For years, American Airlines bet that travelers would rather watch in-flight movies on their own phones or tablets. No more. On Tuesday, the airline said it plans to install seatback entertainment screens on around 800 single-aisle jets. New Airbus and Boeing jets with the screens will begin arriving in 2028, with retrofits on its existing
Long before becoming a Hollywood mainstay with a market cap of over $315 billion, Netflix was struggling to stay afloat. After the dotcom bust, the then DVD rental company was forced to make its first major round of layoffs in 2001, cutting roughly one-third of its workforce. For Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, the experience drove
With hash browns, my order totaled $18.86 before tax and tip. The same seven items cost $16.88 at Cracker Barrel and $18.58 at IHOP, so Denny’s came out pricier than both. All three chains felt like a solid value for the amount of food I got, but in my opinion, Denny’s provided the biggest bang
Home Depot’s sales improved during its second quarter as customers focused on smaller projects during the summer months with the U.S. housing sector still mired in a slump. Revenue increased to $47.86 billion from $45.28 billion, edging out the $47.24 billion that Wall Street had expected, according to a survey by FactSet. Globally, sales at stores
The word “Goldilocks” is meme-ing out in US markets right now. It’s a reference to how recent economic data has been neither too cold nor too hot. The labor market and consumer spending have been cooling lately, while inflation has remained relatively mild. For the purposes of keeping interest rates on hold, the recent figures
For most of American history, financial adulthood arrived with a recognizable set of keys: the house keys, the car keys, the filing cabinet where you kept the insurance paperwork. The timing was fairly predictable—late 20s, early 30s at the outside. Then it took a while longer to get the keys. A new survey from fintech
