Did anyone just get that AmazonSmile email canceling the program? Do you know how bad it is to pull the plug on that program? Many people shopped on Smile instead of small businesses because they knew they could still make an impact. Now all gone. Sales must be in the tank. Or worse. That’s bad.$Amazon.com(AMZN)$
Here are companies that released better-than-expected quarterly earnings reports before the U.S. market opens on Thursday:Oil Giant Shell Makes Record $40 Billion Annual ProfitShell delivered a record $40 billion profit in 2022, it said on Thursday, capping a tumultuous year in which Russia's invasion of Ukraine allowed the energy giant to hand shareholders unprecedented returns.The British company also posted record fourth-quarter profit of $9.8 billion on the back of a strong recovery in earnings from its liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading, beating analyst forecasts for an $8 billion profit.Annual annual earnings reached $39.9 billion, doubling from a year earlier and far exceeding the previous record of $31 billion in 20
V//@PearlynCSY:Goldman slashes GDP forecast for the second quarter to just barely above water. Goldman sliced its second-quarter outlook for GDP to just 0.7%, down from the previous expectation of a 1.9% increase.Combined with the decline of 1.6% in the first quarter that would bring the first half to within a whisker of a recession.Wells Fargo economists said they expect more aggressive Fed policy to step up the timeline for a “moderate” recession starting soon and lasting a year.
US Mortgage Rates Plunge to 5.3% in Biggest Drop Since 2008
Mortgage rates in the US posted the biggest one-week decline since 2008.The average for a 30-year lo