A box containing vials of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, on February 6, 2021, on the start of a vaccination campaign for health workers with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. Alain Jocard | AFP | Getty Images AstraZeneca has reported a 10% rise in product sales for 2020, a year
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The holiday shopping season produced the best end-of-the-year quarter for Mattel in more than a dozen years after toy sales increased by double digits, outpacing the industry, CEO Ynon Kreiz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer Wednesday. In its fourth-quarter report released after Tuesday’s close, Mattel posted $1.6 billion in sales, up 10% from the year-ago quarter.
The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images General Motors has no plans of investing in bitcoin, but CEO Mary Barra said the automaker will monitor customer demand as it weighs whether to accept the cryptocurrency to pay for its services and vehicles. The comments Wednesday follow
Ten to thirty percent of all Covid patients will suffer from long-haul symptoms, according to the latest research from Mt. Sinai’s Center for Post-Covid Care. Those numbers should be a “wake-up call” for young people and motivate them to avoid infection, Dr. Peter Hotez of Texas Children’s Hospital said on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard
Shares of Tilray rallied by 38.8% on Tuesday after the company said it struck a deal with Grow Pharma to import and distribute its medical cannabis products in the United Kingdom. As part of the deal, Tilray will be able to provide these products to U.K. patients with prescriptions obtained through the country’s National Health
A man waits for pharmacist Joe Borge in Danvers, MA on Feb. 1, 2021. On the first day of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 rollout, seniors, 75 and over, get vaccinated in the Walgreens Pharmacy, at 107 High Street, in Danvers. Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty Images Walgreens and Uber are teaming up
Oxford Street empty of shoppers as the national coronavirus lockdown three continues. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — Main street is experiencing significant change as retailers close stores, customers move online and leisure activities take up more time in our day-to-day, analysts have told CNBC. The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting
Shoppers walk through the King of Prussia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Jennah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Simon Property Group, the biggest mall owner in the country, is expecting this year to be better than last, as some retailers start to think about opening new stores in its malls, and tenants are
Target’s activewear brand All in Motion is one of 10 brands at the retailer that have reached $1 billion in sales. Target Target launched its own line of workout clothes and exercise equipment about a year ago. Two months later, the pandemic turned much of the country into stretchy pants-wearing remote workers who converted garages
A logo of Hyundai Motor is seen on a glass door at a company branch in Seoul on July 23, 2015 Jung Yeon-Je | AFP | Getty Images South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors said Monday they are not in talks with Apple to develop an autonomous vehicle. Hyundai Motor shares fell 6.41%
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Friday a new device that could help prevent sleep apnea and snoring — and it doesn’t need to be worn at night. People who snore — and their partners — currently have very few options on the market to alleviate their suffering. And much of what is available
Prince, Beyonce and Lady Gaga performing in past Super Bowl Halftime shows. Getty Images This year’s Super Bowl may kickoff at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, but for some the true entertainment starts at halftime. Since the very first Super Bowl in 1967, the championship football game has always included a halftime show. However, for
Bruce Springsteen stars and narrates a two-minute Super Bowl ad called “The Middle” for Jeep. Screenshot Bruce Springsteen is encouraging Americans to meet “in the middle” during a Super Bowl LV ad for Jeep – his first-ever appearance in a commercial. The iconic musician, known as “The Boss,” stars in and narrates the scenic two-minute
Elizabeth Olsen stars as Wanda Maximoff in “WandaVision” on Disney+. Disney Kevin Feige warned us that the Marvel series on Disney+ would have implications for the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe. And he’s kept that promise. On Friday, the fifth episode of “WandaVision” arrived on the streaming service, bringing with it a major cameo that has
A woman receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center established at the Triton College in River Grove, Illinois, on February 3, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Dozens of states and cities are clawing back thousands of extra doses of Covid-19 vaccine that were meant to be used by CVS and
Super Bowl-winning MVP quarterback Joe Theismann predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs will win Super Bowl LV over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this weekend, as millions watch the showdown between quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. “I think Patrick’s legs give them an advantage, and Tom’s going to have to be as hot as he’s
A healthcare worker administers a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to a woman at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York, January 29, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters New York state plans to take unused Covid-19 vaccine doses from hospitals and give them
Judge Merrick Garland, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. Attorney General, speaks as Biden announces his Justice Department nominees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, January 7, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Should CEOs be quaking in their Guccis about a crackdown on white collar crime in the Biden administration? Attorneys are
Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson applied for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine after releasing data last week showing it was about 66% effective in protecting against the virus. If J&J’s application is approved, it would be the third Covid-19 vaccine authorized
InstaCart employees fulfill orders for delivery Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Third-party delivery company Instacart said Thursday that it will start making same-day deliveries for Dollar Tree-owned Family Dollar, a discount retailer that’s seen growth during the pandemic. The company will deliver online purchases to customers’ homes from the dollar store chain’s