U.S. consumer sentiment figures for February came in higher than expected despite the recent outbreak of the coronavirus. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index came in at 100.9 for February. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected February consumer sentiment to come in at 99.5. Consumers’ assessment of current economic conditions were virtually unchanged from
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Wall Street used to be full of traders. Buying and selling stocks or bonds used to happen on the phone, in person or in the packed trading pits in Chicago, New York and London. Prestigious investment banks boasted of trading desks the size of football fields. Now, they’re losing money on trading operations and laying
Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton faced a blistering confirmation hearing Thursday, as senators grilled her over her views on central bank independence, the gold standard and whether the money that people deposit at banks should be insured. Facing a barrage of criticism over multiple statements she has made over the years, Shelton defended herself as
People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Roku – Shares of the streaming company jumped 5% in extended
St. Clare’s Hospital was everything to Jerry and Kathy Adach. They married after meeting at the Schenectady, New York area hospital, where both worked, in the early ’80s. Their two daughters were born there. The couple, who devoted a combined 59 years of service to the facility, had expected to retire with a good pension
DBS Group Holdings in the central business district of Singapore. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images The ongoing spread of a new coronavirus disease, recently named COVID-19, could hit the revenue of Southeast Asia’s largest bank this year, its chief executive said on Thursday. Piyush Gupta, the CEO of Singaporean bank DBS, said the
Cisco Systems headquarters Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Cisco Systems – Shares of the networking hardware company dropped 4% in extended trading despite reporting strong second-quarter results that beat analysts’ estimates. Cisco reported earnings of 77 cents a share excluding some items on revenue of $12.01 billion while analysts
George Lee, Partner, Goldman Sachs Stephen McCarthy | Sportsfile | Corbis | Getty Images Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs is increasingly going head-to-head with the biggest tech companies for talent as it rapidly boosts its engineering talent, said George Lee, the bank’s co-Chief Investment Officer. Speaking onstage at Goldman’s Technology and Internet Conference in San
Shoppers pass an Under Armour store in White Plains, New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Under Armour — Under Armour’s stock plunged more than 18% after missing revenue estimates for the fourth quarter. The sports apparel company reported adjusted earnings of 10 cents per share, in
Shoppers enter a building housing a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. store in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Lyft – The ridesharing company’s stock fell more than 5% in extended trading after reporting fourth-quarter financial results that beat expectations but did not
Yunus Arakon | E+ | Getty Images Investor money ensnared in alleged Ponzi schemes has hit its highest level in a decade, leading to concern that a booming stock market and de-regulatory agenda are pushing more fraudsters to bilk unsuspecting investors. State and federal authorities uncovered 60 alleged Ponzi schemes last year with a total
Monzo co-founder and CEO Tom Blomfield. Monzo Tom Blomfield doesn’t think big banks will ever undergo a digital transformation. The British fintech entrepreneur says banking behemoths like Barclays and HSBC are saddled with outdated technology and a risk-averse culture to respond to the challenge that upstarts like his digital bank, Monzo, present. “The banks really
People pass by the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Chegg – The American education technology company’s stock dropped more than 4% in extended trading despite reporting financial results that beat on the top and bottom line. The company reported a fourth-quarter profit of
A volunteer measures a passenger’s body temperature. In light of a coronavirus outbreak in China, Hong Kong district councillors and residents formed makeshift quarantine stations, screening passengers arriving from China, Feb. 4, 2020. Willie Siau | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Concern about the coronavirus is weighing heavily on the outlook for first
A worker inspects an order at a JD.com delivery station in Yizhuang, Beijing, amid the coronavirus outbreak. Hilary Pan | CNBC BEIJING — More people are stuck at home in China as they wait out the coronavirus outbreak, giving some delivery and e-commerce companies an opportunity, even as they try to manage the risks of
Canada Goose (GOOS) – The outerwear maker reported better-than-expected profit and revenue for its fiscal third quarter, but also said the coronavirus outbreak is having a “material negative impact” during the current quarter. The company did add that no supply chain interruptions have occurred as a result of the virus. Hanesbrands (HBI) – The underwear
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 8:07 am: Jobs report approaches The Labor Department’s report on nonfarm payrolls for January will set the tone for Friday. The consensus expectation is for a net gain of 158,000 jobs
Edward ‘Ed’ Hyman, chairman of Evercore Partners Inc. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Evercore ISI Chairman Ed Hyman said he sees no economic growth in China in the first quarter due to the deadly coronavirus. The market pullback Friday “is still a worry about the virus,” Hyman said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the
A frozen section of the Ross Sea at the Scott Base in Antarctica on November 12, 2016. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Antarctica just broke its hottest temperature ever recorded at 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit as climate change continues to accelerate, according to measurements from an Argentinian research station thermometer. The reading was taken
eBay’s headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S. Bloomberg | Getty Images The e-commerce giant eBay more closely resembles the New York Stock Exchange than it does Amazon, at least in the eyes of Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher. “I’m not sure that it’s been fair for the market to hold eBay accountable as an e-commerce company