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Gunnar Rathbun / AP Images Consumer spending accounts for around 70% of the entire US economy. US consumer confidence rose to the highest level since late 2000 in February. Sharp downturns in consumer confidence have acted as a lead indicator for economic downturns in the past. At around 70% of GDP, there is no more […]
Reuters Apple held its annual shareholder’s meeting at its new California headquarters on Tuesday. Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed investing in the US but provided no details. Shareholders voted to approve all the board members for new terms, and voted against shareholder proposals seeking to make Apple form a human rights committee and to make […]
Mark Lyons/Getty Images The Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Businesses came in at 104.9 in December. The average monthly reading for the index in 2017 was 104.8, the highest for any year in its history. Both the NFIB’s CEO and chief economist attributed the boost in confidence to policy changes […]
With their trip to Brighton looming, the winger knew he would quickly be burning off any excess calories. But Fraser believes his decision to load up on the carbs – together with an extra portion of confidence – was one of the factors that fired his resurgence after a slow start to the campaign. The […]
BI Intelligence This report was created for BI Intelligence subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Trust is timely. In an era in which fake news is trending, and brands are pulling advertising from large publishers because they don’t want their messaging associated with offensive content, trust is a critical factor that brands consider when re-evaluating […]
SPONSORED: Presented by Shopify The NFL’s Super Bowl is the biggest night of the year for football. For retailers, the big game looks a bit different — it lasts for four days, kicks off immediately after Thanksgiving and the ends on Cyber Monday. The retail Super Bowl means that online shopping jolts into overdrive and […]
This weekend, Girls Trip star Tiffany Haddish became the first black female stand-up comedian to host Saturday Night Live (previously Maya Rudolph hosted, but she was an improvisational comic and not a stand-up act). Haddish brought ample energy tot he late night sketch program in her hosting debut, and she had was more confident than […]
SYDNEY trainer David Payne is confident his exciting three-year-old colt Ace High provides him with his best chance of winning Saturday’s Victoria Derby. Ace High is now into outright $ 4.40 TAB favouritism for the $ 1.5 million classic off the back of a strong win in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes last month […]
The pound has risen to €1.123 against the euro following a higher than predicted consumer confidence index. Rising from -1.2 to 1.0, it had recovered after three quarters of decreasing. Catalonia and Spanish tensions have also affected the pound to euro exchange rate, putting the euro under pressure regarding the issue of Catalonian independence. It also follows from the […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images Robert Mueller’s investigators want to know what Sean Spicer knew when he said President Donald Trump had confidence in James Comey, the FBI director Trump fired just days after Spicer made the remarks in the White House press briefing room. Special counsel Mueller’s team is asking for White House documents connected to […]
