What do balloons, MRIs and rockets all have in common? They all rely on helium — and the global market for the noble gas has been deflating for years. Helium is the second-most abundant element in the known universe, but it’s hard to capture on Earth because of how easily it floats out of the
Gas prices at the pump should rise for east coast drivers, after a massive explosion Friday affected operations at a Philadelphia refining complex responsible for as much as 27% of east coast fuel production But how much prices jump depends on the extent of damage and the length of the outage. For now, analysts are
Hero Images | Getty Images Brits under the age of 30 are spending less for “fun” than they did in 2001, according to researchers. A report published Thursday Resolution Foundation, a U.K.-based think tank, found that young adults’ real-terms spending on non-essentials dropped by 7% between 2001 and 2018. Meanwhile, 50 to 64-year-olds’ leisure spending
Companies are having a much harder time during the ongoing U.S.-China trade war than the stock market shows, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “The real world is much worse than the stock market indicates,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box. “ Out of the dozens of company executives he’s spoken with, the “Mad Money ” host
When a bill to improve Americans’ retirement security sailed through the House of Representatives last month, it looked like the country was on the brink of the first major retirement reform since 2006. Then the bill went to the Senate. Weeks later, it still has not come up for a vote. Known as the Secure