Two trading cards Patrick Mahomes will sell as NFTs. Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes, one of the NFL’s highest profile players, is moving the chains by launching his own NFT art gallery. In an interview with CNBC this week, Mahomes announced the “The Museum of Mahomes,” which will launch March 17 on the digital art market
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Ford Motor Co. displays a new 2021 Ford F-150 pickup truck at the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Two great-great grandchildren of Ford Motor founder Henry Ford have been nominated to the company’s board of directors, the automaker announced Friday. Alexandra Ford English, 33, is the
Residents wait in line to be vaccinated at a mass COVID-19 vaccination center set up in a parking lot outside of the United Center, home to the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, on March 10, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The United States on Friday topped 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered,
A closed sign hangs on the door with a view of the empty restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic on April 14, 2020 in New York City. Rob Kim | Getty Images Last March, restaurant sales sharply fell after governors banned in-person dining and consumers began working through their glut of stockpiled groceries. But after several
Sarah Whitten A global pandemic didn’t stop ardent Funko collectors from stocking up on miniature models of their favorite pop culture characters. The company beat on the top and bottom lines when it reported fourth-quarter earnings after on Thursday, sending shares up 10% after hours. Here’s how the company did for the fourth quarter, compared
If Hollywood were to address racial inequities in the film and TV industry, annual revenue could rise by 7%, or about $10 billlion, according to the findings of a new study from McKinsey. The consulting firm’s research found that Black-led stories are underfunded and undervalued. “A complex, interdependent value chain filled with dozens of hidden
A patient is taken to an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital in London during England’s third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Picture date: Wednesday February 17, 2021. Ian West | PA Images | Getty Images The highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. is associated with a 64% higher
Nissan’s logo is illuminated on a prototype of its new all-electric Ariya crossover. Nissan’s Z Proto performance car is reflected in the vehicle’s grille, while a redesigned Nissan Pathfinder SUV sits in the background. Michael Wayland / CNBC Nissan Motor is making significant progress on a global restructuring plan to right-size operations and return to
US President Joe Biden speaks on the production of the Covid-19 vaccine in the South Court Auditorium, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden said he will announce the “next phase” of the U.S. Covid-19 response during his primetime address
The Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) headquarters stands in Kent, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Last August, REI listed its newly built corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, for sale without ever even moving into the building. It marked a stunning reversal. In 2016, when REI announced plans
Boeing sold 82 aircraft in February and logged 51 cancellations, marking the first time since November 2019 that monthly sales outpaced scrapped orders. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to weigh on sales of new planes as airlines largely try to conserve cash wherever they can. Some carriers, however, are starting to prepare for a recovery in
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany star as Wanda Maximoff and Vision in Marvel’s “WandaVision.” Disney Disney+ has topped 100 million global subscribers. On Tuesday Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed the streaming service surpassed the benchmark in just 16 months since its launch. “The enormous success of Disney+, which has now surpassed 100 million subscribers, has
Avatar Source: Walt Disney Studios It seems “Avatar” will be heading back to Chinese theaters this weekend, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Originally part of the rereleases preapproved by China’s Film Bureau in 2020, the 2009 sci-fi epic remained in Disney’s vault during the ongoing pandemic. While China has been able to
The world needs to ramp up efforts to combat Covid-19 — and countries must not let their guard down, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned Monday as coronavirus cases around the world surge. “We’re at a very risky period,” said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan of the World Health Organization. “We need to double down, this is
Things are looking up for the domestic box office. In recent months, ticket sales have been accelerating, a sign that moviegoers are ready to return to theaters. Encouraged by the trend, some studios have moved up release dates. Over the weekend, ticket sales reached an estimated $25 million, which would be the best showing since
A man talks by his phone in front of GameStop at 6th Avenue on February 25, 2021 in New York. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Shares of GameStop jumped 11% in premarket trading after the company announced Monday that it has tapped Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen to lead its shift to e-commerce.
If a stock pundit had said at the beginning of 2021 it was time to get out of Tesla and into Exxon Mobil, many investors might have sought another source of market advice. But to an unemotional stock trader, that may have seemed like the right move after growth stocks’ massive run into the new
National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver is supportive of the new high school league that pays young players at least $100,000. Silver spoke to media this weekend to provide his annual update on the NBA, a day before it hosts the 2021 All-Star game in Atlanta. The NBA boss discussed media company Overtime’s new basketball
Restaurants and bars gained 286,000 workers in February following several months of losing jobs, the latest sign that the industry’s recovery is on the horizon after a long, cold winter. Freezing temperatures, coupled with a resurgence of new Covid-19 cases, hurt eateries at the end of 2020 and into the new year. “So far in
A customer lights a joint at Lowell Farms, America’s first official Cannabis Cafe offering farm-to-table dining and smoking of cannabis in West Hollywood, California, October 1, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Virginia is close to becoming the first Southern state to get a tax revenue high as it moves to legalize recreational weed. A bill