Levi Strauss CEO Michelle Gass was out for a run in San Francisco last March when she first heard the song "Levii's Jeans" from Beyonce's latest album, "Cowboy Carter." "Literally, I got chills," Gass recounted to CNBC, adding the name-check represented a "once in a lifetime" marketing opportunity she couldn't...
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An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis
Strathroy | Istock | Getty ImagesFor nearly a century, John Dioguardi's family has been making custom headstones and other memorial markers at Rome Monument in western Pennsylvania. Recently, he's wondered how much time his business has left.Dioguardi has been trying to adapt for more than a decade as the rise...
Buyer beware? Increasingly complex ETFs may burn investors due to market backdrop
From single-stock to inverse exchange-traded funds, firms have been marketing more complex strategies offering potentially monster gains to individual investors.However, the recent market volatility may be intensifying the risk of losses.Openinterest.Pro co-founder and chief strategist Mike Khouw warns when markets turn lower or swing sharply, these leveraged products can underperform...
Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision
NEW YORK — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday predicted that the administration still will be able to implement its tariff agenda regardless of whether it prevails in a pending case before the Supreme Court.Repeating assertions he had made prior to the high court hearing a month ago, Bessent cited...
Delayed tariff impact starting to hit, could cause companies to reduce head count in 2026
skynesher | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's tariffs, aimed at reshoring American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could end up lowering domestic head count instead, according to recent statements from corporate executives and economic forecasters.With the labor market already on its heels in a no-fire, no-hire climate, concerns are rising that...