Apple Music is on track to outpace Spotify in the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple Music has been growing its subscriber base by 5% every month, while competitor Spotify has only been growing by 2% per month. If both companies continue to grow at the current pace, Apple Music will overtake Spotify by this summer.
We dive into what's behind the latest ups and downs in the stock market. The Dow set a record for the largest two-day drop since the Brexit vote in June 2016. Chad Morganlander, Portfolio Manager at Washington Crossing Advisors, believes it would be healthy for markets to continue to pull back.
Sean Black, co-founder and CEO of Knock, tells Cheddar about his plans to take his company public in 2020. Knock is a start-up company that allows homeowners to sell or trade their homes for better ones.
Plus, we break down the Super Bowl advertising wins and losses. Amy Avery from Droga5 and Jeanine Poggi from Ad Age weigh in on their favorite commercials of the night. Overall, they say Tide ran a very successful ad campaign, while Ram's ad campaign sparked criticism from many viewers.
Rising safety concerns over water bead products marketed to kids have prompted major retailers like Amazon, Target and Walmart to pull some toys off their shelves.
The Congressional Budget Office said Friday it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal Reserve's 2% target rate in 2024, as overall growth is expected to slow and unemployment is expected to rise into 2025, according to updated economic projections for the next two years.
Intel is out with a new product to challenge other big players in the space like Nvidia and AMD.
Stocks fell after the opening bell Friday but will end on another positive week.
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Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still have power to keep buying.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dropped below 7% to its lowest level since early August, another boost for prospective homebuyers who have largely been held back by sharply higher borrowing costs and heightened competition for relatively few homes for sale.
Mortgage rates have dropped below 7% for the first time since the middle of August.
Taylor Swift grossed nearly $2 billion this year, according to Billboard.
A study from US News and World Report has found the most affordable place to retire is in Ohio.
