Traders wearing masks arrive before the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 26, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. McDonald’s — Shares of the restaurant chain slipped more than 2% after the company
Month: July 2020
The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 4 million in late July. Certain parts of the country have been hit particularly hard this month, including California and North Carolina, both places where I’ve recently spent time. After flying back to Los Angeles, where I currently live, from Charlotte, North Carolina, where my family lives, I
Virgin Galactic is giving its customers a first look inside the cabin that will carry them to the edge of space and back, as the space tourism company gets closer to finishing development of its spacecraft. “Every seat is a window seat,” Virgin Galactic design director Jeremy Brown told CNBC about the interior. The cabin’s design
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A second round of $1,200 stimulus checks could be coming, thanks to Senate Republicans’ new stimulus proposal. The terms of the new payments were outlined in
Kemal Yildirim | E+ | Getty Images The Senate HEALS Act would allow business owners to take a temporary 100% tax deduction on business meals. The GOP’s $1 trillion proposal, which was released on Monday, calls for a range of relief measures to help buoy Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from offering another round
getty Separate and apart from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) is the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program. Initially enacted many years ago to provide loans to businesses that have suffered from major storms, droughts, and other federally-declared disasters, the SBA has already advanced over $150 billion in EIDL money to borrowers who have verified
Mother multi-tasking with infant daughter in home office getty The American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance ACT, one of the components of the HEALS package now moving in the Senate includes provisions that protect against nasty state income tax surprises. It also includes some recognition of the pervasiveness of gig workers. I’m thinking the latter
Hasier Larrea is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ori, the creator of smart space solutions for multifamily developers. See space differently. getty As coronavirus lockdowns have stretched on, urban cores have been the target of a number of widely shared articles predicting the demise of cities. Too crowded, too cramped, suddenly unable to provide us places
Customers sit at McDonald’s outdoor seating in Union Square as the city moves into Phase 3 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on July 7, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its second-quarter results before the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street
The Pfizer world headquarters stands in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Shares of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer rose in premarketing trading Tuesday after it reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and raised its outlook for 2020, despite a 32% drop in profit as demand fell for some of its drugs during the
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: McDonald’s (MCD) – The restaurant chain reported quarterly profit of 66 cents per share, shy of the 74 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue came in above Wall Street projections. Comparable-restaurant sales were down 23.9% globally, slightly wider than the 22.8% consensus estimate.
A smart phone with the icons for the J.P. Morgan apps. Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is ditching plastic for some of its credit cards. The Wall Street giant’s commercial cards team is partnering with Bay Area start-up Marqeta to launch digital-only credit cards. The new function will allow JPMorgan corporate cards
skynesher | E+ | Getty Images You know you need a cash cushion. But the numbers can be daunting. Experts say you need three to six months of living expenses — or even more. If you’re put off by the numbers — how do you save when you can barely make ends meet? — focus
Risk reward ratio / risk management concept : Risk and reward bags on a basic balance scale in equal … [+] position, depicts investors use a risk reward ratio to compare the expected return of an investment getty With puts and calls, forget sexy. Go for functionality. It’s not so boring, after all. Using put
getty We are all dealing with greater uncertainty than usual driven by questions like: How long will we be battling Covid-19? What will the economic impact be? How will the stock market perform? And will my kids ever go back to school? Another worry that might not be on everyone’s radar is the likely increase
Montage Cay is a 48-acre private island in The Abacos Islands in the Bahamas. Montage Hotels & … [+] Resorts will develop 50 all-suite guest accommodations and a residential community on the island. Courtesy of Montage Cay Montage Hotels & Resorts, a global leader in luxury hotel management, will open its first resort in the
Congressional Republicans are expected to introduce their latest piece of coronavirus relief legislation on Monday, as economic benefits for many Americans run out. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Sunday the administration could “move quickly” to implement any relief — the Treasury Department is responsible for sending stimulus checks out to Americans. On the vaccine front, the
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading as investors prepared for a slew of earnings from major U.S. businesses on Tuesday. Dow futures rose 40 points or 0.15%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures rose 0.15% and 0.18%, respectively. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the Republican coronavirus relief plan Monday after the bell. The legislation would
While large cruise ships have mostly stopped sailing due to the pandemic, smaller ships are planning to sail to Antarctica this winter. The No Sail Order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is currently in effect until Sept. 30, applies to cruise ships with the capacity to carry at least 250
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday, July 27, 2020. Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images Unemployment benefits would be cut by nearly half in a new plan proposed by Senate Republicans on Monday. The policy is expected to replace a $600-a-week federal boost, which lapsed over the
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 35
- Next Page »