The stock market seems to bounce back slightly following the biggest one-day drop ever recorded for the Dow and S&P 500. But markets remain volatile, causing many to speculate about what's behind the big ups and downs. Tom Essaye, founder and editor of The Seven's Report, says the fundamentals of the U.S. economy are strong and people shouldn't panic just yet.
The Falcon Heavy is finally scheduled to launch today. SpaceX will launch the rocket from Kennedy Space Center and attempt to land all three boosters. The rocket is carrying CEO Elon Musk's original Tesla Roadster. Musk says the rocket is the most powerful one in operation.
Lululemon's CEO is resigning. The company says Laurent Potdevin violated company's standards, though it was not immediately clear what standards he failed to comply with. Potdevin has been CEO since 2014. The company is now conducting a search for a new leader.
Plus, it's our weekly trading show, The Long and the Short. We discuss what to expect when Snap, Tesla, and Disney report quarterly earnings this week. And we also talk about whether the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday can help turn things around for 1-800-Flowers.
Joe Cecela, Dream Exchange CEO, explains how they are aiming to form the first minority-controlled company to operate an exchange in U.S. history. Watch!
A Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives. Genesee County Judge Jeffrey Clothier hopes the unusual form of community service discourages people from stealing from Walmart. The judge also wants to reward shoppers with free car washes. Clothier says he began ordering “Walmart wash” sentences this week for shoplifting at the store in Grand Blanc Township. He believes 75 to 100 people eventually will be ordered to wash cars this spring. Clothier says he will be washing cars alongside them when the time comes.
The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase. A State Department spokesperson said the electric car company owned by Musk was the only one that expressed interest back in May 2024. The deal with Tesla was only in its planning phases but it was forecast to be the largest contract of the year. It shows how some of his wealth has come and was still expected to come from taxpayers.
At 100 years old, the Goodyear Blimp is an ageless star in the sky. The 246-foot-long airship will be in the background of the Daytona 500 — flying roughly 1,500 feet above Daytona International Speedway, actually — to celebrate its greatest anniversary tour. Even though remote camera technologies are improving regularly and changing the landscape of aerial footage, the blimp continues to carve out a niche. At Daytona, with the usual 40-car field racing around a 2½-mile superspeedway, views from the blimp aptly provide the scope of the event.
