The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is pictures on May 26, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Check back here for updates: 8:10 am: Airlines continue to soar on reopening trade Shares of the major U.S. airlines are jumping in premarket trading
More than half of U.S. travelers planning to book trips will not insure their purchase, according to a survey of more than 1,200 Americans by ValuePenguin. That’s despite the near-shutdown of global tourism, the struggle to get refunds on canceled spring and summer travel plans, and lingering questions over how and when airlines, cruise lines,
Confetti falls as Lyft CEO Logan Green (C) and President John Zimmer (LEFT C) ring the Nasdaq opening bell celebrating the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. The ride hailing app company’s shares were initially priced at $72. Mario Tama / Getty Images Which stocks are primed to
Ice T is seen on set of ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’ on March 06, 2020 in New York City. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin After months of production shutdowns, Hollywood is eager to get the cameras rolling again. But that’s easier said than done in as coronavirus continues to spread. While several states have issued proposed
The coronavirus pandemic altered society in immeasurable ways, including, of course, investing. Stocks that benefited from people staying home, such as Netflix and Zoom Video, outperformed expectations in the past few months, while retailers and airline companies, among others, saw their stocks fall off a cliff. And now some of those worst-performing stocks of March
The 50 wealthiest people in America have publicly donated about $1 billion for coronavirus relief — that’s a big number, but it adds up to a very small fraction of their combined net worth: less than 0.1%, according to a new survey from the Washington Post. The survey also found that nearly a third of
Scammers gravitate to tightened finances like moths to a flame. To complicate matters, shelter-in-place restrictions have pushed people to make more online transactions. That means new opportunities for fraudsters to take advantage of seniors who may be new digital accountholders. Between financial worries and health fears about the novel coronavirus, it’s a time to be
Photo: Getty Branding: We either love it or we hate it. As real estate investors, our brand and our message can be a deciding factor in whether a seller reaches out to us to potentially purchase their home. Before you ever speak to them, your brand speaks to them. It’s important to think about how
The question of whether to reopen schools in the fall has a “complicated answer” and the decision will depend on the coronavirus’ transmission in certain regions of the U.S., White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday. “It has to be a bit of a — and I don’t mean lengthwise — a bit of
Wall Street and New York Stock Exchange in New York. Alexander Spatari The stock market has defied gravity in recent weeks, rebounding nearly as quickly as it sold off amid the coronavirus pandemic. The threat of another steep decline is omnipresent. But stock investors shouldn’t be concerned, experts say. In fact, panicking and selling out
Three-time Olympic medalist Lindsay Vonn admits that she wasn’t exactly a natural when she first starting skiing professionally at age 7. “I was never the most talented skier but I outwork people,” Vonn tells CNBC Make It. Vonn, 35, retired from competitive skiing in February 2019 after nearly three decades. During that time she won an Olympic gold
Joseph Louis joins others in a protest asking the state of Florida to fix its unemployment system on May 22, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images One generous proposal on Capitol Hill could put as much as $10,000 per month into American families’ hands to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic.
The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in New York, on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Company: Synalloy Corp. (SYNL) Business: A chemical manufacturing company operating through two segments: metals and the specialty chemicals. Stock Market Value: $78 million ($8.62 per share) Activist: Privet
As the global death of Covid-19 nears 400,000, U.S. health officials are keeping a close eye on caseloads and hospitalization rates as states continue to relax their lockdown measures and reopen different types of businesses. U.S. cases have been climbing since Memorial Day, but New York City this week reached an optimistic milestone: on Friday,
Broadcom Corp. signage is displayed outside of the company’s headquarters in Irvine, California. Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Broadcom on Thursday forecast current-quarter revenue, the mid-point of which was slightly below Wall Street estimates as its chip business was weighed down by the impact of the coronavirus crisis on global supply chains. The
A “Now Hiring” sign advertising jobs at Lowe’s is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters Quite unexpectedly and rather suddenly, investors have been given a reset, a reprieve, a chance at a fresh start. What should they do with it?
Do you need to wear a mask while exercising? Is it safe to socialize outside? Should I wipe down my groceries when I get home? These are the questions that still remain as the country reopens amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Many infectious disease experts and epidemiologists have been fielding these types of inquiries from family and
Ravin Jesuthasan Source: Ravin Jesuthasan The coronavirus pandemic has destroyed tens of millions of American jobs. How many of them will come back? That might be one of the most pressing questions of the Covid-19 recession. Arguably no other downturn has threatened to leave American life so unrecognizable. What will the labor market look like
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday raved about the May jobs report, saying the 2.5 million jobs added last month was evidence the U.S. economy was bouncing back from the coronavirus-induced devastation. “We’re back,” he said on “Squawk Box.” ”I think there were a lot of people who felt that the layoffs would be permanent and it’s obvious that
A cyclist wearing a face mask rides on the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, May 27, 2020. Michael Nagle | Xinhua via Getty Images New York City saw its first day without any confirmed deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, according to new data from the NYC Department of