The Covid-19 pandemic has been going on in the United States for months, and yet many questions still remain. The biggest one for many Americans is: When will life go back to normal? And, what will that new normal even look like? As summer approaches, you may find yourself longing for events that you would
Home-buying demand is starting to come back. The number of customers reaching out to real estate agents was 5.5% higher in the week ended May 10 than it was prepandemic, according to new data from Redfin. The real estate firm also said new listings have increased every week for the past month. Also, the number
Michael Jordan wasn’t looking to make any friends on the basketball court. “My mentality was to go out and win, at any cost,” said the NBA legend on an episode of the “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary about his meteoric rise and the dynasty he built in Chicago. And that meant holding his teammates
Stocks may be coming off their worst week in about two months, but Bryn Mawr Trust’s Jeffrey Mills warns there are few bargains. He believes Wall Street isn’t accurately pricing in pain of the economic shutdowns. “We don’t love the risk-reward right now in the stock market,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBCs “Trading
Public companies that took advantage of the government’s small business loan program are likely to avoid repercussions from the agencies running the effort, according to legal experts. Businesses have until May 18 to return funds taken from the Paycheck Protection Program with amnesty, but most of the public companies that got PPP loans are keeping
A food delivery courier for Grubhub Inc. wears a protective mask in New York, U.S., on Monday, April 6, 2020. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images With the survival of many independent restaurants hanging in the balance, lawmakers are stepping in to limit how much third-party delivery companies like DoorDash and Grubhub can charge
View of Brooklyn office of NYS Department of Labor as unemployment claims soar during Covid-19 pandemic, with sign on the doors asking people to apply for unemployment online. Lev Radin | Pacific Press | LightRocket via Getty Images The startling 14.7% unemployment figure released last Friday bears even more sobering news for Latino workers: Among
Rachel Ford Hutman is embracing a more natural style a few months into the pandemic Source: Rachel Ford Hutman Rachel Ford Hutman, a California blonde for years, is now embracing a more natural look. After shelter-in-place was declared in San Diego to stem the spread of Covid-19, she tried to use a coloring spray to
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the lives of students around the world, but the college Class of 2020 may have felt those impacts harshest of all — making them the class of Covid-19. The Class of 2020 has been forced to quickly pack their lives into boxes and car trunks, rush their goodbyes to friends
Does the world of retail really need J.C. Penney? As the department store chain filed for bankruptcy protection Friday evening, some question if the company still has a place in American retail. Or if it could ever bounce back from the fatal blow it has been dealt during the coronavirus pandemic, which forced its roughly 850 stores
You may qualify for paid leave Justin Paget Qualified workers, including those telecommuting, can get two weeks of paid leave at full pay courtesy of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Valid reasons include being unable to work because you are under quarantine order, have coronavirus symptoms and are seeking diagnosis, or must care for
Reopening the economy may mean a lot more plexiglass. Those clear partitions, that have lined checkout counters in essential businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies during the coronavirus outbreak, could be a post-pandemic norm. Stay-at-home orders have already started lifting across the country, with nonessential businesses, like nail and hair salons, and major retailers like
Graduating students around the country will be missing out on walking down an aisle to pick up their diplomas due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In order to make up for the loss, Facebook hosted a virtual graduation on Friday and enlisted a host of celebrities to offer words of encouragement. One of those celebrities
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 4.56 million Global deaths: At least 308,000 U.S. cases: More than 1.44 million U.S. deaths: At least 87,500
A person walks at the Wall Street subway stop in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were largely flat on Thursday night following a sharp rally during the regular session as investors awaited several key data sets. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dipped 15 points, implying a Friday opening
Labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci began studying retirement in 2008, when the Great Recession was making it impossible for millions of Americans to retire. “The phenomenon of Granny working in McDonald’s really started to ramp up,” said Ghilarducci, who leads the Retirement Equity Lab at The New School in New York. Yet, as bad as it was then,
Getty Images Twenty million children attend camps in the U.S. every summer, fueling the $18 billion camp industry. With summer just a little more than a month away, camp directors are still deciding if it’s safe for camps to operate amid the coronavirus pandemic. And parents are equally concerned. On Thursday the Centers for Disease
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people are searching for ways to connect with one another despite not being able to be together in person. Many are also seeking ways to give back to their communities. A handful of photographers are doing both in an unexpected way: ‘porch portraiture,’ in which they style and photograph families in front
BMW Series 3 cars made in Mexico ready for export. Meghan Reeder | CNBC Automakers and suppliers will be allowed to resume production in Mexico as early as next week as long as safety protocols are implemented to protect workers from Covid-19, according to updated guidelines released Friday by the Mexican government. The update is
U.S. government debt yields moved lower Friday as investors awaited a host of fresh economic data. At around 4:45 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was lower at 0.6153% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond declined to 1.2802%. Yields move inversely to prices. Nervous investors are keeping a close