Birria burrito surrounded by birria tacos, birria munchwrap, birria loaded fries and birria consommé at Little Miner Taco in North Bethesda, Maryland. Laura Chase de Formigny | The Washington Post | Getty Images Birria, which was once known as a regional Mexican food, has taken on a life of...
Meet the Latin American e-commerce platform that’s outperforming Amazon this year
One of the world's largest e-commerce companies is emerging as a top pick on Wall Street as investors look for tech opportunities beyond the Magnificent Seven. MercadoLibre, an Argentinian e-commerce and payments platform that's incorporated in Delaware and actively traded on Nasdaq, is up 34% in 2024, compared to...
Caught cold by UniCredit’s swoop on Commerzbank, Germany will want to avoid a national embarrassment
Italy's UniCredit appears to have caught German authorities off guard with a potential multibillion-euro merger of Frankfurt-based Commerzbank, a move that has triggered a fiery response from Berlin. Market observers told CNBC that the swoop may have provoked a sense of national embarrassment among Germany's government, which firmly opposes the...
September consumer confidence falls the most in three years
Consumers' view on the economy tumbled in September, falling by the largest level in more than three years as fears grew about jobs and business conditions, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board's consumer confidence index slid to 98.7, down from 105.6 in August, the biggest one-month decline since...