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August jobs report due out as Fed uncertainty looms: What to watch this week

Date: August 31, 2025

The week ahead will bring US investors just four days of trading and a crucial jobs report, the first since July's dramatic revisions and the abrupt change at the top of the Bureau of Labor Statistics surprised investors. The August jobs report's importance for investors is downstream of its importance for the Federal Reserve. Who will be serving on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors by the end of the week ahead is far from certain. Last week, President Trump sought to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook from the central bank's board of governors. Cook challenged the decision, and a hearing on Friday left the decision in legal limbo. A Senate hearing for Trump's nominee to fill a temporary vacancy on the board is also set for the coming week. Outside of the monthly jobs report, labor market data will be a focus this week, with reports on job openings and a reading on private payroll growth from ADP set for release on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Key readings on the manufacturing and services sectors will also round out a busy economic calendar. On the earnings side, results from Dow member Salesforce (CRM), Broadcom (AVGO), Lululemon (LULU), DocuSign (DOCU), and Macy's (M) will feature as we enter the lull between the second and third quarter earnings seasons. Figma (FIG) will also provide its first report since going public. Stocks finished last week little-changed, with optimism over the US economy pushing stocks to record highs on Thursday, while a modest disappointment on inflation data sent stocks lower on the week's final trading day. Still, the major indexes capped off their fourth straight winning month, with the S&P 500 (^GSPC) notching its first close above 6,500 on Thursday, as markets turn the page to the final month of the third quarter of 2025. Checking an 'unusual' labor market The US labor market showed signs of a slowdown in July. That was only the beginning of what's been a dramatic month for the normally staid world of economic policy. In July, the US economy added 73,000 jobs, while revisions for May and June saw over 250,000 previously reported job gains wiped away. Following this report, President Trump removed Erika McEntarfer as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The US economy is expected to have created 73,000 new jobs in the month of August, and the unemployment rate is forecast to rise to 4.3%. Read more: How jobs, inflation, and the Fed are all related In a key policy speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on Aug. 22, Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank is likely to begin lowering interest rates at its policy meeting in September, pointing to a "curious" US labor market. Story Continues "While the labor market appears to be in balance, it is a curious kind of balance that results from a marked slowing in both the supply of and demand for workers," Powell said. "This unusual situation suggests that downside risks to employment are rising," he added. "And if those risks materialize, they can do so quickly in the form of sharply higher layoffs and rising unemployment."Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a document during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura·REUTERS / Reuters Questions over the health of the US labor market appear to have pushed Powell toward backing a rate cut from the central bank, a move that had already been supported by two of his colleagues on the FOMC — a contingent that is set to grow this week too. The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a nomination hearing on Thursday for Stephen Miran, Trump's nominee to replace Adriana Kugler, who stepped down from the Fed board on Aug. 8. Should Miran get through the Senate as expected, yet another voice likely to support more aggressive rate cuts will be in the room when the Fed's next policy meeting kicks off on Sept. 16. Whether Fed governor Lisa Cook will also be in attendance remains less clear. Cook sued President Trump this week after the president removed her from the Fed board due to alleged mortgage fraud. At a court hearing on Friday, the judge declined to make a ruling. The legal drama surrounding Cook, Trump, and the Fed isn't expected to have a near-term impact on where interest rates are headed this year. That answer still remains "lower." But as Mohamed El-Erian argued in an op-ed for Yahoo Finance earlier this week, the cracks in the foundation of the central bank's independence are starting to show. It's still a 'Magnificent' market With second quarter earnings season just about wrapped up — some 98% of S&P 500 companies have already reported results — we can say this remains a market dominated by the "Magnificent Seven" tech giants: Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), and Tesla (TSLA). Data from FactSet's John Butters published Friday showed earnings growth for the Magnificent Seven names during the second quarter came in at 26.6%, well outpacing the 8.1% annual earnings growth realized by the other 493 members of the index so far. Read more: Live coverage of corporate earnings Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Nvidia's earnings were four of the top six contributors to the index's earnings growth during the quarter. Only Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), which reported net income that flipped from a loss of $3.6 billion a year ago to a gain of $1.03 billion in the latest quarter, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which reported net income of $1.6 billion against a loss of nearly $10 billion a year ago, broke up what would've been a clean sweep for the Big Tech leaders. In his report on Friday, Butters noted that analysts expect earnings growth for the Magnificent Seven names to slow in the coming quarters. For the rest of the S&P 500, earnings growth is expected to reaccelerate in the first part of 2026. Both data points help explain why the stock market's rally has been so durable since the mid-April bottom. On April 9, Trump took the worst-case scenario for tariffs off the table. An easy case for why stocks should go up. But the fundamental backdrop for both the stock market's highest-profile names and the jumble of less flashy companies that make up the rest of the S&P 500 has also improved. Over the long run, nothing matters more to stock prices than earnings growth. Over the short run, nothing matters more to stock prices than the rate of change of that growth. When the second quarter earnings season began, investors were looking for the second quarter to mark a sharp slowdown from the first. By the time the second quarter earnings season started to wrap up, that slowdown was more modest. Between June 30 and Friday's close, the S&P 500 rose 5%. SNP - Delayed Quote•USD (^GSPC) Follow View Quote Details 6,460.26 -41.60 (-0.64%) At close: August 29 at 5:35:52 PM EDT ^GSPC^IXIC ^DJI Advanced Chart Economic and earnings calendar Monday Economic data: US markets closed for Labor Day. Earnings calendar: US markets closed for Labor Day. Tuesday Economic data: S&P Global US manufacturing PMI, August final reading (53.3 previously); ISM manufacturing PMI (48.9 expected, 48 previously) Earnings calendar: Zscaler (ZS), Nebius Group (NBIS), NIO (NIO) Wednesday Economic data: MBA mortgage applications, week ending Aug. 29 (-0.5% previously); JOLTS job openings (7.23 million expected, 7.4 million previously); Factory orders, July (-1.4% expected, -4.8% previously); Wards total vehicle sales, August (16 million annualized expected, 16.41 million previously); Federal Reserve releases Beige Book Earnings calendar: Salesforce (CRM), Figma (FIG), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE), Dollar Tree (DLTR), The Campbell's Company (CPB), Macy's (M), C3.ai (AI), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Thursday Economic data: ADP private payrolls, August (+70,000 expected, +104,000 previously); Initial jobless claims, week ending Aug. 29 (228,000 expected, 229,000 previously); Trade balance (-$62.6 billion expected, -$60.2 billion previously); ISM services PMI, August (50.5 expected, 50.1 previously); S&P Global US services PMI, August final reading (50.5 expected, 50.1 previously) Earnings calendar: Broadcom (AVGO), Copart (CPRT), Lululemon (LULU), DocuSign (DOCU) Friday Economic data: Nonfarm payrolls, August (+75,000 expected, +73,000 previously); Unemployment rate, August (4.3% expected, 4.2% previously); Average hourly earnings, month-on-month, August (+0.3% expected, +0.3% previously); Average hourly earnings, year-on-year, August (+3.8% expected, +3.9% previously) Earnings calendar: ABM Industries (ABM)StockStory aims to help individual investors beat the market. 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What Bad Bunny, F1, and Katseye reveal about the Trump-tariffed US consumer

Date: August 31, 2025

This is The Takeaway from today's Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The chart of the day What we're watching What we're reading Economic data releases and earnings Earnings season has kicked off for apparel companies, and full stop I've been expecting the worst. I still enjoy going to the mall, but the prices for apparel feel like they have gone through the roof! You don't really see this captured in government data releases and you are probably not keeping track of the price of socks year by year in a spreadsheet. It's just a feel when you're picking through the racks and checking price tags. Expensive apparel could be blamed on new tariffs. I can't tell you how many apparel executives told me three months ago they were raising prices for summer, fall, and winter clothes due to the new duties. I didn't get percentages, but the increases are a real thing. The execs would rather charge more than take quality out of a product and upset loyal consumers. Sign up for the Yahoo Finance Morning Brief Subscribe By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's Terms and Privacy Policy Yet here we are, amid those tariff-driven price increases, and the consumer doesn't appear to be buckling. Oddly enough, many people don't even look like they are checking price tags to begin with, simply buying because they are doing better financially than data would suggest, or a new celebrity partnership piqued their interest on TikTok. Curious about the evidence I have for this? PVH Corp. (PVH) saw sales of Calvin Klein cotton stretch men's underwear grow 14% in the second quarter, following 25% growth in the first quarter. When I caught up with PVH CEO Stefan Larsson, he told me the strength in underwear was due to a new tie-up with popular artist Bad Bunny. Who knew Bad Bunny could make men forget about underwear costs! A three-pack of these Bad Bunny undies is $49.50! Sure, they feature "a smooth, stitch-free Infinity Bond waistband," but it seems expensive.Artist Bad Bunny in a Calvin Klein campaign. (Photo: PVH Corp.)·PVH Corp. Meanwhile, Calvin Klein's fashion denim sales in the second quarter popped 19% after a 14% gain in the first quarter. That's a huge increase for a consumer staple like jeans. PVH also owns Tommy Hilfiger, and its sales got a jolt in the quarter due to a tie-up with the Brad Pitt F1 movie on Apple (AAPL). "We have two of the most beloved brands in the market where we, for a number of years now, have leaned into the PVH platform, where we drive product strength, consumer engagement strength, and strength in the marketplace, execution to drive growth with pricing power," Larsson told me. What's next for PVH: a new women's underwear tie-up with a "huge" female music artist due to drop soon, per Larsson. Also, a new line of F1 gear is inspired by Cadillac's entry into the sport. Story Continues The key words there by Larsson are "pricing power." American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) has apparently been watching PVH. Its recent celebrity denim deals with Sydney Sweeney and Travis Kelce will likely power third and fourth quarter earnings. Then there is Gap (GAP). Gap has taken a less splashy celebrity endorsement route than its rivals, but it has been very aggressive on marketing the past two years under CEO Richard Dickson. What does it have to show for it? The division has logged seven straight quarters of comparable sales gains.Girl Group Katseye in a Gap campaign. (Photo: Gap).·Katseye That streak looks poised to continue in the third quarter due to a new marketing campaign with musical group Katseye. "We've had 400 million total views of this campaign. We have 8 billion total impressions, and today, I'm incredibly excited to share with you, we are the No. 1 search on TikTok. It is proving that Gap is a powerful pop culture brand," Dickson told me (video above). If I were a betting man — and I am not —I would say reads on the economy come in stronger than the naysayers expect into year-end. And perhaps we don't get a series of interest rate cuts. The US consumer is telling us, by what they are buying, that they are doing more than hanging in there ... they are apt to stay supportive of economic growth. Call it the Bad Bunny Bull Market. Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance's Executive Editor and a member of Yahoo Finance's editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email brian.sozzi@yahoofinance.com. Click here for the latest stock market news and in-depth analysis, including events that move stocks Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance View Comments

A New iPhone Is Coming. Should You Upgrade or Just Fix Your Old One?

Date: August 31, 2025

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Here's How Many Shares of Apple Stock You'd Need to Get $1,000 in Yearly Dividends

Date: August 31, 2025

Key Points Since the tech giant's dividend yield is quite low, the short answer is: quite a few. Apple can't really be considered an income stock, but there are still powerful reasons for owning it.10 stocks we like better than Apple › Apple(NASDAQ: AAPL) is known for many things. One that isn't talked about so much is the dividend that it has been bestowing on its shareholders quarterly since mid-2012, when it reinstated a payout it had previously halted in the mid-1990s. While we can't really characterize Apple as an income stock, as its 0.5% dividend yield is too low for consideration, the company does dole out a distribution on the regular. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » A bite of the Apple In mid-August, Apple declared its latest quarterly shareholder payout; $0.26 per common share. Annualized, this is $1.04 per share, meaning you'd have to hold at least 962 shares to earn $1,000 per year in disbursements. Image source: Getty Images. All told, those 962 shares would cost a little over $223,722 at the most recent closing stock price (not counting seller commissions, assuming one's broker still charges such fees). Like the prices on Apple's always-premium products, that's a rather hefty-looking amount. In my view, though, iPhones (which I've owned continuously since 2007) and iPads are quality products that are worth the relatively high expense. I feel the same way about Apple stock, which at first glance looks pricey given that its five-year price/earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio sits above 2. Smart ownership Since most of Apple's revenue is still, after all these years, derived from device sales, many investors and analysts are concerned about the sluggish revenue growth of this category. The smartphone market in general is long past its hot growth phases, with new models tending to feature essentially incremental improvements. Most smartphone owners upgrade them only occasionally these days. The power and potential of Apple lies in its other top-line category -- services, which is stuffed with revenue generators like the App Store. The revenue growth for services tends to outpace that of products, to the point where it now accounts for 29% of the company's considerable top line. Such offerings are the sleeper growth engine of the company, and will continue to boost its fundamentals higher, in my view. Should you invest $1,000 in Apple right now? Before you buy stock in Apple, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Apple wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $651,599!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,067,639!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 1,049% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 185% for the S&P 500. Don’t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of August 25, 2025 Eric Volkman has positions in Apple. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Apple. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.</p> The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Elon Musk Just Delivered a Ringing Endorsement of the iPhone’s Staying Power

Date: August 31, 2025

For all of the talk in Silicon Valley about how screwed Apple is in the AI race, the iPhone maker got a glowing endorsement of its staying power this past week from an unlikely source: Elon Musk. The billionaire’s artificial-intelligence company and his social-media platform sued the iPhone maker, claiming it was violating antitrust laws by giving preferential treatment to its own AI partner (and Musk enemy), OpenAI and ChatGPT. “This makes it hard for competitors of ChatGPT’s generative AI chatbot and super apps powered by generative AI chatbots to scale and innovate,” said the lawsuit, filed by Musk’s xAI and X in a Texas federal court. Continue Reading 查看留言

Prediction: This Unstoppable Stock Could Be the Next $2 Trillion Giant

Date: August 31, 2025

Key Points Taiwan Semiconductor is a key supplier for many of the world's largest tech companies. Management sees AI-related revenue booming over the next five years. TSMC's stock isn't priced at a premium despite its strong growth.10 stocks we like better than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing › As companies get larger, it will become more common for them to cross the $1 trillion and $2 trillion thresholds. Still, there are only a handful of companies within striking distance, as only 19 companies worldwide have a market cap of $500 billion or greater. One of the most promising companies in this group is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), which has a market cap of $1.2 trillion. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » I think TSMC is slated to become a $2 trillion company within a few short years, thanks to its position in an important industry. Although it has delivered impressive shareholder returns over the past few years, I think it's slated for even more as it pursues a $2 trillion valuation. Image source: Getty Images. Taiwan Semiconductor's new technology will keep it at the top TSMC is a chip fabricator that offers its capabilities to some of the most important tech companies in the world. Companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) utilize TSMC's production capabilities, as they design the chips in-house and then send them to TSMC to be produced. As companies like Apple and Nvidia push to have more secure supply chains, TSMC's $165 billion investment in its Arizona production facility makes it an even more attractive partner. Demand for U.S.-produced chips has been overwhelming, and production capacities at the Arizona facility that's currently operational have reportedly sold out through 2027. With Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) chip foundry business struggling and TSMC's booming, it's clear which company has become the preferred partner for many of the leading tech companies. Another factor in TSMC's success is its drive to continuously push the edge of what's possible. Although Taiwan Semiconductor has the best possible technology in the world with 3 nanometer (nm) chips, it's pursuing a 2nm chip that is slated for launch later this year. This chip node is seeing massive pre-production demand, as it will consume 25% to 30% less power when configured at the same speed as a 3nm chip. This is a big deal, as it helps energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) workloads become more efficient as TSMC's 2nm chips roll out. Beyond that, it's working on the A16 and A14 chips that also improve energy consumption. TSMC has cemented itself at the center of all cutting-edge technology, which will allow it to succeed as AI demand rises and falls, and a different technology boom takes its place (such as self-driving cars). Despite all of its success and its lucrative market position, Taiwan Semiconductor's stock doesn't get a ton of respect. TSMC doesn't trade at a massive premium like its peers TSMC's revenue grew at a 44% pace in U.S. dollars during Q2. That's a speed that few companies outside of Nvidia can match, yet TSMC trades at a fairly low price tag. TSM PE Ratio (Forward) data by YCharts At 23.9 times forward earnings, Taiwan Semiconductor trades at basically the same price as the broader market, as measured by the S&P 500(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). The S&P 500 trades for 23.7 times forward earnings, so despite TSMC's rapid growth rate, it doesn't have a premium valuation. Management is quite bullish on its long-term outlook. For the next five years starting in 2025, it believes its AI-related chip revenue will rise at a 45% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and overall revenue will increase at nearly 20%. That's monstrous growth, and shows that 2025 will not be the end of heightened chip demand. Investors already know that many of the AI hyperscalers are going to be increasing their data center capital expenditures during 2026. These buildouts take several years, so it's clear that overall demand for AI computing capacity is still increasing. This is a multiyear growth driver for TSMC, and will be one of the primary reasons why the company eventually reaches a $2 trillion market cap. I think Taiwan Semiconductor is one of the best buys on the market today, and investors should consider scooping up shares before the market decides to give it an even higher premium due to its growth and position in the AI arms race. Should you invest $1,000 in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing right now? Before you buy stock in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $651,599!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,067,639!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 1,049% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 185% for the S&P 500. Don’t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of August 25, 2025 Keithen Drury has positions in Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Apple, Intel, Nvidia, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: short August 2025 $24 calls on Intel. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.</p> The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Why Is Everyone Talking About Apple Stock?

Date: August 31, 2025

Apple(NASDAQ: AAPL) stock investors were relieved to see the impacts of tariffs easing. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 13, 2025. The video was published on May 15, 2025. Should you invest $1,000 in Apple right now? Before you buy stock in Apple, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Apple wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider whenNetflixmade this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,you’d have $620,719!* Or when Nvidiamade this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,you’d have $829,511!* Now, it’s worth notingStock Advisor’s total average return is959% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to170%for the S&P 500. Don’t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you joinStock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 12, 2025 Parkev Tatevosian, CFA has positions in Apple. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Apple. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Parkev Tatevosian is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through his link, he will earn some extra money that supports his channel. His opinions remain his own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool.</p> The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

'I started my cookie dough idea aged 50 — if people believe in your passion, go for it'

Date: August 31, 2025

British-based Doughlicious founder Kathryn Bricken is a Florida native and mother of three. The woman who brought American-style cookie dough to the UK has battled breast cancer, had two surgeries on her hand after tearing joints from producing 500 cookie dough balls a day and, after several years of toil to create the perfect recipe, started her multi-million pound business as a 50-year-old. “I had a career, raised children and then I had time to focus on what was important to me,” says Kathryn Bricken, founder of UK-based Doughlicious. “Don’t ever think you are too old to do something you are passionate about. If you can write a business plan and people believe in it then go for it.” Read More: I turned my mum's 1980s homemade Dryrobe into a £22m British success Starting out in her Fulham kitchen, Miami-born Bricken now leads a team of 50 at Doughlicious, which has sold over 5 million packs globally since 2018 and produces more than 1 million cookie dough and gelato bites each week. The company anticipates doubling its revenue this year after accruing £7m in 2024. Bricken moved to the UK in 2008 after growing up in Florida, where she was a cashier in a supermarket chain, before working on Washington’s Capitol Hill and then moving to North Carolina. She laughs when she says she still doesn’t have a British accent 17 years on. In 2014, she started experimenting with ready-to-bake cookie dough — then still an outlier as a UK food category — when her British friends asked her to make some indulgent chocolate chip cookies. “Brits were into hard biscuits, hobnobs and shortbreads. There was nothing soft,” she says.Kathryn Bricken bootstrapped the business from her Fulham kitchen in 2017 with zero employees. Bricken, whose mother was an “amazing baker and chef”, took up the challenge but on the premise of a healthier taste, one with oat flour, raw cane coconut sugars, maple syrups or blueberries. Today, Doughlicious also claims to have 6% lower sugar than other brands. Two years later, Bricken entered the Speciality & Fine Food Show and created immediate interest from Whole Foods and Planet Organic. At the time, Bricken was still hand-producing from her kitchen. Continuous holding of the bowl meant she also wore out her thumb joint and was forced into two surgeries. In 2019, she decided to make an innovative ice cream sandwich, but encountered a stream of issues with temperature control or being too crunchy. The same year an early diagnosis also helped her overcome breast cancer. She focused on Doughlicious while undergoing radiotherapy and turned to cookie dough after purchasing a machine to layer the ice cream and dough. Read More: 'Future is the USA' for Pasta Evangelists, the £40m British made success story Story Continues “It was sloppy and difficult and would never scale due to the complexity of the machinery,” recalls Bricken. “I decided to wrap cookie dough around the gelato and it took two years of trials and testing.” In 2021, she landed upon the perfect recipe, launched with gelato bites and won a Mintel global innovation award which propelled the business. Her solo graft and growth is underpinned by Doughlicious’ facility moves. After originally working with a contract manufacturer for four months before product became inconsistent, she opened a small production room in Walthamstow and bought a packaging machine. She took on a factory manager and a few months later she moved into a new facility in Willesden Junction complete with multiple freezers. Bricken and Co are now at a 22,000 sq ft facility in Acton following a £500,000 investment from her and husband Dan.Doughlicious produces over 1 million cookie dough and gelato bites each week. A mergers and acquisitions banker, he had moved to the UK with his wife to open the international office at Wells Fargo. “I think he started to take me seriously when he told me I wouldn’t get a grant to bake cookies,” says Bricken. “I applied, was shortlisted and then he started taking me seriously. “In the last two years he has become more permanent. He is a human calculator and I am the creative side.” The couple are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary this year. Meanwhile, Bricken says she learned about business leadership from motherhood and applies her parenting skills in guiding her Doughlicious staff. Namely that she doesn’t yell at employees, having refrained with her own three children. “There is no rewind button,” Bricken says of the mantras she has passed on to her offspring. “Seize the moment, persevere, strive for perfection, go slow to go fast and think about what you are doing. Everything you do counts.”Kathryn Bricken leads a 50-strong team across the UK and US. The same could be said of Doughlicious, with Bricken creating a food category on its own with other challenger brands now entering the fray. That local grant also saw Bricken receive £50,000 which enabled her to purchase a heavyweight oven. Eight years on and Doughlicious is now in an array of UK supermarkets and has collaborated with Microsoft (MSFT) for an Xbox Dark Ages cookie dough and gelato bite, while British Airways carries its ambient cookies on LNER trains and long haul flights to Japan. “It’s important to build a brand and keep our core [chocolate chip, chocolate truffle, mint, cinnamon churro and cookies and cream], so everybody knows those five flavours and then we can always play with limited editions or new flavours,” says Bricken. Read More: 'In our workplace, we look for passionate, slightly unhinged mountain climbers US food and beverage group Rich Products has now invested in the cookie dough producer “to shake up the freezer section” after a $5m (£3.7m) total funding round. Bricken has said the UK will always be the “mothership” but the US is now a focus for expansion. Bricken recently flew into Miami to see her mother and sampled at different Whole Foods. She talked to customers, engaged with store staff and asked herself a range of questions: Do we have a problem with logistics? Do we have a bigger problem or is it distribution or ingredients? What is it that will help me build the brand? Into her late fifties, Bricken clearly still has the start-up zest. “I loved that I started it myself,” the entrepreneur says. “I get my joy from [occasionally] working on the line. If I could do that every day that would make me happy, but it’s all the other things I do that make it challenging in a good way as I am giving people what excites them.” Read more: Meet the 'jokers from London' who sold 100,000 blocks of butter in first 10 weeks 'We quit our jobs to launch a £2.5m tequila cocktail business' Meet the British billionaire who still works harder than anyone he knows Download the Yahoo Finance app, available for Apple and Androi View Comments

Jim Cramer on Apple: “They Don’t Have an AI Strategy”

Date: August 31, 2025

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer was focused on. Cramer noted that it is the only big company not buying from NVIDIA. He commented: “Apple is the only one of these heavy hitters that isn’t writing huge checks to NVIDIA, simply because they don’t have an AI strategy. Apple stock, by the way, is the poorest performer of the big tech stocks. Will that change after tonight’s numbers? Will Apple turn out to have the last laugh while all the others fall flat on their faces?… Listen, we heard the same thing about the dot-com survivors at the turn of the millennium.” brandon-romanchuk-NOFyRmSQfUQ-unsplash Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) designs and sells smartphones, computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories, complemented by cloud, support, and advertising services. Moreover, the company provides subscription platforms, including music, video, gaming, fitness, news, and payment solutions. During the August 7 episode, Cramer made positive comments on the company, as he said: “I kept hearing that Cook and the president didn’t get along because he wouldn’t commit to making the iPhone in the United States. The drum beat grew so loud that I even asked Tim in my private chat… is it possible for you to work with the president?… He came back and he said that he has good relations with the president…. Tim Cook, if he says the relationship is good, then it’s good, and that gave me the guts to tell you to stick with it. Now, with the stock at $220, nicely above where it was when the company reported, I need you to think about what has happened in the last 24 hours… While we acknowledge the potential of AAPL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. View Comments

Jim Cramer Says “A Mismanaged Intel Needed President Trump”

Date: August 31, 2025

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer was focused on. Cramer noted the importance of the government’s stake in the chipmaker, as he remarked: “They joined the previous winners of the PC revolution: Intel, Microsoft, and Apple… Those winners, they were amazing. They were run by the smartest people who took advantage of everything you could ever take advantage of, and they made their shareholders fortunes. As they grew, we heard at every turn that they were just parts of the bubble, and then when the bubble burst, it would just be a matter of time before they would burst too. A matter of time, a matter of time, a matter of time. Well, the time mattered. Nothing happened. Sure, Intel and Cisco didn’t soar like the others… A mismanaged Intel needed President Trump to get the money to be able to stay a survivor.”Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Logo, Sign, Building, Headquarters Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) develops and delivers advanced computing, semiconductor, and AI solutions, including processors, GPUs, memory, networking, and edge platforms. The company’s technologies support workloads across cloud, AI, autonomous systems, and digital transformation applications. Additionally, on August 25, Cramer said: “I know the White House is taking a 10% stake in the semiconductor company. It’s unorthodox, but Intel’s been a multi-year disaster, and our country needs this company to be on firmer footing… We need a healthy, viable Intel because we can’t simply rely on Taiwan Semiconductor to manufacture our most advanced chips… While we acknowledge the potential of INTC as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. Story Continues READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. View Comments

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