19 Easy Cajun and Creole Recipes to Celebrate Mardi Gras

  Looking for the best Mardi Gras recipes? We’ve got you covered with 19 Easy Cajun and Creole Recipes to Celebrate Mardi Gras! With a distinctive cuisine that is the very definition of soul food, and home to one of the most famous Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S., the dishes of New Orleans […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: JBHT, QRVO, FAST

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: J.B. Hunt Transport Services — Shares fell more than 7% after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings came in weaker than expected. J.B. Hunt earned $1.53 per share, below the LSEG consensus estimate of $1.61 per share. Meanwhile, revenue for the period came in line with expectations at […]

Capital One acknowledges ‘outage’ as users report issues accessing deposits

Capital One said an unspecified technical issue was hampering customer account access Thursday, as some users reported issues with direct deposits. In response to complaints on social media platform X, a Capital One representative said the bank was experiencing a “tech outage” that was affecting “a variety of functions,” with no timetable for a restoration of […]

BlackRock predicts another historic year for crypto

Bitcoin should rip higher under President-elect Donald Trump, according to BlackRock’s ETF chief. Samara Cohen, the firm’s ETF and index instruments chief investment officer, thinks cryptocurrency deregulation will “absolutely” propel bitcoin to another historic year. “There will be progress made on… FIT21 [“Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.] There will be progress made […]

Wall Street banks see deal activity picking up, even after record results

Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Inc., from left, Ron O’Hanley, chief executive officer of State Street Corp., Ted Pick, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, and David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., during the Global Financial Leaders’ […]

Fed Governor Waller sees potential for multiple interest rate cuts in 2025

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that the central bank could lower interest rates multiple times this year if inflation eases as he is expecting. In a CNBC interview, the policymaker said he expects the first cut could come in the first half of the year, with others to follow so long as economic […]

This Couple Had Their Wedding at Cafe Spaghetti

“In 2018, I matched with a guy named Karl on a dating app who joked that we had the same name,” says Carly. It caught her attention and, after meeting up IRL, the two quickly fell in love. A year later, they got a dog; during the first year of the pandemic, he proposed with […]

Travel Bucket List for 2025 • The Blonde Abroad

My pocket travel guide for visiting Banff in the winter! ❄️🇨🇦••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••If you’re looking for a destination full of magic, you need to visit Banff, Canada this winter! Winter in Banff runs from December to March: 🗓️ December is incredibly special with tons of Christmas cheer.🗓️ January is when winter truly sets in—don’t miss the Ice […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: UNH, FSLR, MS, TSM

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — The streamer added 1% on the back of Seaport’s upgrade to buy from neutral. The firm put out its call ahead of the company’s earnings report next week. UnitedHealth Group — The stock shed more than 4% after UnitedHealth’s fourth-quarter revenue missed analysts’ expectations. […]

This stock will be a big beneficiary of Trump’s deregulation, says Bank of America

Goldman Sachs should be particularly helped by President-elect Donald Trump’s preference for deregulation, Bank of America suggested. Less oversight can boost investor confidence that Goldman will provide sustainable returns on equity, analyst Ebrahim Poonawala told clients on Wednesday. In fact, he said Goldman should be one of the clearest winners from this type of policy […]