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
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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
Nearly every aspect of living and working has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Running essential errands, checking on friends and family, caring for kids while school is shut down and staying healthy have all become harder. On top of all that, workers are simultaneously worried about job security and may be logging longer, more distracted hours in
U.S. households that already were less prepared to weather a financial storm are getting hit hardest from the recent rash of job losses across the country, research shows. Adults with lower income (under about $37,500 annually) and middle income ($37,500 to $112,600) comprise a greater share of those who have lost their job or taken
A pedestrian walks past a boarded up Lori’s Diner in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – State and local governments are warning of a wave of layoffs and pay cuts after getting left out of the federal coronavirus relief package expected to
Businesses will have to show they have adequate safety measures in place when they reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the CEO of a nonprofit that helps companies plan for and recover from disasters. “Customers are going to be demanding not just assumptions of safety but visible steps and measures that companies are taking
Planes belonging to Delta Air Lines sit idle at Kansas City International Airport on April 03, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Jamie Squire | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ on Wednesday posted a pretax loss of $607 million for the first quarter and issued a bleak forecast for this spring as the coronavirus saps travel demand.
Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan warns the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the U.S. economy harder than the financial crisis. “This is a brutal recession,” he told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. “This recession is extraordinarily deep. Already, you’ve got 22 million people filing for jobless claims compared to 8.7 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.”
From logistical issues, like finding someone to do your grocery shopping, to emotional ones, such as coping with anxiety and depression in isolation, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront an experience that can be strangely uncomfortable for many: asking for help. This is not always an easy task, even outside of a pandemic,
The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 24, 2019. Angus Mordant | Reuters Stay-at-home orders aren’t only hitting mom-and-pop businesses. They’re also a driver behind the cratering price of oil. For example, the cost of a futures contract for
Temporary closed signage is seen at a store in Manhattan borough following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New York City, U.S., March 15, 2020. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Over half of chief executives around the world believe coronavirus is a significant threat to their business, but worse, 11% fear their business won’t survive
3D printed swabs Source: University of South Florida Each day, New Jersey does between 7,000 and 9,000 Covid-19 tests at the state’s testing sites. Gov. Phil Murphy says that number must at least double before the state loosens lockdowns. Some health experts say the U.S. may have to do millions of tests — as many as 20 million to 30
A man walks with an umbrella outside of AT&T corporate headquarters on March 13, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images AT&T‘s first-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations and the company pulled its annual forecast on Wednesday, as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak overshadowed a strong growth in monthly phone