Month: April 2020

The exterior of buildings at the millionaires enclave on Fisher Island. (Photo by: Jeffrey … [+] Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Fisher Island Community Association, the homeowners’ group in the exclusive island near Miami, has received approval for a $2 million loan through the federal Paycheck Protection Program
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As the number of U.S. deaths swiftly approaches 50,000, attention has turned to states that are attempting to reopen to spur economic growth. Some U.S. governors have begun easing restrictions despite warnings from world health officials that it may be too soon to do so without sparking a second wave of Covid-19 infections. This is CNBC’s
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Intel CEO Robert “Bob” Swan announces the company’s Tiger Lake chips at the technology fair CES. Christoph Dernbach | picture alliance | Getty Images Intel shares fell as much as 6% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported earnings for its fiscal first quarter. Here are the key numbers: Earnings: $1.45 per share, adjusted
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The Small Business Administration said Friday that hedge funds and private equity firms are ineligible for the small business relief program.  The move comes after reports that hedge funds had applied for the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program. That fed into a public backlash after the program’s initial $350 billion was quickly exhausted and
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Despite outrage on Main Street and new pressure from the Treasury Department this week, several publicly traded companies that received payroll relief funds from the Small Business Administration oppose demands to return the cash. The companies said the Paycheck Protection Program loans have allowed them to keep employees on payroll and that they disagree with
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HECMs plus Annuities have synergistic benefits for retirees © Can Stock Photo / gpointstudio HUD created this ingenious and multi-faceted reverse mortgage program, but its well-intentioned effort to protect it against misuse has been a disaster. The disaster has stemmed from HUD’s requirement that the HECM be a stand-alone product, as opposed to being part
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Medical staff shows on February 26, 2020 packets of a Nivaquine, tablets containing chloroquine and Plaqueril, tablets containing hydroxychloroquine, drugs that has shown signs of effectiveness against coronavirus. Gerard Julien | AFP | Getty Images Citing a “primary outcome” of death, researchers cut short a study testing anti-malaria drug chloroquine as a potential treatment for Covid-19
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Source: American Express Credit card issuer American Express posted a 76% drop in first-quarter profit on Friday, as it set aside $2.6 billion to cover potential losses stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has hammered the global economy, pushing companies to layoff employees by the millions. That, in turn, could weigh on credit card
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Millions of homeowners are now in forbearance, essentially pausing their monthly mortgage payments … [+] due to COVID-19. Getty More than 3.4 million American mortgage borrowers are now in forbearance—essentially hitting the pause button on their monthly payments for the foreseeable future. According to the latest data from financial data firm Black Knight, that’s up
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This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 2.7 million Global deaths: At least 190,490 Most cases reported: United States (866,646), Spain (213,024), Italy (189,973), France (159,460), and Germany (153,129).  The data above was compiled by
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An employee places a pizza box onto a shelf at a Domino’s Pizza Inc. restaurant in Chantilly, Virginia. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Domino’s Pizza on Thursday said that its U.S. same-store sales grew 7.1% in the first four weeks of its second quarter. However, the pizza chain withdrew its two- to three-year outlook,
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