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,
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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
Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France, specializing in Mission burritos and tacos. Roberto Machado Noa | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Chipotle — Shares of the Mexican restaurant chain rose nearly 10% following its strong
The U.S. is currently grappling with unprecedented levels of unemployment and is predicted to experience a coronavirus-induced recession at least through 2021. As of April 17, over 22 million American workers had lost their jobs due to coronavirus. Alexander Colvin, a labor and employment researcher and dean of the ILR School at Cornell University tells
An Astra rocket on the launchpad in Kodiak, Alaska. Astra | John Kraus Years of private funding flowing into young and growing space companies has ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, in what one firm describes as a “culling” of space companies backed by venture capital. Investment in private space companies had seen a
shot of social security card Kameleon007 The Covid-19 crisis has upended the U.S. economy. Now retirees may face another financial challenge: a lower Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2021. Based on data for the first quarter of 2020, the estimated Social Security COLA for 2021 could be just 0.8%, according to The Senior Citizens League,
Jamie Black-Lewis received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program for her two spas, Oasis Medspa & Salon and Amai Day Spa, in Washington state. Many of her 35 employees think they will make more money collecting unemployment benefits than from their regular paychecks. Jamie Black-Lewis Jamie Black-Lewis felt like she won the lottery after getting