Author: Daniel snow

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holds a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he announced the reopening of a major runway at the airport, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule on June 2, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe future of a high-speed rail project in California is under threat after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the project has violated some terms of its federal grant agreements.The California High-Speed Rail Authority “has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget,” Duffy said in a Wednesday statement.”CHSRA is on notice — if…

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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The S & P 500 was hanging on to slight gains in what would be a third straight winning session. Declining bond yields following Wednesday morning’s much weaker-than-expected private-sector jobs report helped support stocks. The ADP’s monthly look at hiring trends at U.S. companies showed May additions of just 37,000 positions . That was the lowest total from ADP in more than two years. Jim Cramer said earlier Wednesday that if the…

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Johnson & Johnson manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina.Courtesy: Johnson & JohnsonData from the New York Federal Reserve shows a majority of companies have passed along at least some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs onto customers, the latest in a growing body of evidence indicating the policy change is likely to stretch consumers’ wallets.In May, about 77% of service firms that saw increased costs due to higher U.S. tariffs tariffs passed through at least at least some of the rise to clients, according to a survey conducted by the New York Fed that was released Wednesday. Around 75% of manufacturers…

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Apparently, convincing your friends to sell chicken can pay off — big.At 24, Arman Oganesyan was making $50 a night as a stand-up comedian with no restaurant or business experience when he pitched the idea of selling Nashville hot chicken to his childhood friends Dave Kopushyan and Tommy Rubenyan. Pooling $900 in savings, they launched Dave’s Hot Chicken in 2017 as a pop-up in a Los Angeles parking lot.On Monday, private equity firm Roark Capital bought a majority stake in Dave’s Hot Chicken, which is now a franchise business with more than 300 locations, in a deal worth “pretty close”…

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