Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” MGM The coronavirus outbreak may have pushed ”No Time to Die” to trade its April box-office release in favor of a November one, but that doesn’t mean other Hollywood blockbusters are going follow suit. As the number of countries reporting new cases of COVID-19 grows,
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Customers wearing protective masks wait in line to enter a McDonald’s restaurant during lunch time in Shanghai, on March 2, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks baristas are washing their hands every 30 minutes. McDonald’s employees are cleaning surfaces like door handles, self-order kiosks and table tops more frequently. Reusable mugs are
Tom Holland and Chris Pratt voice teenage elf brothers in Pixars’ “Onward.” The pair embark on a quest to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Disney Pixar has set a high standard for animated movies over the last 25 years, but its latest title
Grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked in an aerial photo at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, July 1, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing‘s 737 Max was “marred” by technical problems, a lack of transparency and other issues, according to preliminary findings of a House investigation, released on Friday, into the beleaguered plane.
The fear of flying caused by the coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of 9/11, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told CNBC on Thursday. “9/11 wasn’t an economically driven issue for travel. It was more fear, quite frankly, and I think that that’s really what’s manifested this time,” Kelly said on “The Exchange.” He said the lack of
A man wearing a face mask walks past a deliveryman as he waits outside a Starbucks store as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 7, 2020. Jason Lee | Reuters Starbucks warned investors on Thursday that store closures in China due to the coronavirus outbreak are
People wearing protective masks sit with a Minnie Mouse balloon inside the departure hall at West Kowloon Station, operated by MTR Corp., in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The spread of coronavirus and cutbacks in domestic and international airline schedules continue to raise concerns and
Campbell Soup CEO Mark Clouse said Wednesday that the company is increasing soup production in response to the coronavirus outbreak. “We made the decision last week to up production in certain areas where we’re using a little bit the analogy of weather or natural disasters,” Clouse said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” “Where do we see
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Global cases: More than 95,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Global deaths: At least 3,250, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. US cases: At least 138, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. US deaths:
GM CEO and chairman Mary Barra speaks during the company’s “EV Day” on March 4, 2020 at the company’s tech and design campus in a Warren, Mich., a suburb of Detroit GM DETROIT – General Motors will spend more than $20 billion through 2025 on its next-generation of all-electric and autonomous vehicles as it aims to gain
Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer told CNBC on Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company hopes to have its coronavirus treatment produced and ready for human testing possibly by August. “How quickly that can deployed will depend on some of the early data that we have, some animal data, what we will see in patients,” Schleifer said on “The Exchange.”
Passengers arrive at LAX from Shanghai, China, after a positive case of the coronavirus was announced in the Orange County suburb of Los Angeles, California, January 26, 2020. Ringo Chiu | Reuters North Carolina health officials confirmed the state’s first COVID-19 case — a patient from Wake County who traveled to Washington state. Local health
A woman wears a face mask as she waits on the subway after the first confirmed case of coronavirus was announced in New York State in New York, March 2, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Global cases: At
Empty shelves of sanitizer products at a CVS in Rivers Edge, N.j., as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Fahiemah Al-Ali | CNBC As an outbreak of a new coronavirus causes some U.S. customers to fill up shopping carts and thin out store shelves, industry groups and experts say grocers can tamp down on “panic
Tourists wearing masks walk through Union Square in New York City on February 28, 2020, amid fears of the coronavirus and a global pandemic. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total confirmed cases: More than 89,100
Medical personnel in protective suits prepare traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for patients of the novel coronavirus with an intelligent dispensing equipment at a pharmacy of Wuhan Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 2, 2020. China Daily via Reuters The number of new coronavirus cases outside
A pedestrian wearing a protective face masks walks past the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Italy appears never far from a recession, and the spread of the coronavirus may just tip it back into the danger zone. Bloomberg This week will be decisive to see if measures the Italian government has
Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk outside the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau on January 22, 2020. ANTHONY WALLACE | AFP via Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:50 am: New York reports first case New York State has its
From the streets of Beijing to Milan Fashion Week, people around the world are turning to protective masks and respirators to try and reduce the risk of infection amid the global outbreak of coronavirus. Demand is so high that it’s increasingly difficult to order respirators on e-commerce platforms like Amazon. “We’re seeing outbreaks develop in
A new Pininfarina SpA Battista luxury hypercar sits on display on the opening day of the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BMW, Porsche and Bentley are debuting their hottest new cars online after organizers of the Geneva International Motor Show canceled