Food inflation leads diners to cheaper menu items

Consumers are still dining out, but instead of higher-priced entrees, many are ordering more appetizers. As food inflation and affordability dominates the conversation about the U.S. consumer, new restaurant purchasing data shows even among Americans who are going to restaurants, many are in the mindset of cutting back. “Appetizer orders are up 20% year over…

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What happens when CEO Jamie Dimon leaves?

As Wall Street’s top bankers huddled in New York last month, preparing to convince Elon Musk’s SpaceX that they should be chosen to lead its upcoming IPO, one firm wasn’t letting its star advisor miss the bake-off. Among the squad of JPMorgan Chase investment bankers flying 2,500 miles west to California to pitch SpaceX was…

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Delta Air Lines (DAL) 4Q 2025 earnings

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-332(ER). Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ earnings could jump more than 20% this year from 2025 thanks to robust travel demand, particularly at the high end of the market, and potentially reach a record, CEO Ed Bastian said. Delta on Tuesday forecast adjusted earnings per…

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Hassett says Fed independence is ‘really important’ and chair candidates shouldn’t be disqualified for being Trump’s friend

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, one of the finalists for the Federal Reserve chair job, showed support Tuesday for central bank independence. With President Donald Trump apparently in the final days of picking a successor to Jerome Powell at the Fed, Hassett declined in a CNBC interview to directly address his own candidacy but…

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JPMorgan Chase (JPM) earnings Q4 2025

JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter results that topped expectations on better-than-expected revenue from the bank’s trading operations. Here’s what the company reported: Adjusted earnings: $5.23 per share vs. $5 consensus estimate from LSEG Revenue: $46.77 billion vs. $46.201 billion expected by LSEG The company said profit fell 7% to $13.03 billion, or $4.63 per…

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