Buffett has led the Berkshire Hathaway investment company to market-crushing returns since 1965. Berkshire owns a number of private companies, but it also acquired stakes in several public companies, including Apple. Berkshire is currently valued at $922 billion, and it could become the first American non-technology company to reach...

1 Unstoppable Stock Set to Join Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta in the $1 Trillion Club

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CAMDEN, N.J. – Lisa Smith, 61, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has admitted to her role in a fraudulent scheme involving over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court on July 17, 2024, to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy.

Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.5M COVID Relief Scam

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According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

When Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer interviews job applicants, he likes to ask a couple of his favorite questions. First: What's the biggest misperception other people have of you? You can't respond "unless you're willing to share the real you," the restaurateur told organizational psychologist Adam Grant during a March talk at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, which was released as an episode on Grant's "WorkLife" podcast last week.

Shake Shack founder shares the 2 interview questions he likes asking job candidates: They make you ‘share the real you’

When you're interviewing for a job, "asking great questions is such an underrated way to differentiate yourself from everyone else," says Nolan Church, former Google recruiter and current CEO of salary data company FairComp. Good questions can help make the case for why you're a rockstar at work. But asking...

Always ask these 4 questions when you're interviewing for a job, says ex-Google recruiter

Many Buffett followers made the curious observation after a regulatory "13-F" filing Wednesday night revealed. 's equity holdings at the end of the second quarter. It showed an identical 400 million share count in Apple and Coca-Cola, Buffett's oldest and longest stock position. It's prompted some to believe that the...

Trade Tracker: Brian Belski buys Walmart

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