Mortgage demand from homebuyers falls 29% since last year, as interest rates surge past 6%

Mortgage demand appears to have nowhere to go but down, as interest rates go up. Application volume dropped 1.2% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The week’s results include an adjustment for the observance of Labor Day. Since last year, homebuyers’ demand for mortgages has…

Starbucks hikes long-term financial forecast as it unveils reinvention plan

In this article SBUX Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 22, 2017. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks hiked its long-term financial forecast on Tuesday after outlining a series of changes coming to its cafes as part of its reinvention plan….

NBA suspends Suns owner Robert Sarver for a year over workplace harassment, use of racial slurs

Robert Sarver of the Phoenix Suns takes notes inside the lottery room during the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery at the New York Hilton in New York, New York. Jennifer Pottheiser | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million…

Starbucks to unveil ‘reinvention’ strategy at investor day on Tuesday

In this article SBUX CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz in New York City. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Starbucks is expected to unveil a reinvention plan Tuesday as the coffee giant grapples with changing consumer behavior, outdated store designs and a union push in the U.S. The strategy is the brainchild of outgoing interim CEO…

Peloton co-founders John Foley and Hisao Kushi are leaving the company in a broad executive shakeup

In this article PTON Peloton on Monday announced the resignations of two of the company’s founders and another top executive, marking the end of an era for the struggling fitness-equipment company as CEO Barry McCarthy dramatically reshapes the business. Co-founder and former CEO John Foley resigned from his position as executive chairman of the board…

Holiday airfare will be most expensive in 5 years as pandemic fears wane

Los Angeles, CA – November 23: An air travel passenger is hugged while being picked up amid a long line of travelers awaiting rides after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport terminal 1 for the Thanksgiving holiday in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images…

Where Walmart, Amazon and Target are spending billions in a slowing economy

In this article HD LOW GPS AMZN WMT TGT KSS A Walmart employee loads up a robotic warehouse tool with an empty cart to be filled with a customer’s online order at a Walmart micro-fulfillment center in Salem, Mass. on Jan. 8, 2020. Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty Images When the economy slows…

Everything we learned at Disney’s parks panel at the 2022 D23 Expo

In this article DIS A masked family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Disney‘s theme parks are on the rebound after the coronavirus pandemic shutdown its domestic and international locations in 2020. Revenue is growing…

Everything we learned about the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the D23 Expo

In this article DIS The Disney+ Marvel website home screen on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hot on the heels of San Diego Comic Con in July, Disney unveiled more information about its burgeoning Marvel Cinematic Universe…

Prestige is the prize for AppleTV+ at the Emmys, not subscribers

Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein star in AppleTV+’s “Ted Lasso.” Apple Is this the year of Apple TV+? The streamer’s historic Oscar win for Best Picture was overshadowed by an altercation between actor Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock in March, but big wins at Monday’s Emmys could cement the service as one…

American Eagle joins list of clothing retailers reporting bleak earnings

American Eagle clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle store seen in Tokyo. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Images American Eagle this week joined the list of clothing retailers reporting bleak earnings as the industry works to figure out the type of items people want coming out of the pandemic, while…