Dow Inc. – The materials science company beat estimates by 18 cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of 91 cents per share. Twitter – Twitter fell 3 cents a share shy of consensus, with adjusted quarterly profit of 17 cents per share. Comcast – The NBCUniversal and CNBC parent reported adjusted profit of 79 cents per share, 4 cents a share better than analysts’ forecasts. Southwest Airlines – Southwest earned $1.23 per share for the third quarter, 15 cents a share above estimates. Stanley

Conor McGregor will return to mixed martial arts in January with a UFC fight in Las Vegas. The Irish fighter said Thursday he will return “fully focused” on Jan. 18 at the T-Mobile Arena. I have agreed the date with the company,” McGregor said, adding that he knows his opponent’s name but won’t reveal it. The 31-year-old McGregor hasn’t fought since losing by submission to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018. McGregor said he is targeting two more fights, including a rematch with Nurmagomedov in

Amazon announced three renewable energy projects on Thursday, saying it was committed to minimizing carbon emissions following criticism earlier this year. Amazon said the facility could power the equivalent of 46,000 U.K. homes and would be the U.K.’s “largest corporate wind power purchase agreement.” Amazon is just one of many global technology firms looking to power operations using renewable sources of energy. In its Environmental Responsibility Report covering the 2018 fiscal year the Calif

The European Central Bank (ECB) kept rates unchanged on Thursday, in what marked President Mario Draghi’s last monetary policy meeting at the institution. “Incoming economic data continue to point to moderate, but positive growth in the second half of this year,” Draghi told reporters Thursday afternoon. The ECB expects a gross domestic product rate for the region of 1.1% this year and 1.2% in 2020. We have discussions, everybody has discussions; all jurisdictions have disagreements when monetar

Despite Ford’s strong beat on earnings, Deutsche Bank says the automaker is in for a rough ride the rest of the year. The firm downgraded Ford to hold from buy and lowered its price target to $11 from $12, after Ford lowered its earnings guidance for the rest of the year.

Total payment volume — a closely watched metric for PayPal and its peers — came in at $178.7 billion, also above expectations. Revenues also outperformed, with $4.38 billion in the quarter vs. the $4.35 billion expected. Despite not yet breaking even for its parent company, the app saw 64% growth in payment volume year over year. “We see a lot of good runway in front of Venmo,” Shulman said. The roll-off from eBay, which used to own PayPal, is seen as a headwind for earnings into the next two ye

Wall Street analysts reacted with pleasant surprise after Tesla’s earnings report topped expectations on Wednesday after the bell. The company posted a third quarter profit and said it was ahead of schedule on production of its Model Y and Shanghai factory. Shares of the company were up as much as 20% after Wednesday’s report and opened up over 19% in early trading. “The +20% move in the aftermarket likely says it all, but Q3 was a good quarter for Tesla,” analyst Toni Sacconaghi wrote to client

Tesla shares surged as much as 20% on Thursday after the company posted a surprise profit for the third quarter. Analysts pointed to a decline in revenue as one big thing for investors cheering this report to worry about. But investors chose to focus on Tesla’s adjusted earnings per share of $1.86 versus an expected loss of 42 cents per share. Often accused of spending too much, Tesla’s surprise profit led some analysts to say the company’s narrative may be shifting. “Cost control can help a qua

At private four-year schools, average tuition and fees rose 26% over the last decade. Tuition plus fees at four-year public schools, which were harder hit, jumped 35% over the same period. Today, tuition accounts for about half of college revenue, while state and local governments provide the other half. Meanwhile, the cost of attending a four-year public college or university has grown significantly faster than income over the same time period. Rising tuition leaves many students and their fami

Abel Mitja Varela | Vetta | Getty ImagesIf you regularly contribute to a health savings account and plan to tap Social Security past your full retirement age, watch out. While this sounds straightforward, complications can arise for people who delay both Social Security and Medicare. The problem is that if you take the lump sum from Social Security, it triggers Medicare Part A being effective retroactively as well. Delaying Social Security also holds appeal: Your benefits grow by 8% each year yo

GlaxoSmithKline said U.S. regulators had approved its ovarian cancer treatment Zejula for wider use in some advanced cancers, in a boost to the British drugmaker’s oncology portfolio as it competes with rival AstraZeneca . Zejula, approved in 2017 by the FDA, is expected to achieve about 870 million pounds ($1.12 billion) in revenue that year. Both Lynparza and Zejula have shown promise in ovarian cancer patients with BRCA and HRD mutations. The approval underscores the potential of PARP inhibit

Israeli businessman Samuel Ben-Avraham said on Wednesday he has submitted an offer for Barneys New York, challenging a $271 million bid for the bankrupt luxury department store from brand developer Authentic Brands Group. The retailer, which filed for bankruptcy in August, had been seeking proposals to best Authentic Brands. Ben-Avraham told Reuters he lined up investors to back his bid and has work to complete before the auction. Barneys and Authentic Brands did not immediately respond to reque

American Airlines’ third-quarter earnings came in slightly ahead of Wall Street estimates, but revenues just missed forecasts and the financial impact from the Boeing 737 Max grounding continued to grow. American slightly lowered its full-year earnings forecast by 50 cents at the top end to a forecast range of $4.50 and $5.50. “Our third quarter was impacted by the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and the operational challenges resulting from ongoing labor contract negotiations. The air

Dow Chemical CEO Jim Fitterling on Q3 earnings results, growth, China and more35 Mins AgoShares of Dow Chemical rallied on Thursday after the company delivered an earnings beat. Dow CEO Jim Fitterling joins “Squawk on the Street” to discuss.

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China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump review Chinese honour guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. The Trump Administration has negotiated trade deals with South Korea and Japan, in addition to the USMCA with our closest neighbors. Earlier this month, the administration kept up the momentum by coming to a preliminary agreement with China on what President Donald Trump called “phase 1” of a potential deal. While mo

Balancing a side gig and a full-time job can be hard, yet planning ahead makes it easier. Managing timeTime management is key to balancing a full-time job and a side gig, said Stacey Ogden, founder of Side Hustle Teachers. She started the program after seven years of working various side jobs, like running a motherhood blog, alongside her full-time job as a middle school music teacher to help other teachers start businesses outside the classroom. Setting boundariesJustine Salata manages weddings

Nordstrom’s newest store, in Manhattan near Central Park and Columbus Circle, has been in the works for seven years. It also has two Nordstrom Rack locations, two Nordstrom Locals and a shop for its Trunk Club personal styling service in the city. Nordstrom is solidifying its presence in New York, which it says is already its largest market for online sales. Nordstrom has said that when it opens a bricks-and-mortar store in a market, online sales there tend to jump more than 20%. Here’s a look i

So asset allocators are very leery of putting any money to work in that particular class,” Vinik told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “What we heard back continually was: ‘We don’t like this asset class, we’re not putting money with long/short asset managers, we’re not convinced that your style works,'” he added. Vinik announced in a letter to investors on Wednesday that, less than one year after relaunching his hedge fund, he’s closing the funds on Nov. 15. But Vinik told CNBC that he was happy with the p

California Rep. Katie Hill confirmed that she had an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer following an announcement Wednesday of a probe by the House Committee on Ethics. “I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment,” the letter read. Among the content published by RedState was a nude photo of Hill. “Intimate photos of me and another individual were published by Republican operatives on