Fueled by Covid vaccines, flexible cancellation policies and people yearning to break free from home, the summer travel season is already booming for some parts of the travel industry. A survey from research company Toluna indicates Americans are gaining confidence to travel with each passing month, with 27% comfortable to travel in April and 42%
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A 21,000-square-foot megahome in South Florida is the most expensive non-oceanfront home ever sold in Delray Beach, and its $19 million sale price makes it the the town’s top sale in over three years, according to the MLS. “Resort-style living is a driving force in the ultra-luxury market,” listing agent Senada Adzem tells CNBC, “People are rethinking
Illustrative image of two commemorative bitcoins seen in front of the Tesla car logo. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images You may be aware that you can now purchase a Tesla using bitcoin. If the idea appeals to you, here’s a twist: the taxman will be hovering with palm out. When you use bitcoin
When the Lucid Air luxury sedan EV hits the market in 2022, it’s expected to break records. One of those records would be Lucid Air’s expected ability to drive up to 517 miles on a single charge, which would top any other electric production vehicle. Lucid has also promised that the Lucid Air will be
Major banks around the world are still financing fossil fuel companies to the tune of trillions of dollars. A new report, published Wednesday from a collection of climate organizations and titled Banking on Climate Chaos 2021, finds 60 of the world’s largest commercial and investment banks have collectively put $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels from
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images A group of 250 CEOs and business leaders sent a letter to New York’s governor and legislators expressing “alarm” at what they say could become the largest spending and tax increase
Billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, is impressed by one key skill: failing “well.” “The people I respect most are those who fail well,” Dalio tweeted on Friday. “I respect them even more than those who succeed.” By failing “well,” Dalio said, one learns from their mistake and changes
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, sold his first tweet as an NFT, or nonfungible token, for over $2.9 million on Monday when bidding ended on the “Valuables” platform, which is run by Cent, a blockchain-powered social media network. The tweet, which says, “just setting up my twttr,” was first posted by Dorsey on March
US President Joe Biden speaks on the anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images With the latest coronavirus relief package behind him, President Joe Biden may turn to another legislative priority this
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Wednesday that it is pushing back the filing deadline for 2020 returns from April 15 to May 17, 2021. The move is intended to give tax filers more time to get their returns in order after a year that wreaked havoc on many people’s finances. Calls to extend the
Today, Zach Burks is the 28-year-old founder of Mintable, an NFT, or nonfungible token, marketplace that’s backed by billionaire Mark Cuban. But in 2012, Burks was a recent high school graduate heading off to serve in the U.S. Army. Before he left, he bought something called bitcoin at $5.50, and it defined the trajectory of
Some habits are hard to break — but that doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to travel. Travelers’ habits are changing — quickly and en masse. People are bypassing big cities in favor of smaller destinations that attract fewer tourists, and outside activities such as hiking and biking are attracting more interest
Alexis Ohanian is perhaps most widely known for co-founding Reddit and selling it for $10 million 16 months later at the age of 23 (and for marrying tennis legend Serena Williams in 2017). But today he is also known as a savvy start-up investor. Ohanian, now 37, recently founded venture capital fund Seven Seven Six and has invested in
Exterior of the 2019 Lamborghini Urus with a base retail price starting at $200,000. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Lamborghini reported record profits in 2020 as its wealthy customers — especially in China — rode the global bull market in style. Despite a mandatory factory shutdown of over two months during the Covid-19 pandemic, the “raging
NFT non-fungible tokens art and collectables illustration, use blockchain technology to create unique digital items for crypto art, crypto-collectibles and crypto-gaming. holly harry | iStock | Getty Images The NFT craze may come with a painful tax surprise for buyers and sellers who use cryptocurrencies, according to tax experts. Sales of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens,
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, arrives for motion hearing on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the U.S. District Court House inside Robert F. Peckham Federal Building in San Jose, California. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes on Wednesday got a six-week reprieve to the start of her trial, as
To keep up with emerging technology, self-made billionaire Mark Cuban is always reading and learning new things. It’s a tactic he uses to understand artificial intelligence, and now he has set his sights on cryptocurrency and the technology that surrounds it, like blockchain and NFTs. In fact, Cuban recommends people use his tactic and take
Sotheby’s is joining the nonfungible token craze through a collaboration with digital artist Pak. “We’ve been following the NFT space for some time,” Sotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” where he announced the auction house’s partnership with Pak. The upcoming sale is set to launch next month. “This is new for
Billionaire Elon Musk appears to be selling a recent tweet of his as an NFT, or non-fungible token. “I’m selling this song about NFTs as an NFT,” Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, tweeted on Monday. In the Twitter post, Elon released a techno song with the lyrics: “NFT for your vanity. Computers never sleep.
As more countries lift travel restrictions for those who have been vaccinated, the world is slowly opening to travelers again. Travelers without kids, that is. To date, no Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in children, said Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the pediatric infectious disease division at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Clinical trials
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