Gas Taxes in Europe

The European Union requires EU countries to levy a minimum excise duty of €0.36 per liter (US $1.55 per gallon) on gasoline (petrol). Today’s map shows that only Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland stick to the minimum fuel tax rate, while all other EU countries opt to levy higher excise duties on gas. The Netherlands has…

Peloton to outsource all manufacturing as part of its turnaround efforts

In this article PTON A Peloton Interactive Inc. logo on a stationary bike at the company’s showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Peloton said Tuesday it plans to exit all of its in-house manufacturing and instead will expand its current relationship with Taiwanese manufacturer…

PepsiCo raises revenue forecast as it deploys price hikes, smaller sizes to fight rising costs

In this article PEP A customer holds a can of Pepsi beverage at a shopping mall on March 9, 2022 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province of China. VCG | Getty Images PepsiCo on Tuesday raised its revenue outlook for the year as consumers snacked on more Doritos chips and drank more Gatorade in its latest quarter…

Goldman Sachs hires Alphabet tech incubator CEO Jared Cohen for new innovation group

In this article GOOG GOOGL GS Jared Cohen Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has hired another senior executive from the technology sector. The investment bank is adding Alphabet‘s Jared Cohen, a protege of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and founder of Jigsaw, an incubator at the tech giant, to help start…

This 33-year-old mom makes $760,000 a year in passive income—and lives on a sailboat: ‘I work just 10 hours a week’

When I created my money and lifestyle blog Making Sense of Cents in 2011, I had no idea what I was doing. I was a 22-year-old financial analyst making $40,000 a year and struggling to pay off my student loans. But my debt was actually a large part of why I started blogging — I…

Even when the ‘Great Resignation’ wanes, the workplace changes it spurred won’t, says psychologist who predicted the trend

Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images The latest data shows the so-called “Great Resignation” is still going strong. More than 4.27 million Americans walked away from their jobs in May, slightly down from the 4.4 million who quit in April and the record 4.5 million who did so in November. Yet even as the…

GameStop launches NFT marketplace as it hunts for growth in digital-fueled turnaround

In this article GME NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images GameStop on Monday announced the long-awaited debut of its online marketplace for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in a bid to reinvent its business and cash in on consumer adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The platform, which is now open to the public for beta…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Twitter, Wynn Resorts, Lululemon, Nio and more

In this article WYNN TWTR LULU Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twitter — Shares of the social media company dropped more than 8% after Elon Musk walked away from his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Musk alleged that Twitter…

65% of Americans earning $100,000 or more are ‘very concerned’ about inflation, new CNBC poll finds

A customer shops for meat at a Target store on June 08, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation is a real worry for many Americans — even those who earn six figures — and it’s impacting decisions about how they spend their money. Fully 96% of…

Gap CEO Sonia Syngal is stepping down, effective immediately

In this article GPS Sonia Syngal, president and chief executive officer of Old Navy Inc., speaks during the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gap Inc. Chief Executive Officer and President Sonia Syngal is stepping down, effective immediately, the apparel retailer…

Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street looks ahead to the start of earnings season

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 27, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures were little changed after hours Monday as Wall Street looks ahead to what many expect will be the start of a volatile second quarter earnings season this week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 16 points, or 0.05%. S&P…