A laboratory technician works with a pipette at the Institute of Virology at the Charité Berlin Mitte, where investigations on coronavirus are underway. Christophe Gateau | Getty Images The third U.S. case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in Orange County, California, the OC Health Care Agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division announced in a
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Health care members make first aid to people as they cover their faces with sanitary masks after the first cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Hong Kong. Miguel Candela | Getty Images President Xi Jinping on Saturday warned that the spread of the coronavirus presents a “grave situation,” as officials from central China to
Cashiers ring up shoppers at a Walmart store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart is testing a slightly higher minimum wage in a few hundred of its stores, as it rolls out a new, more flexible model for how it manages workflow within the store. In roughly 500 stores,
Two workers walk under the wing of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, March 27, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines that it could lift a flight ban on the Boeing 737 Max before midyear, ahead of the manufacturer’s new timeline
A security official stands guard as an ambulance arrives with a patient to the Infectious Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital on January 22, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan The fatal flu-like coronavirus spreading quickly throughout Asia has now killed at least 26 people and sickened more than 900 worldwide, including two patients
A woman wears a protective mask near the Chinatown section of New York City on January 23, 2020. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images U.S. health officials said they diagnosed a second patient with the China coronavirus after a Chicago woman returned from Wuhan with the infection, and they are currently monitoring 63
A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images China’s National Health Commission said as many as 25 people have died from a
CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained why Boeing is a weight on General Electric’s turnaround story. The “Mad Money” host talked with GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney about competition in the food delivery space. Later in the show, he turned bullish on Snap and explained how investors should approach the stock with earnings around the corner. A winner
Travelers wearing face masks stand in line inside the departure hall at West Kowloon Station, operated by MTR Corp., in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images The total number of coronavirus cases in China rose to 634, and a new case was reported in Singapore, Reuters
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G-7 Summit in Biarritz, France on August 25, 2019 Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images European leaders appear to be standing firm on plans to impose digital services taxes on U.S. tech giants in the coming months, despite President Trump threatening to retaliate against
Medical staff carry a box as they walk at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 10, 2020. Reuters World health officials hesitated Wednesday to designate an outbreak of a flu-like coronavirus that’s killed at least 17 people
Dave Calhoun, Chairman of Boeing. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Boeing‘s new CEO Dave Calhoun said he wants the company to resume production of the 737 Max months before regulators sign off on the planes and airlines prepare to return them to service. Boeing suspended production of the planes this month because a worldwide grounding of
President Donald Trump told CNBC on Wednesday that he trusts the information coming out of China on the coronavirus as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the first case of it in the United States. “We have it totally under control,” Trump told “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen in an interview from the
Public health officials have confirmed the first U.S. case of a mysterious coronavirus that has already killed at least 6 people and sickened hundreds of others in China, according to two reports. A White House spokesman declined to comment, referring calls to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC did not immediately respond
Michael Avenatti Lucy Nicholson | Reuters A federal judge ordered prosecutors to explain by Tuesday afternoon why controversial lawyer Michael Avenatti is under tough jail restrictions typically imposed on accused terrorists and drug lords. Avenatti is awaiting trial on an extortion charge in a jail cell that reportedly once housed Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Judge
Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. STR The outbreak of a new coronavirus stemming from Wuhan, China has killed four people with confirmed cases totaling more than 200 ahead
Superman Man of Steel Source: Warner Brothers Superman is getting a new show on Warner Bros.’ CW network, but so far, the big screen has proven to be his kryptonite. The box office flop of “Justice League,” along with negative reviews for a majority of films that included America’s favorite hero in blue in the
The tails of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked at Boeing facilities at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, September 16, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing is talking to banks about borrowing $10 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company faces rising costs stemming
Solar panels pictured at a tropical hotel resort. Marc Romanelli Businesses need to be singing from the same hymn sheet if they want to make meaningful progress in combatting the climate crisis, said the environmental director of one of Asia’s leading hotel groups, Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels. Janice Lao, director of group corporate responsibility
The 2019 GMC Sierra AT4 Mack Hogan | CNBC DETROIT – General Motors is once again taking shots at its competitors’ pickup trucks in a new ad campaign for its GMC Sierra, highlighting the strength and toughness of its all-new carbon fiber pickup box. The Detroit automaker will air a new ad during the NFC