Australian carrier Qantas expects about half of its international operations to get back on track by the middle of 2022, CEO Alan Joyce said on Thursday. “International, we think, will take a bit of time to recover. In financial year 2022, we are only expecting to get 50% of our international operation back and we’re thinking it
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Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images You may already know that your payroll taxes help fund Medicare, which you’re generally eligible for at age 65. That doesn’t let you off the hook for further outlays once you sign up, however. Depending on the particulars of your coverage and how often you use the health-care system,
An artist’s rendition of Dynetics’ HLS lander on the Moon’s surface. Dynetics The race to return U.S. astronauts to the Moon has a dark horse seeking an upset. A few months ago NASA awarded three teams with contracts to develop competing options for the agency to use to deliver people to the lunar surface as
The pay gap between top corporate executives and workers is staggering – in 2019, CEO realized pay increased 14% from 2018 to an average of $21.3 million, a new study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows. The increase was thanks to “rapid growth in vested stock awards and exercised stock options tied to stock market
People wearing masks avoid social distancing as they wait in line to enter Target in Herald Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 16, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Target — Shares of Target jumped almost 12% to hit an all-time high
Target CEO Brian Cornell said he’d like to see Congress strike a stimulus deal, but he credited closed movie theaters and canceled summer vacations for the retailer’s blowout quarter during the coronavirus pandemic. The lockdowns across the U.S. that forced consumers inside also sent them to its store and website to shop, Cornell said on
United States Postal Service (USPS) employee Brandis Neal delivers an Amazon Prime package in Houston, Texas, U.S., August 18, 2020. Adrees Latif | Reuters Nathan Geissel, who lives in rural Oregon, has been waiting more than nine days for a life-saving medication to arrive in the mail. As far as he knows, it’s stuck in
Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest asking Senators to support the continuation of unemployment benefits on July 16, 2020 in Miami Springs, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Workers in a handful of states may soon see a $300-a-week bump in their unemployment benefits. The federal government has approved funding for seven
Elon Musk’s net worth is soaring in 2020, as Tesla’s surging stock price has roughly quadrupled since the start of the year. Musk owns about 20% of Tesla’s stock, a stake that’s worth more than $50 billion, according to research firm Wealth-X. Overall, Musk’s personal net worth is estimated to be at least $66.7 billion,
European stocks are set to open slightly higher on Wednesday, following a strong session stateside that saw the S&P 500 hit a fresh record high. Britain’s FTSE is seen climbing 14 points to 6,083, Germany’s DAX up by 21 points at 12,881 and France’s CAC rising 11 points to 4,940, according to IG index data.
People wear protective face masks outside Home Depot in the Flatiron district as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 8, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Home Depot is expected to report its fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell
A plume of smoke rises from the Ranch 2 Fire on August 15, 2020 as seen from Azusa, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday to ensure the states receive vital resources amid wildfires that have exacerbated a stifling heat wave. At least 27 fires are raging
Former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., hold a press conference after a briefing on Covid-19 in Wilmington, Delaware, on Aug. 13, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic could have a big impact on Social Security’s financial prospects. And that
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Walmart is a “remarkable juggernaut” but it won’t be able to keep up the blistering growth that it saw in the second quarter without another coronavirus stimulus package. “I think the company needs to be a little cautious because unless there’s another deal from Washington they won’t be able
In the years since Michelle Obama first uttered her now-famous catchphrase, “When they go low, we go high,” during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, she says people always ask her if the strategy still works today. Her response: It’s “the only thing that works.” During Obama’s keynote speech during Monday night’s Democratic National Convention, the former first lady
An exterior view of the Oracle Field Office at Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, October 18, 2019. Tom Brenner | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Oracle — Shares of Oracle rose 2.5% on news the company is discussing a deal for TikTok’s U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations, sources told CNBC.
Customers wearing face masks shop at a Walmart on July 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Sha Hanting | China News Service via Getty Images Walmart is set to report its fiscal second quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday as the coronavirus pandemic shakes up consumer shopping patterns. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on average
Shoppers are seen wearing masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania, July 20, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Walmart‘s fiscal second-quarter sales got a boost from this spring’s stimulus checks, but that tapered off in July as shoppers spent that money. Now, the retail giant is waiting to see if the government
Democratic presidential nominee and former US Vice President Joe Biden introduces his vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris, during their first press conference together in Wilmington, Delaware, on August 12, 2020. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Though former vice president Joe Biden has proposed raising taxes on the wealthiest households, accountants
Allianz Global Investors’ Mona Mahajan sees four “hybrid” plays designed to produced profits whether the market moves higher or lower – without taking on too much risk. “It’s important for investors looking for diversification away from both sides of this barbell of growth and value,” the firm’s U.S. investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday.
In early July, Shannon Mayer started to feel a sudden tightness in her chest. “The next day it was really hard to breathe,” the 31-year-old Chicago resident told CNBC. “I got scared.” Mayer has asthma, but says she hadn’t had an issue with it for years. So she decided to get a test for Covid-19. The
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he leaves the White House for a trip to Minnesota and Wisconsin August 17. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A $300-a-week federal boost to unemployment benefits may end shortly after it starts. In some states, recipients may only get three weeks’ worth of payments — if they get it at
Barrick Gold mining ullstein bild | Getty Images Barrick Gold‘s stock is popping more than 7% in premarket trading Monday after legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a stake in the gold miner’s stock. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added a $562 million position in Barrick Gold in the second quarter, SEC filings showed on Friday.
Mark Bristow, chief executive officer Barrick Gold. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Barrick Gold — Shares of the gold mining company surged more than 10% on Monday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a $562 million stake in the company. While the position is small for Berkshire, the conglomerate is
Pilots talk after exiting a Delta Airlines flight at the Ronald Reagan National Airport on July 22, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Michael A. McCoy | Getty Images Just as the U.S. labor market shows signs of recovery, tens of thousands of airline workers are preparing themselves for economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic to come
Sales associates at one of Alibaba-owned InTime’s store display products for sale during a livestream. InTime | Alibaba BEIJING — More and more people in China are turning to jobs in the digital economy as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates a shift toward online commerce and livestreaming. The unemployment rate for cities held steady at 5.7% in July,
United Flight Attendant Jennifer Ritter. Source: Jennifer Ritter The coronavirus pandemic has been so devastating to the airline industry that even flight attendants with decades of experience have been told that their jobs are at risk. Jennifer Ritter is one of them. “I can’t see myself doing anything else,” said Ritter, 50, who joined United Airlines as
For a program that seems to have clear-cut limits for eligibility, stimulus checks appear to have puzzled a lot of people. Part of the problem was determining eligibility, says Aaron Klein, a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a non-partisan research group in Washington, D.C. “The structure of the stimulus payment is this
Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder and CEO, speaking at CNBC’s @Work conference in San Francisco on November 4, 2019. Arun Nevader | CNBC With the S&P 500 back up near record highs, it can be a challenge to find stocks that still have further room to rally. The danger is that valuations can become inflated, leading
From near death in a hotel fire to expectations of immortality, here are some memorable quotations from media tycoon Sumner Redstone. “Content is king.” — Redstone’s credo that some say he, rather than Bill Gates, coined. “I was enveloped in flames. The fire shot up my legs. The pain was searing. I was being burned