The future of Party CityHalloween is Party City’s most important season. In 2019, the company said October sales were “disappointing.” Party City says it can improve Halloween in 2020. But there are more challenges facing the company, including a global helium shortage and changing consumer preferences.

However, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday that the group, known as OPEC+, may consider easing the output restrictions at its meeting in March. Non-OPEC global supply is expected to rise next year due to higher output from countries including the United States, Brazil, Norway and Guyana, which became an oil producer last week. “Oil prices remained soft after Friday’s drop that stemmed from the Saudi Arabia and Kuwait deal to resume production along their border … President

An employee arranges one kilogram gold bars for a photograph at the YLG Bullion International headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan. 13, 2016. Gold prices gained on Monday on sparse trade ahead of the holiday season, with lingering concerns about the health of major global economies supporting demand for safe-haven bullion. The United States and China have still not signed a ‘Phase-1’ deal and tensions in the Middle east are contributing to gold’s appeal, she added. U.S. President Donald Tru

How traffic jams end up costing the US economy billions of dollars10:43 AM ET Mon, 23 Dec 2019Experts call them “Phantom Traffic Jams,” moments when traffic grinds to a standstill for no apparent reason. That traffic comes at a big cost, in both time and money. A new study found the average urban commuter spends about 54 hours each year sitting in traffic. It also costs the U.S. economy a grand total of $179 billion each year, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. This video explo

Within six years, her company Tatcha was named the No. For most of this time of growth, Tsai never took a paycheck, and instead reinvested any earnings back into the company. Part of this, the Harvard Business School grad says, is because there wasn’t a precedent for the type of company she wanted to build. “When we first started out, direct-to-consumer beauty wasn’t a thing, Asian beauty wasn’t a thing, clean formulas were not a thing,” Tsai says. “Every time I get a paycheck, it feels like I’v

That’s because professional Santas, those who work in malls and private events, are expected to make about 8% less in hourly wages than in 2018. That said, the best Santas — those who are in the top 75th percentile of earners — continue to see their wages increase. Last year, the median hourly pay for the top professionals was about $75, but that jumped to $122 per hour this year. About one in four mall shoppers will have their children take a photo with Santa, according to the International Cou

U.S. President Donald J. Trump pauses as he speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. President Donald Trump named Robert Blair to be the special representative for international telecommunications policy and work on the administration’s 5G efforts under White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, the White House said in a statement on Monday. As the senior adviser to the White House chief of staff, Blair defied a subpoena fr

The Pokémon Company is bringing the franchise to Facebook with two new games: Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle, both of which are available now (depending on where you live). Pokémon Tower Battle, developed by Bombay Play, is available to play now worldwide. Described as a “unique take on the Pokémon franchise,” the game tasks players with stacking Pokémon against other Pokémon to create the tallest tower. Pokémon Medallion Battle, a “digital card battle strategy game” developed

To help give you some ideas, we asked these self-made millionaires and Advisors in The Oracles to share their top money advice for 2020:1. The coat made me feel like the queen of New York real estate, and everyone around me started to believe it. I’ve made my fortune investing in real estate, but that doesn’t mean all real estate investments are a good idea.) —Grant Cardone, founder of Cardone Capital, a $750 million real estate empire. ‘Invest in real estate.’

The most significant retirement legislation in more than a decade is now law. Yet, it may fall short in one of its principal aims: expanding the pool of people who can save for retirement via a workplace plan. However, the portion of the workforce without access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan has remained stubbornly stagnant over the past several decades. The measures are all aimed at encouraging more employers to adopt a 401(k) plan and enticing more people to join an existing plan. S

Boeing’s move to shake up its leadership hasn’t persuaded one analyst, who was among the first to downgrade the stock in the midst of its 737 Max crisis, to turn positive again. Argus Research analyst John Eade, appearing on “Power Lunch,” told CNBC on Monday that the planemaker has more work to do to prove it can get its popular 737 Max back in operation. Boeing ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg Monday morning as the company struggles to rebound from two fatal 737 Max crashes that killed more than 3

The mania and then share-price descent in marijuana stocks reminds market pro Tom Lee of two other big crashes, in 2018 and the early 2000s. Lee didn’t go so far as to say that a bubble was bursting in the marijuana sector. Like the marijuana sector, cryptocurrency became a huge phenomenon and sparked excitement among investors. Throughout 2018, bitcoin plunged, and it closed the year at around $4,000. After the bitcoin craze fizzled, some investors believed cannabis stocks were the next big gro

S&P 500 on pace for best year since 2013Major indexes closed at record highs again amid the holiday season. Stephanie Link of Nuveen and Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, discuss markets after the bell on “Closing Bell.”

S&P 500 has potential to break out to almost 4,000 in 2020, says ProJulian Emanuel, BTIG managing director & chief equity and derivatives strategist, offers his prediction for the S&P 500. With CNBC’s Scott Wapner and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Joe LaVorgna, Christian Fromhertz and Guy Adami.

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | ReutersDow Jones Industrial Average rises 96 pointsThe Dow jumped 96.44 points, or 0.34%, to end the day at 28,551.53. The S&P 500 climbed 0.09, hitting another all-time high of 3,224.01. The S&P 500 is up more than 28% for 2019 through Friday, about 1 percentage point away from 2013′s gain of 29.6%. Boeing shares jumpShares of Boeing jumped 2.91% after the Chicago-based aviation giant ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg, effe

Boeing said Monday that it told suppliers to halt shipments of 737 Max parts for a month starting in January, providing new visibility into how the worldwide grounding of the bestselling plane continues to ripple through the supply chain. Boeing last week said the protracted crisis has forced it to temporarily shut down production of the 737 Max, starting next month. “We are working with them to manage risk, address hardships, and ensure their ability to support seamless production resumption.”

For Mattel, this holiday toy shopping season, the last of the decade, has been all about the “big brands” and “big franchises,” according to CEO Ynon Kreiz. That is the case especially for the toymaker’s iconic Barbie and Hot Wheels lines. New additions to the Barbie brand, which launched with the Barbie Dream House in 1962, include the Barbie Dream Plane and Judge Barbie, which Kreiz said is made to empower girls. After selling 500 million Hot Wheels items in 2018, a record, Mattel expects to e

The negativity culminated Monday when Boeing fired its CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, after months of resisting the pressure to oust him. Muilenburg will leave immediately, with Chairman David Calhoun stepping into the CEO role on Jan. 13. You need somebody fairly close to the situation, so, I think this is the right fit for now. But I think it shows mostly that Boeing is committed to get this worked out and get it fixed. Lots of years at GE, and I’m sure that he’ll take that same approach within Boein

DETROIT – The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating German automaker BMW, a company spokesperson confirmed Monday following a report of the probe by the Wall Street Journal. The news organization reported the investigation is regarding BMW’s sales practices, specifically whether the company is “punching” its sales. A company spokesperson confirmed BMW has been contacted by the SEC, however declined to provide further comment on the ongoing investigation. In 2016, then-BMW of North

U.S. budget carrier Spirit Airlines said on Monday it will buy 100 Airbus A320neo-family jets to be delivered through 2027, with options to purchase up to 50 additional aircraft. The purchase agreement finalizes an October provisional deal for the aircraft, when Spirit picked European planes despite Washington imposing tariffs on them. Washington has imposed 10% tariffs on some of the planes Airbus offers to U.S. carriers, as part of a long-running transatlantic trade dispute over aircraft subsi