Consumer companies ticked up ahead of retail-sales and inflation data.
There's some "data suggesting at the low end, people are really having to hold back, while at the upper end people are still spending," said J.D. Joyce, president of Houston financial advisory Joyce Wealth Management.
Starbucks is requiring corporate workers to come in the office a minimum of four days a week, or take a buyout, as the coffee chain pushes ahead on its turnaround plan.
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