Month: February 2020

Source: Lowe’s  Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said the home improvement retailer will soon be unshackled from its outdated website, which will make shopping easier for customers and give the company a sales boost. The North Carolina-based retailer is banking on a website makeover and other digital improvements to play a meaningful role in its turnaround,
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Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity flies to its new home in at Spaceport America in New Mexico on Feb. 13, 2020. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic reported a larger-than-anticipated loss when it reported fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, although the interest from prospective customers in the company’s future spaceflights continued to climb. CEO George Whitesides told shareholders on
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Top management at global companies are clueless on the full extent of the coronavirus impact and how it will affect their companies in the coming months, a portfolio manager told CNBC Wednesday. Many firms have highlighted that their operations will suffer as a result of the virus and some have taken precautionary measures. But Pieter
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Chamath Palihapitiya Heidi Gutman | CNBC Billionaires should be grateful for their good fortune and stop being so sensitive to public criticism and name-calling by politicians, tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya said Wednesday. In a heated billionaire-versus-billionaire debate with former hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, Palihapitiya said that being demonized or labeled “out of touch” is a
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Scott Minerd, founding managing partner at Guggenheim, at WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2019. Adam Galica | CNBC Guggenheim Partners Global CIO Scott Minerd said Wednesday that stocks could have further to fall as the markets came to grips with the economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak. Minerd, appearing on CNBC’s “Closing Bell,”
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This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total confirmed cases: More than 81,000Total deaths: At least 2,764 9:54 am: Brazil Health Ministry confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America The Brazilian government confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America, officials from
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People walk outside a Lowe’s store in East Peoria, Ill. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s shares fell Wednesday after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter results, with sales weaker than expected, and provided a disappointing forecast. Shares were down more than 3% in premarket trading. Here’s what Lowe’s reported compared with what Wall
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The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Disney. Gina Sanchez was a seller of the High Yield Bond ETF. Dan Nathan was a buyer of eBay. Guy Adami was a buyer of Citi.  Disclaimer Trader disclosure: AMZA, AMZN, AAPL, ACBFF, ACRGF, ALEF, ACB, APH, ARNA,
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“Complete fraud,” “joke,” “jargon,” “so ridiculous,” were among the choice words Social Capital founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya used to describe the growing ESG movement. “These are useful statements. It’s great marketing. But again it’s a lot of sizzle, no steak,” he said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” The increasingly popular ESG investing style evaluates
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In the face of a global health emergency, thousands of U.S. college students studying abroad are scrambling. As the coronavirus spreads through northern Italy, some schools, including Syracuse University and New York University, announced they were closing their campuses in Florence immediately. “We have urged students to leave Florence for this period,“ NYU Spokesman John
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Bob Chapek (C) Chairman of Parks, Experiences, and Products for the Walt Disney Company speaks during the dedication ceremony for the “Rise of the Resistance” attraction opening at Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on December 04, 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Gerardo Mora The head of Disney’s parks, experiences and products is now its new
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