Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he believes that scientists testing treatments for the new coronavirus will succeed in getting patients “out of the hospital faster” and reducing “death sentence” concerns. “I think the scientists are going to solve it,” predicted Cramer, who has been advising
Month: April 2020
CNBC | Jaden Urbi On March 25, the Trump administration announced that during the coronavirus pandemic it would stop garnishing the wages of struggling student loan borrowers. “These are difficult times for many Americans, and we don’t want to do anything that will make it harder for them to make ends meet or create additional
Food Network star Willie Degel said Thursday he does not plan to immediately open his restaurant in Georgia when the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions on his business are relaxed next week. “Being that we’re more of a middle-serve, finer-dining restaurant, I’m going to wait on the sidelines and see how the customers are reacting,” Degel said
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Source: Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse owner, Ruth’s Hospitality Group, announced Thursday that it is repaying the $20 million it received under the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program. “We intended to repay this loan in adherence with government guidelines, but as we learned more about the funding limitations of the program and
An employee places a pizza box onto a shelf at a Domino’s Pizza Inc. restaurant in Chantilly, Virginia. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Domino’s Pizza on Thursday said U.S. same-store sales continued to grow a month into its second quarter, even as the coronavirus pandemic roils the restaurant industry. The company’s U.S. same-store sales grew
Pedestrians pass in front of an E-Trade location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Alphabet — The tech giant’s stock was down 2% in extended trading after CNBC reported that Google is reducing its marketing budgets by as much as half for the second half of
When Jyri Engestrom, a 42-year-old entrepreneur who runs a small early stage venture fund in San Francisco, California, read an article in the Guardian newspaper about an Italian village that tested its entire community for the novel coronavirus and was reportedly able to eradicate the virus by doing so, he was inspired. Engestrom wanted to do
Steven Eisman, senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman. Katie Rooney | CNBC Renowned investor Steve Eisman said Thursday U.S. banks are an attractive investment following the coronavirus-induced market sell-off. “I actually think long-term, the best cyclical play out there are the very large banks,” Eisman, senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, told CNBC’s “Fast Money.”
(Credit: Getty | PeopleImages) When the government launched a web tool on April 15 so that eligible Americans could find out the status of their coronavirus stimulus payments, Jake Koepke was eager to log on. But the central Wisconsin resident, 34, was disappointed to find himself shut out after three failed attempts to get onto
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. Andrew Harnik | AP The House passed a $484 billion package Thursday to bolster small businesses and hospitals ravaged by the coronavirus crisis and expand testing desperately needed to start the return to normal life. Donning face coverings and
In this July 9, 2015, file photo, a man walks outside the headquarters of Gilead Sciences in Foster City, Calif. Eric Risberg | AP Gilead Sciences said that a draft document showing disappointing results from a closely watched clinical trial of the company’s treatment for the coronavirus contained “inappropriate characterizations” and that the study’s findings
Target CEO Brian Cornell said Thursday the retailer has benefited from a surge in online shopping, but warned it will have lower profits this quarter due to higher costs. The news sent Target shares tumbling nearly 7% in premarket trading. Still, Cornell said the trend of shoppers avoiding trips to stores has worked in the discount
Fuel prices are displayed at a Phillips 66 gas station in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some millennial investors have been duped by a complex oil ETF that is struggling to stay alive. Traders on Robinhood and SoFi Invest flocked to buy the United States
I was 35 when I lost my job as a legal courier in San Jose, California. It was 2009, and the economy had lost nearly six million jobs since the Great Recession began in 2007. Finding work was nearly impossible. At one point, I juggled three jobs that paid a total of less than $500
As smaller investors pile into the risky and troubled United States Oil Fund, hedge funds are taking the other side of that trade and making a lot of money. As the fund, which trades under the ticker USO, plunged 75% in the last two months, those who bet against it by short selling pocketed hundreds
eclipse_images If you’re awaiting a federal stimulus payment and you haven’t filed tax returns, beware: Hackers have set their sights — and sites — on your $1,200 check. Scammers have set up more than 180,000 coronavirus-themed websites in an attempt to steal data or misinform consumers, according to data from Checkphish by Bolster. The security
The owner of a Georgia barbershop said she is not planning to open her doors Friday, when the state lifts coronavirus-related restrictions for businesses like hers. “I’m definitely not opening this Friday. I don’t have a calendar date for opening,” Diane Fall said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Fall, who owns Maxim Barbers in Decatur, Georgia,
The coverage on this live blog has ended — but for up-to-the-minute coverage on the coronavirus, visit the live blog from CNBC’s Asia-Pacific team. Global cases: More than 2.6 million Global deaths: At least 180,784 US cases: More than 840,300 US deaths: At least 46,497 The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University. 8:45
Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix attends the inauguration of Netflix new offices in Paris, France, January 17, 2020. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters It’s Netflix‘s world. We’re all just living in it. Netflix released its first quarter subscriber figures, and as you might expect in a new global society where so many people are
An employee makes a pizza next to a Just Eat Plc branded delivery bag in the kitchen of The Fat Pizza takeaway pizza restaurant in Southend-on-Sea, U.K., on Thursday, Dec 19, 2019. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg via Getty Images Dutch food delivery firm Takeaway.com’s £6.2 billion ($7.6 billion) takeover of British rival Just Eat has
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