A man (L) escorts a protester (C) as he walks out to surrender to the police at the main entrance of the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where dozens of pro-democracy protesters remain holed up, in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on November 24, 2019. An uneasy calm settled over Hong Kong on Saturday as the city prepared to go to the polls for local elections seen as a referendum on months of anti-government protests, after weeks of especially violent clashes between police and

The average Thanksgiving dinner still costs less than $50 for Americans, but for all the bounty of this annual feast, farmers are getting only a pittance. The price for a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people hardly budged over the past year, costing an average of $48.91 for 2019, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 34th annual survey of Thanksgiving Day dinner prices. That means of the average American Thanksgiving feast, farmers only earn about $6. Turkey prices are down 4% from last

Here’s how hygge took over AmericaHygge is the Danish concept of relaxation and coziness. You’ve probably experienced hygge without knowing it. When you curl up in your sweats, light a candle, put on water for tea, grab a good book, you’ve got the perfect recipe for a hyggelig evening. But when hygge reached the U.S., it became more of a commodity than a state of being. But experts say elements of hygge could be beneficial, regardless of how they’re packaged.

Venture capital funding for clean energy technology companies has declined after years of lackluster performance drove investors to other sectors. Clean tech investing’s boom…and bustIn the mid-2000s, the backdrop for clean tech investing seemed almost too good to be true. Ultimately, more than half of the $25 billion that flowed into the clean tech sector between 2006 and 2011 was lost. This unwillingness, coupled with the time and capital-restrictive nature of venture capital investing, crea

Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO at The Walt Disney Company speaks in Laguna Beach, California, October 22, 2019. Raymond James upgraded the communication satellite provider’s stock after it tanked on the news and said it feels the risk/reward is “interesting.” “The pullback in the oil & gas markets does not appear to be having a meaningful impact on the rental equipment providers. This implies limited near-term downside risk for companies in our coverage group including H&E Equipment Services and

As customers gear up for the biggest shopping days of the year, retailers face a major headwind: fewer days to shop. Retailers were dealt the shortest possible holiday calendar scenario this year, with six fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas than there were last year, which could pressure retailers’ top lines. The fewer shopping days come from Thanksgiving landing on November 28, as opposed to 2018’s date of November 22. “We know its going to be a very intense shopping season.

(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. This month has become a sideways “slowvember” slide in recent weeks, with stocks remarkably steady near record highs, as investors are again left to wonder if the tape is resting or rolling over. For the past two weeks, the S&P has hovered in about a 1% range between 3,090 and 3,122. This Bespoke Investment Group plot of the S&P 500 relative to its 50-day average shows the tape coming off the boil without much dama

Wall Street’s top strategists favor financials and value stocks heading into 2020, jilting the high-flying and expensive growth names that have for months carried the market to record highs. “Earnings growth for the broader market is slated to improve in 2020, which has historically benefitted value performance.” Strategists’ bullish views on financials may come as a surprise to those who’ve tracked the marked decline in long-term interest rates over 2019. Profit margins at banks and other lende

The S&P 500, up 24% since January, is on track to clinch its best year since 2013. Including dividends and other payments, an investment in the S&P 500 would have returned 26% in 2019 thus far. Meanwhile, the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 is Advanced Micro Devices, which has seen its equity price rise 114%. But despite the big gains in beloved tech and internet stocks, Wall Street’s strategists now also favor a choosier stock-picking strategy. CNBC also analyzed which sectors strategists

The United States is the world’s biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan. “The United States is broadly engaged in unilateralism and protectionism, and is damaging multilateralism and the multilateral trading system. It has already become the world’s biggest destabilizing factor,” China’s Foreign Ministry cited Wang as saying. China

The attorney for an indicted associate of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer says his client is willing to tell Congress that Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., met with Ukraine’s former top prosecutor about investigating the activities of Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. As vice president, Joe Biden joined a chorus of global pressure for Ukraine to fire then-state prosecutor Victor Shokin. Shokin himself claims he was fired at the behest of the former vice president to ease pressure on Buris

“The goal for the infotainment system is to say what’s the most amount of fun you can have in a car. I don’t think other car companies really think about it that way,” he said during Tesla’s recent earnings call. Tesla is leading the infotainment raceTesla is leading the infotainment race with these in-car entertainment services, said Dan Ives, managing director at Wedbush Securities and Tesla analyst. Ives said the main driving force behind the in-car infotainment movement is the consumer. Netf

Drones are growing into a $100 billion industry5:00 PM ET Wed, 20 Nov 2019Unmanned flying vehicles are growing in popularity all over the world. The technology is developing quickly with drones able to fly further and carry ever heavier payloads. But will the skies above our heads be safe? CNBC’s David Reid investigates.

While my partner is away on a work trip, my mother offered to fly to New York to help care for my two young children, free of charge. (As a working mom, I already pay for my kids to attend day care.) In addition, my mother is quite particular, and my grocery and gas bills will most certainly go up — she doesn’t do subways. My question: Is free help from my mother worth the cost? I’ll share with you a line I stole from Slate’s Nicole Cliffe: Even with your mother’s best intentions, the care she’l

More than 55 million Americans will drive somewhere for Thanksgiving this year, according to AAA. To travel efficiently and save time as well as money, here’s a breakdown of the best and worst times to drive around Thanksgiving, according to Google Maps. (Check out the Google Maps chart below.) In fact, Black Friday morning traffic is “the same as a typical Friday morning commute,” according to Google Maps. SaturdayGenerally, traffic on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend doesn’t differ too muc

But if shopping is your preferred form of self-care, you’d be smart to see how your credit card’s perks might help you save. Exclusive credit card shopping offersMany credit cards offer exclusive shopping discounts when you pay with an eligible credit card. Shopping portalsIf you’re looking to buy a gift for yourself online, consider purchasing it through a credit card shopping portal. This is option is quicker than most rewards credit cards that issue cash back, points and miles each billing cy

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Stocks in Asia were mixed on Friday following days of declines this week amid U.S.-China trade confusion. Elsewhere, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.32% to close at 23,112.88 while the Topix index ended its trading day 0.12% higher at 1,691.34. Meanwhile, shares in Australia rose as the S&P/ASX 200 finished its trading day 0.55% higher at 6,709.80. Shares of Westpac declined 1.55% after Goldman Sachs cut its price target for the stock by 10%, according to Reuters. Markets have had a rocky trading week ami

U.S. dollar bank notes are arranged for a photograph on September 7, 2017 in Hong Kong. Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing wants to work out a deal with Washington and has been trying to avoid a trade war – but is not afraid to retaliate when necessary. A senior Chinese diplomat urged the United States to compromise in order to develop stable relations between the countries. But after a week of mixed signals over the likelihood of a preliminary trade deal, the developments did little to m