A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 20, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters U.S. stock futures extended losses in early morning trade Monday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average turned in three straight weeks of losses for the first time since September
Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of Theranos, attends a panel discussion during the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting in New York, September 29, 2015. Brendan McDermid | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF. – A former Theranos scientist testified Friday that Elizabeth Holmes pressured her to validate blood test results from the company’s Edison machine to speed up a
Acorns president David Hijirida Courtesy: Mo Osborne | Acorns Investing and savings app Acorns has hired a former Amazon executive and fintech CEO to lead day-to-day operations ahead of the start-up’s debut as a public company, CNBC has learned. The company is set to announce Wednesday that it named David Hijirida as president, according to
Halfpoint | iStock | Getty Images Legislation moving through Congress would make 12 weeks of paid family and sick leave available to most workers, and remove the U.S. from the small list of countries that are currently without such a policy. The exact details of the plan could still change, but experts say the historic
UpperCut Images | UpperCut Images | Getty Images Student athletes and their parents have likely heard that the NCAA has opened the door to allow collegiate athletes the ability to profit off their name, image and likeness. The NCAA policy, which took effect in July 1, will allow college athletes and recruits to make money
Florida, Miami, Walmart discount department store, check out lines. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Walmart will end quarterly bonuses, as it raises hourly wages for store employees and other workers. A company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday that the big-box retailer is eliminating the additional pay on Jan. 31, 2022, and rolling it
Visitors crowd around the Nvidia booth at the 2016 China Digital Entertainment Expo, known as ChinaJoy, in Shanghai. STR | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Didi Global — Shares of the Chinese ride-hailing giant climbed 2.3%, on pace for double-digit gains on the week amid a Bloomberg
A shopper walks past an American Eagle store in the mall. Tim Boyle | Getty Images News | Getty Images American Eagle shares tumbled Thursday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter revenue short of analysts’ estimates, as its e-commerce business decelerated compared with the prior year. Management also noted that back-to-school purchases have been coming
Nearly a decade ago, Elizabeth Holmes was proclaimed the golden girl of Silicon Valley, and briefly crowned America’s youngest female self-made billionaire. This week, she’ll walk into a San Jose federal courthouse with a very different image: a defendant charged with fraud. Federal prosecutors in the Northern District of California have accused Holmes and Ramesh
Investors watch an electric screen displaying stock price figures at a stock exchange hall on February 18, 2021 in Shanghai, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Beijing is eyeing new rules that would restrict domestic internet companies from going public in the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Chinese regulators are
PeopleImages | E+ | Getty Images In his poem “If,” British author Rudyard Kipling famously wrote that learning to “keep your head when all about you are losing theirs” is part of growing up. That very statement is also part of growing wealth. I wish I could go back to March 2020, when some investors
Brocreative | Getty Images Since July, millions of American families with children have received monthly checks through the new enhanced child tax credit. Even more will see a larger than usual credit — and potential refund, depending on other aspects of their situation — come tax time next year. So far, the credit has slashed
The United States will begin widely distributing Covid-19 booster shots next month as new data shows that vaccine protection wanes over time, top U.S. health officials announced Wednesday. It’s now “very clear” that immunity starts to fall after the initial two doses, and with the dominance of the delta variant, “we are starting to see
Airbnb’s stock on Thursday fell more than 4% after the company reported its second-quarter earnings. The company beat Wall Street’s expectations for revenue and bookings but warned about expected volatility from the Covid delta variant. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: Loss of 11 cents per share Revenue: $1.34 billion vs. $1.26 billion forecast by
Digital cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethernum, Dash, Monero and Litecoin. Chesnot | Getty Images A person claiming to be the hacker behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time says they stole the funds “for fun.” More than $600 million worth of crypto was stolen in the cyberattack, which targeted a decentralized finance platform
Social media is full of posts from people embarking on the “Great Resignation,” or the mass of workers quitting their jobs as the economy rebounds. Nearly 4 million people quit their job in April, according to the Labor Department, followed by another 3.6 million in May. “A lot of people quit a job with the
Rocket 3.2 lifts off on December 15, 2020 from Kodiak, Alaska. John Kraus / Astra Publicly traded rocket builder Astra will go for its first launch of the year later this month, aiming to carry a Pentagon payload to orbit. “The Space Force is right now lined up to do a demonstration launch with a
Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images Covid-19 prompted many women to leave the workforce. That’s because many women were forced to choose between working and taking care of their children and families amid a pandemic often opted for the latter. The difference in earnings and career prospects can be seen immediately. And it could
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Workers saw their hourly pay in June jump at the fastest clip in more than a decade. Yet some of them saw those gains erased by high levels of inflation. “Real wages” — a measure of income after accounting for the cost of goods and services people buy —
Many Americans are seeking quiet, secluded trips to the great outdoors this year — only to find millions of others are doing the exact same thing. Travelers hoping to avoid the throngs in cities and theme parks are finding themselves among record numbers of visitors to national parks and coastal destinations. Americans searched for national
Morgan Stanley on Thursday posted second-quarter profit and revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations on strength in equities trading and investment banking. Here’s how the bank did: Earnings: $1.85 a share vs. the $1.65 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Revenue: $14.8 billion vs. the $13.98 billion estimate. While rival banks reported a steep slowdown in
SINGAPORE — The next global pandemic could happen at any time and the world must start preparing for it now, said Singapore’s Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. “We don’t have the luxury of waiting for Covid to be over before we start preparing for the next pandemic, because the next pandemic can come any time,” Tharman
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes attends pre-trial hearing in the U.S. government’s fraud case against her on May 5, 2021. CNBC The mystery of missing Theranos patient test results that allegedly showed a high failure rate was the focus of former CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ pre-trial hearing on Wednesday. Holmes, pregnant and expected to give birth
Zillow home page Source: Zillow Investors looking for stock ideas into the second half of 2021 may want consider some of these fresh ideas. These are stocks that Wall Street analysts believe are primed to surge over the long run and offer good value now. The names highlighted in this article not only fit the
Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images When it comes to investing in the new and highly volatile asset class of cryptocurrencies, most financial advisors have at least one piece of wisdom: Don’t put in more than you can afford to lose. But while that rule of thumb is helpful, it’s pretty general. And so advisors are
Some part-time workers who stay on the job may get faster access to their company’s 401(k) plan. As part of retirement legislation pending in Congress, workers who book between 500 and 999 hours for two consecutive years would generally be eligible for their employer’s plan. That would be a reduction from the current three-year requirement,
Gary Kelly, chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines Co., speaks during an event inside the new Southwest Airlines Co. international terminal at the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly will step down next year, capping more than 17 years at the helm,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a second day as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s latest policy update, where it moved up its timeline for interest rate hikes and forecast higher inflation. Materials-related stocks led the losses as the Fed’s move to eventually raise rates, along with a current campaign by China to tamp
Ford CEO Jim Farley at the company’s new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on May 18, 2021 ahead of remarks from President Joe Biden. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor said Thursday its adjusted pretax earnings for the second quarter will “surpass its expectations” and be significantly better than a year earlier, while net
Jack Taylor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Cryptocurrency is known for volatility and some experts say crashes tend to happen on weekends. “This has been a phenomenon in crypto for several years,” said Stephen McKeon, associate professor of finance at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and partner at Collab+Currency, a cryptocurrency-focused investment
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