The Dallas Mavericks suffered a devastating loss to the Miami Heat in the 2006 NBA Finals, when the Mavericks won the series’ first two games only to their championship hopes slip away after falling to the Heat in four straight games. It was only a few years into Mark Cuban’s ownership of the Mavericks, and
The internet Musk believed the internet, nascent in the ’90s, would “fundamentally change humanity,” he said on the podcast. “I would not regard this as a profound insight but rather an obvious one,” Musk said. He compared the internet to the human nervous system: “If you didn’t have a nervous system, you wouldn’t know what’s
U.S. and China flags along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2011. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges is “a pointless drive” that will neither deny those firms access to American capital markets nor hurt China’s growth, according to a report by think tank Peterson Institute for
From self-guided fall foliage tours to weekends at the lake, booking a secluded cabin is an easy way to avoid crowds this autumn. Cabins today come in every incarnation imaginable, from traditional log designs to modern wonders, and in sizes ranging from palatial estates to one-room shacks located smack in the middle of a pond.
Dow Jones Industrial Average jumps 92 points Record jobs report Wall Street started the session with sharp gains after the government reported that a record 4.8 million jobs were created in June. Economists were expecting 2.9 million jobs were created. The unemployment rate fell to 11.1% from 13.3% in May. Economists were expecting a rate of 12.4%,
According to Kevin O’Leary, people spend too much money on things they don’t need – like a $2.50 cup of coffee “is such a waste of money,” he says. The smart thing to do with your money is invest it, according to O’Leary. In fact, “the biggest money mistake people make today is they don’t put
Pedestrians in Washington pass a “We Are Open” restaurant sign during the Covid-19 outbreak on May 12. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters When it comes to the next coronavirus stimulus package and providing more direct financial aid, the question on most Americans’ lips is, “Will they or won’t they?” One political analyst predicts it’s likely lawmakers
A person looks into a closed Macy’s Inc. department store near Union Square in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images The road to recovery at Macy’s is likely going to be a rocky one because of the coronavirus pandemic. The retailer warned Wednesday that sales are falling
A passenger looks at his phone while waiting aboard a United Airlines plane before taking off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 11, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines on Wednesday dismissed the notion that blocking some seats onboard would keep passengers safer from Covid-19, as policies among U.S. airlines
Michael Kors shop in Covent Garden. Dave Rushen | SOPA Images | Getty Images Michael Kors owner Capri Holdings on Wednesday estimated a bigger-than-feared 70% slump in first-quarter sales as the Covid-19 pandemic hammers demand for its luxury handbags and dresses. The closing of major shopping hubs in Europe, Asia and North America had a
Macy’s at Valencia Town Center Mall opens for curbside pickup service during COVID-19 outbreak on May 21, 2020 in Santa Clarita, California. Robin L Marshall | Getty Images Macy’s on Wednesday said it swung to a first-quarter loss, in line with the retailer’s previously announced estimates, as its business took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic and
A driver for an independent contractor to FedEx Corp. pushes a cart with packages for delivery in New York, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of FedEx jumped 9.4% in extended trading on Tuesday after a surge in pandemic-fueled home deliveries helped the U.S. package carrier post
TransferWise co-founders Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise has obtained a license from the U.K. markets watchdog to offer retail investment services to clients. The London-based firm started life as a means of sending money internationally online. In 2018, it made a deeper push into banking by offering a “borderless” multi-currency
Financial advisors are largely an optimistic bunch when it comes to growing their practices, new research shows. Yet they know they have some work to do to make that happen. While most advisors expect growth in their assets under management to come primarily from new and existing clients rather than market returns, they also say
The logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen during the 4th annual America Digital Latin American Congress of Business and Technology in Santiago, Chile, September 5, 2018. Ivan Alvarado | Reuters Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing branch of the e-commerce giant, is further expanding its services in the growing space industry. The company announced
Investors should stay bearish on U.S. stocks until the full extent of the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic is known, according to TS Lombard, which warned that investors were over-estimating a quick recovery in U.S. corporate earnings. Charles Dumas, chief economist at the economic research firm, told CNBC Tuesday that “the market is essentially trading
Lauren Bringle Jackson, 32, has occasional flashbacks to the 2008-09 recession. Source: Lauren Bringle Jackson Millennials have a dubious distinction: Smacked for the second time in young adulthood by a global economic meltdown. Maybe this time, they are more aware of what’s coming. More than half of millennials said they expected the pandemic to have
Micron Technology’s hard drive for data center customers is presented at a product launch event in San Francisco, October 24, 2019. Stephen Nellis | Reuters Micron Technology on Monday forecast current-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates as home-bound employees and students spur demand for its chips that power notebooks and data centers, sending its shares
China on Tuesday said manufacturing activity expanded in June with the official Purchasing Manager’s Index coming in at 50.9. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the official manufacturing PMI number to come in at 50.4. PMI readings above 50 indicate expansion, while those below that level signal contraction. In May, official manufacturing PMI came in at 50.6, according to the National
Nearly all of the largest U.S. banks said Monday that they performed well enough on the Federal Reserve’s most-recent stress test to maintain their current quarterly dividend. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup all said they will maintain their current dividend. Wells Fargo said the Fed’s assessment of its business
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 2:02 pm: Apple reverses course, rises
A Burger King sign outside a restaurant in Glendale, California. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Burger King’s U.S. same-store sales are trending flat as customers return to its locations for Whoppers and french fries. The Restaurant Brands International chain saw its same-store sales plunge by the mid-30s in March as the coronavirus pandemic led
The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak is anything the world has ever experienced. Unlike the recession in the 1980s, the bond collapse of 1994, the Asian currency crisis or the 2008 subprime mortgage disaster, this is not a financial crisis. It is an economic crisis. And, although financial crises occur with some regularity,
Adam Clayton, Bono, the Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. of Irish rock band U2, arriving at Mumbai international airport for the “Joshua Tree Tour” on December 12, 2019 in Mumbai, India. Prodip Guha/Getty images David Howell Evans, known as the “the Edge” and Adam Clayton, from the rock band U2, are backing a new technology
A worker on a Chesapeake Energy natural gas rig in Fort Worth, Texas Matt Nager | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chesapeake Energy, the poster child of the U.S. shale revolution, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday. The move comes as the company and industry more broadly has been rocked by a drop in oil and
PeopleImages | E+ | Getty Images Deciding when to take your Social Security retirement benefits is a crucial decision no matter when you make it. Making that call during the coronavirus pandemic can raise the stakes. That’s because the age at which you decide to claim will lock in the amount of monthly income you
A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites float in orbit above the Earth. Source: SpaceX To fund its Martian ambitions, SpaceX intends to transform the Earth — blanketing the planet in ubiquitous internet coverage beamed down from a tight-fitting mesh of thousands of satellites. CEO Elon Musk expects this “Starlink” service to eventually generate $30
Banks have pulled back from a popular credit card promotion on concerns that borrowers struggling during the coronavirus crisis may leave them with defaulting loans. Balance transfer offers, which typically entice borrowers to move their debt to a new lender in exchange for a temporary 0% interest rate, have been sharply reduced at banks including JPMorgan
The coverage on this live blog has ended. The fallout from record numbers of cases and hospitalizations in some states continued Friday with Texas and Florida taking bigger steps to mitigate the spread of the disease. Texas reversed reopening plans, closing bars and capping restaurant capacity at 50%. Florida, which shattered its daily record for
A van is said to have crashed into the Lamborghini on Wednesday afternoon. West Yorkshire Police A Lamborghini was destroyed in a collision on a highway in West Yorkshire in the U.K., just 20 minutes after the car left the showroom. The car is said to have been a Lamborghini Huracan Spyder, which can fetch
