Michael Regan listens as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces that Regan will lead the Department of Environmental Quality in North Carolina, at the Executive Manson in Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 3, 2017. Chuck Liddy | AP President-elect Joe Biden will pick Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to lead the
Month: December 2020
Cans produced for Coca-Cola Co.’s Coke drink move along the production line. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coca-Cola will cut about 2,200 jobs in its global workforce as part of a broader restructuring plan that was accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. In the United States, Coke will use layoffs and buyouts to eliminate
CNBC’s Jim Cramer, after reviewing quarterly reports from Accenture consulting and Lennar home construction on Thursday, said it’s difficult to be a bearish investor in the current market environment. Both company’s shares rose about 7% during the session after posting solid beats on the revenue and profit lines, but the proof, according to Cramer, is
An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday overwhelmingly backed Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine, a key step paving the way to distribute the second Covid-19 vaccine in the United States next week. The nonbinding decision, which was adopted 20 to 0 with one abstention, from the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee
Canoo’s van – known as a multipurpose delivery vehicle, or MPDV, because of the ways it can be upfitted – is designed for commercial customers. Canoo Electric vehicle start-up Canoo unveiled a new delivery van Thursday ahead of its public debut on the NASDAQ next week. The futuristic-looking van – known as a multi-purpose delivery
A FedEx worker unloads packages from his delivery truck on March 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News FedEx generated better-than-expected profits and revenue during its most recent quarter as the coronavirus pandemic continues to bolster high volume of U.S. and international package deliveries, the company said Thursday. The package delivery
Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein sees a risky market dynamic. He’s questioning why so many investors prefer momentum names in technology when the economy is getting ready to boom. “The whole innovation disruption thing is becoming a sucker’s bet,” the Richard Bernstein Advisors CEO and CIO told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. “Fundamentals
GoCardless CEO and co-founder Hiroki Takeuchi speaks on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019. Noam Galai | Getty Images LONDON — British financial technology start-up GoCardless is one step closer to reaching a $1 billion valuation thanks to accelerated demand for digital payments during the coronavirus pandemic. GoCardless said Thursday that it had raised $95
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Accenture (ACN) – The consulting firm earned $2.32 per share for its fiscal first quarter, compared to a consensus estimate of $2.05 a share. Revenue beat estimates as well. Accenture also raised its full-year forecast, with demand for digital and cloud services remaining
Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Bitcoin surged 12% to hit a fresh record high above $23,000 on Thursday, extending a wild rally for the cryptocurrency that has seen it more than triple in value this year. The world’s most-valuable digital currency was last trading at $23,421, according to crypto market data provider Coin
Bitcoin course’s graph is seen on the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange application on February 12, 2018. Chesnot | Getty Images Digital currency exchange Coinbase is going public as renewed investor interest in cryptocurrencies has pushed bitcoin to an all-time high. On Thursday the company announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form
U.S. stock futures were flat on Wednesday night as traders kept an eye on Washington, looking for clues about the prospects of additional fiscal aid. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained just 13 points, or 0.04%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also rose marginally. Earlier in the day, congressional leaders closed in on a
Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading. FedEx — Shares of the shipper slid more than 3% in after hours trading despite FedEx beating top and bottom line estimates during the second quarter. For the period the company earned $4.83 excluding items, on $20.56 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expected
U.S. stock index futures were flat in overnight trading on Thursday, after the major averages closed at new highs. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 5 points. S&P 500 futures were unchanged, while Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.04%. The major averages were coming off a record-setting session, which saw all three
Hong Kong has once again ranked as the most expensive city in the world for expats. The financial hub retained its pricey status in ECA International’s cost of living report 2020, released Tuesday, even as the coronavirus pandemic and political tensions weighed on the city’s rental costs. Tokyo (2nd), New York (3rd) and Geneva (4th)
For over two decades, Najuma Atkinson worked her way up at Dell Technologies and broke barriers — Atkinson started as a tech support manager in 1999 and, today, she is senior vice president of human resources shared services and the only Black woman SVP at the company. One of the most important things she has
I’ve been a shopping expert by trade since 2011. I got my start writing budget-friendly content as a freelancer for a few different websites, then served as the consumer spokesperson for a deal site for three years. After I was laid off in 2015, I set off on my own. So I talk about shopping
When a Covid-19 outbreak emerged at one of Rob Katz’s Colorado ski resorts in March, he knew it was going to be a game changer. “It was a defining moment,” the Vail Resorts CEO told CNBC. “I immediately felt a different level of responsibility.” That was true not only for the mountain holiday operator’s 34
The coronavirus pandemic has made some of the richest people in the world richer, and one of those people is MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. When the couple divorced in 2019, Bezos transferred 25% of his Amazon stock holdings to Scott. At the time, that left her with a net worth
Although bitcoin has tripled in value this year, billionaire Mark Cuban remains cautious about the cryptocurrency, as he has been for years. “My thoughts haven’t changed,” Cuban told Forbes of the cryptocurrency on Dec. 8 — eight days before bitcoin hit a record high of $20,600 on Wednesday — for a story published Thursday. Bitcoin,
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