Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, appears on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2020. Gerry Miller | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines midday Thursday: Micron Technology — Shares of the semiconductor company rose 6.8% Thursday after beating Wall Street expectations on
Small businesses are getting a potential lifeline from Congress. The massive $2 trillion economic rescue package — expected to get final approval from Congress on Friday — includes provisions aimed at helping smaller employers weather the economic storm brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. “We are cautiously optimistic that this will provide the cash flow
Source: Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s biggest wealth managers, said its online trading portal for wealthy clients went down on Wednesday. The bank’s message for clients was to call a service representative to place trades, rather than using the company’s website. A spokeswoman for the New York-based firm declined to immediately comment.
Americans who are stuck in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic aren’t just video-conferencing and binge-watching TV. Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said they’re also replacing appliances and doing DIY projects. In an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, Ellison said the home improvement retailer has seen an increase across nearly every store category as customers not
A customer views cars on display in a showroom of the Avilon dealership owned by the Ford Motor Company in Moscow. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS (Photo by Anton NovoderezhkinTASS via Getty Images) Anton Novoderezhkin | TASS | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Micron Technology — The semiconductor company’s stock jump 5% in
NoDerog | iStock | Getty Images As Congress pushes through a $2 trillion stimulus bill, some Americans can expect checks from the government to help them cope with the economic devastation stemming from the coronavirus crisis. Those payments are expected to be $1,200 for individuals, or $2,400 for those who are married and file income
California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Mike Seramin owns a party supply company in Daly City, just outside of San Francisco. Abbey Party Rents, founded in 1947, is used to booking around 20 events
Stocks’ swift and steep sell-off is providing the type of buying opportunity that doesn’t come around all that often, and investors should take advantage of the downturn, according to Ariel Investments’ chairman John Rogers. “I think this is a maybe once in a lifetime opportunity to buy stocks at bargain prices,” he said Wednesday night
A man steps out of a McDonalds restaurant with sign announcing take-out service only in Hollywood, California on March 16, 2020 as the Coronavirus pandemic brings much of California to a standstill. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images McDonald’s is pulling its all-day breakfast menu to simplify operations as the coronavirus pandemic strains
Michael Wirth, CEO, Chevron, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galasia | CNBC Chevron will slash capital spending by $4 billion this year and suspend share buybacks, the latest oil company to cut costs in the face of an unprecedented slide in oil prices. Oil has crashed by
An employee works next to shoes on display inside the flagship store of sporting-goods giant Nike in Shanghai on March 16, 2017. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images American companies in China are still betting on the local consumer, even if business disruptions from the coronavirus are dragging down revenues. A survey of 119
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republican policy luncheon which both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attended on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images The federal coronavirus relief bill would allow taxpayers to nab a $300 deduction for charitable giving –
A customer pays for her groceries after shopping at a Walmart store ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago. Kamil Krzaczynski | Reuters Walmart said Wednesday it is offering help to its small business partners as the coronavirus forces consumers to self-isolate and companies to shut stores. More than 10,000 businesses operate within Walmart Supercenters and
Ben Bernanke Katie Kramer | CNBC Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman who served before and after the 2008 financial crisis, told CNBC on Wednesday that the coronavirus economic halt is more like a natural disaster than a classic depression. “It’s really much closer to a major snowstorm or a natural disaster than it is
A man wearing a protective mask is seen on a subway platform on March 9, 2020 in New York City. Jeenah Moon | Getty Images Almost half of New York City’s coronavirus cases are under 45 years old, but an overwhelming majority of those patients are surviving — accounting for just 3% of the city’s
Citadel, the Chicago-based hedge fund giant led by billionaire Ken Griffin, has so far weathered the coronavirus market storm well, turning a slight profit in its flagship Wellington hedge fund for the year through Monday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The fund, which practices a so-called multi-strategy array of bets on stocks,
The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down entire sectors of the economy and putting millions of Americans out of work, but one corner of Wall Street may find opportunity amid the carnage: private equity. The group, which includes investment giants Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR, has a record $1.5 trillion in cash ready to deploy and has
People waiting in line at an unemployment office. Yellow Dog Productions A coronavirus relief bill unveiled Tuesday would significantly expand unemployment benefits for Americans who lose their jobs due to the country’s recent economic contagion. The measure would beef up the nation’s unemployment insurance program, a state-administered program that provides temporary income support for out-of-work
An ambulance sits outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 23, 2020, as the Senate continues negotiations on a relief package in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, known as the coronavirus. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The historic stimulus package Congress is expected to pass to inject relief into an economy
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence held a call to discuss the coronavirus impact on the economy, according to sources. Investors on the call included Third Point’s Dan Loeb, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Vista Equity’s Robert Smith, Intercontinental Exchange‘s Jeffrey Sprecher and Paul Tudor Jones, hedge