A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Johnson & Johnson shares rose by more than 3% Tuesday in premarket trading after the U.S. drugmaker raised its quarterly dividend even as it cut full-year earnings guidance due to the coronavirus outbreak. J&J raised its dividend from 95 cents a
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading following a big rally in the previous session fueled by optimism that the coronavirus outbreak is improving in the U.S. Dow futures rose 0.25%, indicating a gain of 13 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were set to open slightly lower. Signs that the coronavirus pandemic is easing
A JetBlue Airways Corp. plane taxis next to American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and Alaska Airlines Inc. aircraft at Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, April 6, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. airlines and the Treasury Department have reached an agreement in principle on
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said that dominant U.S. companies are further solidifying their positions during the coronavirus pandemic, evidenced by the Nasdaq 100 being almost even for the year. “This is the big triumphing over the little guy and if you don’t mind making money in the market off that, that’s what’s going on,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the
Yuka Ioroi, co-owner of Cassava restaurant on Balboa Street in San Francisco manages take-out orders on April 8, 2020. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Nearly 7.5 million small businesses are at risk of closing their doors permanently over the next several months if the coronavirus pandemic persists, according to a survey. Around two-thirds
Junior’s Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen said Tuesday that the money the restaurant company has received through the Treasury Department’s small business loan program is not enough to immediately bring workers off furlough. There is too much uncertainty about when the coronavirus pandemic will subside and when people will be comfortable to “sit shoulder to shoulder in our
People need to get back to work — and will likely spend weeks in the office — before they get back in the mall, according to the owner of Hudson Yards in New York. “My guess is we go back to offices first,” Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on Tuesday. “I think
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase posted record trading revenue amid the surge in volatility in the first quarter. The bank posted quarterly per share earnings of 78 cents, a figure that missed analyst’s estimates as the bank added $6.8 billion to loan
A customer uses a JPMorgan Chase & Co. automatic teller machine (ATM) outside a bank branch in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Scott McIntyre | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan is building its credit reserves in anticipation that people might not be able to pay their bills, especially for credit cards. The bank’s
An unpainted Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is seen parked in an aerial photo at Renton Municipal Airport near the Boeing Renton facility in Renton, Washington, U.S. July 1, 2019. Picture taken July 1, 2019. Lindsey Wassen | Reuters Boeing customers canceled a staggering number of 737 Max orders last month, deepening the crisis the company faces
People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, April 6, 2020. Nick Oxford | Reuters JPMorgan Chase just disclosed that rising job losses effectively wiped out most of its profit in the first quarter
Ahmad Alsheikh, 18, was admitted to the Harvard class of 2024. Source: Ahmad Alsheikh For Ahmad Alsheikh, 18, gaining acceptance to Harvard’s Class of 2024 was a lifetime in the making. Alsheikh and his family came to the U.S. from Syria, seeking asylum from that country’s civil war. Yet in starting school as a high school
Getty Images Millennials have been dealt two very bad economic hands during their lifetimes. First, they weathered the 2008 financial crisis brought about by reckless risk-taking in the financial sector. Now, they confront a much more severe economic calamity caused not by Wall Street’s misbehavior but by a malicious virus. Yet in both situations, the
Reported COVID-19 cases around the world approached two million on Monday, doubling in 11 days as World Health Organization officials caution patience before lifting social distancing restrictions. Covid-19 has infected more than 1,918,855 people around the world and killed at least 119,588 people, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins’ data previously showed that the cases had passed
Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Monday as investors brace for an ugly earnings season with the coronavirus wrecking havoc on global corporate profits. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 20 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were also flat Earnings season is set to kick off on
Hong Kong’s popular nightlife district, Lan Kwai Fong is mostly empty amid the Coronavirus outbreak Uptin Saiidi | CNBC Hong Kong is fighting a “twin battle” — fending off the coronavirus pandemic and trying to save its battered economy at the same time — but the city remains “highly resilient” despite the challenges, its commerce secretary said
Sam Edwards | Getty Images Retiring at 65 was already becoming a fading tradition before Covid-19 sank the world’s economy. Now, that traditional retirement age could fall further by the wayside as workers pick up the pieces once the economy gets going again. A survey from Allianz Life Insurance Company finds that half of Americans
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday criticized the launch of the small business loan program passed by Congress last month, arguing delays are heaping more burden on business owners. “How many weeks do I have to front everybody?” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Cramer owns two restaurants in Brooklyn. While saying he’s fortunate enough
Federal health officials have granted an emergency use authorization for a coronavirus test relying on saliva samples that was developed by a Rutgers University-backed entity, the New Jersey college announced Monday. The newly authorized test, which require a person with coronavirus symptoms to spit into a cup, could increase by up to 10,000 tests per
The Roku 3 television streaming player menu is shown on a television in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Roku Inc — The television streaming platform’s stock soared 9% in extended trading after the company estimated