Tag: Financial markets

Chocolate love has its price on Valentine's Day as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutter

BRUGES, Belgium -- St. Valentine chocolates always seek to show how deep your love is. This year, it might just also show how...

CVS Health steers through rising insurance costs in a strong fourth quarter

CVS Health steered through rising costs in its insurance division to handily beat profit expectations on Wall Street.The drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits...

An unwanted double: US sales fall for American whiskeys as threats of a trade war heat up

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Like a watered-down drink, domestic sales for American whiskeys were unsatisfying in 2024, as inflation reined in consumer spending on...

Coca-Cola posts strong fourth quarter revenue as global sales volumes rise

Coca-Cola posted better-than-expected revenue in the fourth quarter as its sales volumes rose in the U.S., China and elsewhere.Revenue for the Atlanta beverage...

Asian stocks down after Trump imposes tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum

HONG KONG -- Stocks in Asia were mostly down Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on all U.S. imports of...

Little to no relief from high borrowing costs expected as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill

WASHINGTON -- The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more...