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Ford at the New York International Auto Show in New York City on April 2, 2026.Danielle DeVries | CNBCDETROIT — Ford Motor is set to announce first-quarter results after the markets close Wednesday.Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: 19 cents adjusted Automotive revenue: $38.82 billion Those results would mark a roughly 3.7% increase in automotive revenue compared with a year earlier and a 35.7% increase in adjusted earnings per share, up from 14 cents. Ford’s 2025 first-quarter results included $37.42 billion in automotive revenue, adjusted earnings before interest and taxes…

On Wednesday, the average price of regular gas in the US climbed to over $4.22 per gallon, according to AAA. Loading audio narration… That’s the highest level since 2022, when global oil markets were rattled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices have steadily climbed since the start of the US conflict with Iran earlier this year. American gas prices have risen sharply over the past week. Last Wednesday, the national average sat at $4.02. By Tuesday, it had reached $4.17, before jumping more than five cents on Wednesday.There’s still a large gap in gas prices across US states. Oklahoma has…

The U.S. Supreme Court Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana’s 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was “an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” Although the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday’s decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn. It isn’t yet clear how the decision will affect November’s midterms. Primaries are well underway…

A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting that took place in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that OpenAI was negligent for failing to report the shooter to authorities after her account was flagged for “gun violence activity and planning.” Paige Taylor White/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paige Taylor White/AFP via Getty Images Families of those injured and killed in a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia are suing OpenAI for negligence and providing a dangerously defective version of ChatGPT to the…

Amtrak wants to shift America’s “car-first mindset”. Loading audio narration… Its newest marketing technique to convince Americans that taking the train is better than driving: mimicking advertising tropes from luxury-car TV commercials.Amtrak’s upcoming ad campaign, “The Build,” opens like a typical high-end automaker spot, with a swaggering musical soundtrack and a narrator reeling off superlatives like “state of the art engineering” and “electrifying speed.”The ad’s reveal is that the “smoothest ride on the road” is actually an Amtrak NextGen Acela high-speed train.Eliot Hamlisch, Amtrak’s chief commercial officer, said the bulk of its current marketing output is about helping the traveling public see…

MrBeast is coming to Madison Avenue. Loading audio narration… The YouTuber’s company, Beast Industries, is on the hunt for a VP of agency partnerships, CMO Insider can exclusively report.This person will be responsible for serving as the “primary bridge between the MrBeast ecosystem and major agency holding companies (WPP, Publicis, Omnicom, IPG, Havas, Dentsu),” according to a job posting. (Perhaps this person could also flag that IPG is no more after its merger with Omnicom.)MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is the world’s most-followed YouTuber, and Beast Industries encompasses a range of properties, including Amazon Prime Video’s “Beast Games”…

Kraft Heinz is rewriting its sports sponsorship playbook. Loading audio narration… The food giant is deprioritizing the “logo slap” and leaning into quirky stunts, Todd Kaplan, Kraft Heinz North America’s CMO, exclusively tells CMO Insider.As the NFL Draft got underway in Heinz’s hometown of Pittsburgh this month, the ketchup brand floated a barge with a giant billboard down the city’s three rivers, counting down to each pick. The 57th selection — Logan Jones by the Chicago Bears — was gifted a ketchup-colored jacket and a lifetime supply of the condiment. Heinz hopes “Mr. 57” will become a new Draft tradition,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stacy Mitchell, owner of Bold Magazine Shop. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In 2013, I visited Beijing and started a new tradition: buying a Vogue magazine from each country I traveled through. The Chinese Vogue was beautiful, emblematic of the place and culture.Magazines have this way of transporting and engaging you in a way that online magazines just can’t do. You have to be totally present to take in a magazine, to understand how it’s curated, and to appreciate the beauty of the art and…

Facade of a Taco Bell Cantina restaurant in Danville, California, Jan. 8, 2026. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesYum Brands on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations, fueled by another strong quarter for Taco Bell.Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.50 adjusted vs. $1.38 expectedRevenue: $2.06 billion vs. $2.04 billion expectedYum reported first-quarter net income of $432 million, or $1.55 per share, up from $253 million, or 90 cents per share, a year earlier.Excluding charges related to its strategic…

sinceLF/iStockphoto/Getty Images The United States pays undeniably high prices for brand-name drugs. But when it comes to generics — the cheaper copycat medicines that now fill nine out of every 10 prescriptions in America — the country gets a very good deal. Americans pay less, on average, for generic medications than people in any other peer nation. But the wait for those savings can be long, with some brand-name monopolies lasting decades before a generic can hit the market. That wait could get longer — depending on the outcome of a case the Supreme Court is hearing Wednesday. What’s this…