Interest in ‘Travel Tuesday’ soars, with more consumers saying they prefer travel to shopping

Interest in ‘Travel Tuesday’ soars, with more consumers saying they prefer travel to shopping

First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday. Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. “Travel Tuesday” — the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving holiday — targets those looking for discounts on trips, rather than flat-screen TVs.   Search interest for “Travel Tuesday” rose more than 500% from…

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Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person

The Supreme Court on Friday handed a loss to Republicans by allowing Pennsylvania voters who sent mail-in ballots that were flagged as being potentially defective to submit a separate provisional in-person ballot. The justices with no noted dissents rejected a Republican request to put on hold a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling from last week. Justice Samuel Alito, one of…

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Comcast tops earnings estimates as Olympics propels the company

Comcast tops earnings estimates as Olympics propels the company

Comcast beat third-quarter earning expectations on Thursday, as the Summer Olympics in Paris boosted NBCUniversal’s revenue and Peacock’s subscriber count.  Shares of Comcast gained 6% in premarket trading Thursday. Here is how Comcast performed, compared with estimates from analysts surveyed by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.12 vs. $1.06 expected Revenue: $32.07 billion vs. $31.66 billion expected For…

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Samsung Electronics’ chip profit shrinks 40% from the previous quarter

Samsung Electronics’ chip profit shrinks 40% from the previous quarter

Customers shop at a Samsung mobile store inside a shopping mall in New Delhi. Reuters | Anindito Mukherjee Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported third-quarter sales and operating profit slightly above its own expectations, but its chip business posted a sharply lower profit from the previous quarter. The semiconductor unit reported third-quarter operating profit of 3.86…

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