Renter advocacy groups have pressured the administration of President Joe Biden to extend the CDC eviction ban for at least another month. Carlos Barria | Reuters Struggling renters will likely have a little more time before they have to worry about eviction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to extend the national
Month: June 2021
A GameStop store is pictured in New York, January 29, 2021. Carlo AllegriI | Reuters GameStop shares climbed after the videogame retailer said it sold five million additional shares, raising $1.13 billion in capital to accelerate growth. The original Reddit favorite meme stock jumped 9% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company announced the
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday called on billionaires in the U.S. to more vocally support reforms to the nation’s tax code, in attempt to stave off more-liberal legislative proposals from politicians in Washington. “This administration doesn’t like you, so come up with something proactively that makes it so you are not being taxed in the way [Sen.]
FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images Job hunting has been muted in 12 states that opted out of federal unemployment programs in recent weeks, suggesting the policy may not be working as planned, according to a new analysis. The states have ended the pandemic-era benefits — including an extra $300 a week —
In this article RIDE Workers install door hinges to the body shell of a prototype Endurance electric pickup truck on June 21, 2021 at Lordstown Motors’ assembly plant in Ohio. Michael Wayland / CNBC LORDSTOWN, Ohio – Lordstown Motors‘ new executive team wants to make one thing clear to the investors this week: The electric
In this article IVZ Thiago Prudencio | LightRocket | Getty Images As the Securities and Exchange Commission defers signing off on bitcoin exchange-traded funds, some companies are exploring other ways to meet investors’ growing demand for cryptocurrency. The SEC on Wednesday pushed another decision to approve Van Eck’s bitcoin ETF, extending the review and asking
Crypto investor Mike Novogratz told CNBC on Tuesday that bitcoin faces near-term uncertainty after falling below $30,000, but he maintained a long-term positive outlook. Bitcoin has struggled in the past two months, after notching an all-time high in April near $65,000. The weakness in recent days comes as reports indicated China took further steps to
Longtime crypto bull Meltem Demirors reiterated her confidence in the cryptocurrency Tuesday, telling CNBC she believes the correction in bitcoin is simply weeding out the investors with “paper hands.” Paper hands is a term used in the crypto community to characterize people who sell a digital asset such as bitcoin when turbulence strikes markets. It’s
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Tuesday, after the S&P 500 closed just shy of a new record. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 28 points. S&P 500 futures were flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.07%. All three major averages finished Tuesday’s session in the
In this article POSH ThredUp is an online consignment and thrift store. It has struck partnerships with retailers, including Walmart. ThredUP Secondhand apparel has gained popularity among shoppers and now, some want the government to give it a boost. Nearly half of consumers — 44% — think the government should promote a more sustainable approach
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 15: Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders flexes while smiling during warmups before a game against the Denver Broncos at Allegiant Stadium. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Carl Nassib, who came out as the first openly gay National Football League player on Monday, has strict
A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 15, 2021. Kathleen Flynn | Reuters Engine No. 1, the upstart activist firm that put three candidates on Exxon’s board of directors, is launching an exchange-traded fund in a bet that shareholder activism will take center stage in coming years. The Engine
It’s one thing to require unvaccinated travelers to quarantine or undergo extra Covid tests. It’s another to bar them altogether. A small but growing list of travel destinations is either closing its doors to unvaccinated travelers or reopening only to vaccinated ones. Either way, the unvaccinated are seeing their travel options start to dwindle as
In this article GME SBH RCL CRWD PTON COIN A Peloton Interactive Inc. logo on a stationary bike at the company’s showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Peloton — Shares of the stationary bike company
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Leigh Vogel | Bloomberg | Getty Images White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday
Choreograph | iStock | Getty Images For some Medicare beneficiaries, health-care coverage ends up costing more than it does for most of their peers — and it’s not by choice. While there are costs that individuals often are aware of — i.e., they purchase a supplemental policy or choose a more expensive plan — some
Representations of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency are seen in this illustration picture taken June 7, 2021. Egdar Su | Reuters MicroStrategy said Monday it owns more than 100,000 bitcoins after completing another purchase round, this time spending roughly $489 million on 13,005 tokens. Shares of the Virginia-based enterprise software company were down more than 6% in
Southeast Asia’s start-up scene is heating up. This year alone, two of the region’s biggest names — on-demand platforms Grab and GoTo — announced their plans to go public in what investors see as a major milestone that could spawn further entrepreneurship. And now is the perfect time for new entrepreneurs to get started, according
In this article JPM LB Pedestrians walk past a Bath & Body Works store. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret is taking out a $500 million loan to finance its split from Bath & Body Works, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The loan is due 2028 and could pay interest that’s
A woman reacts as she receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as part of a government plan to inoculate Mexican border residents on its shared frontier with the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico June 17, 2021. Jorge Duenes | Reuters Coronavirus vaccine booster shots will likely be needed in the
Amazon Prime Day is underway. But not every deal is too good to be true. The two-day shopping event, which started early Monday and runs through 3 a.m. ET Wednesday, is offering more 2 million deals — and some are better than others. “That is an incredible number,” said Dave Kender, the editor in chief
LaylaBird There could be one more big bump in the road as the economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic: a market correction. Moody’s Analytics economist Mark Zandi is warning there may be a 10% to 20% pullback in the markets prompted by the Federal Reserve’s current policies. In fact, the dip may have already started,
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday he’s offloaded most of his bitcoin holdings, expressing concerns around the recent crackdown on crypto mining by the Chinese government and bitcoin’s role in some ransomware attacks. “Sold almost all of my bitcoin. Don’t need it,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” more than two months after he first
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. would tax capital gains and dividends for the rich at among the highest rates in the developed world if President Joe Biden’s proposal were enacted. The top rate high-earning Americans pay on dividends and the sale of appreciated assets would jump to nearly 49%, when combining all federal
In this article GSBD ACI Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. DoorDash — Shares of DoorDash added about 5% after the food delivery company announced a partnership with Albertsons on same-day grocery delivery from nearly 2,000 stores. “Leveraging our extensive logistics network and Albertsons’ wide
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday the highly transmissible delta Covid variant, first discovered in India, could present challenges to U.S. schools this fall given lower vaccination rates among children. “I think the reality is that kids are becoming more likely to be vectors of these new variants,” the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said
Tom Werner | DigitalVision | Getty Images Retailers are making it easier than ever to make purchases with “buy now, pay later” loans. Also known as point-of-sale installment loans, they are a type of short-term financing that allow you to divide your purchases into monthly installments. Services that offer them, like Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay and
A worker pours wine at a winery in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in 2015. GOH CHAI HIN | AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — Fresh off a surge in wine exports and a visit from President Xi Jinping last year, China wants to turn its primary wine-producing region of Ningxia into one that rivals
In this article AAL American Airlines planes at LaGuardia Airport Leslie Josephs | CNBC American Airlines said it canceled hundreds of flights this weekend due to staffing shortages, maintenance and other issues, challenges facing the carrier as travel demand surges toward pre-pandemic levels. About 6% of the airline’s schedule, or 180 flights, were canceled on
Image Source | Getty Images It’s not uncommon to want to return to work after retiring. Whether for financial reasons or personal fulfillment, many older Americans find that retirement isn’t working for them. Yet before you make the leap, it’s worth considering how that extra income could affect other parts of your financial life. Of
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