Whether colleges reopen their campuses or remain online, students are sticking with school. After weighing the options, the vast majority of undergraduates plan to continue their college education as planned, a report finds. Just 2% of students said they would take a gap year and only 5% considered switching to a school closer to home, according to
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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
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
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.
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
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said therapeutic drugs to treat the coronavirus could reduce the death rate substantially this year but a vaccine will be crucial to bringing back a sense of normalcy to the society. “You can see the therapeutic benefit faster than the protective benefit,” Gates said in an interview that aired Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and members of Trump’s cabinet in the Oval Office at the White House July 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills | Getty Images It’s the question that’s been on everyone’s minds: Will there
CNBC’s Jim Cramer urged investors Monday to remain cautious about the length of time it takes to develop a successful coronavirus vaccine, saying that Massachusetts-based biotech firm Moderna may be painting too rosy of a picture. “It’s not a simple case. You don’t just say, ‘Hey, look at this. These people didn’t get Covid over a couple weeks.’
While lawmakers go back to work on a second coronavirus relief package, Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein is building strategies to cope with a more contentious market environment. Bernstein, who has spent decades on Wall Street, expects the recovery to be jagged. “Your portfolio has to be a little positioned in terms of matter
In this May 4, 2020 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, receives an injection. University of Maryland School of Medicine | AP U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German biotech BioNTech said
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc Covid-19 has upended much of U.S. society. And it’s changing how Americans think about money. A survey from money manager Charles Schwab finds their new mantra could very well be, “Less is more.” When it comes to how much it takes to be considered wealthy, Americans now say it’s an average
1. Wall Street to bounce after two session decline 2. Gold hits all-time high as U.S.-China tensions flare As stocks surge, gold has also been moving higher, with prices hitting a record high Monday morning as relations between the U.S. and China continue to deteriorate. Gold jumped above $1,943 per ounce before moderating some of
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Hasbro (HAS) – The toymaker reported quarterly earnings of 2 cents per share, short of the 23 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue also came in well short of forecasts, hurt by store closures and product shortages despite strong consumer demand. The company
The board game Monopoly by toymaker Hasbro at a toy store in New York City. Getty Images Store closures, product shortages and lower retail inventory hampered Hasbro in the second quarter, as the company dealt with the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic. Despite strong demand for toys in the quarter, Hasbro’s revenue fell 29%
In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Ted S. Warren | AP Moderna shares soared more than 8% in
Starting with the opening of the Southland Mall in 1956 malls have been a vaulted piece of Americana for decades. Thousands were built across the country and for a while it seemed they would dominate the American landscape forever, but in recent years they’ve rapidly lost their value. So how did malls go from being
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of U.S. colleges have said their campuses will remain closed through the fall semester. Still, students are heading back to school as soon as this weekend. For some, there is nowhere else to go. About 52% of high school and college students said going back to school
A man wearing a mask walks by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 17, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose on Sunday night as investors braced for a big week of corporate earnings and lawmakers continued coronavirus stimulus negotiations. Dow
This photo of a production version of Tesla’s Model Y was included in the company’s Q4 2019 earnings report. Tesla Tesla plans to report second-quarter results Wednesday after the bell, and all eyes are on the bottom line at Elon Musk’s electric car and renewable energy business. If Tesla achieves positive net income for the
A woman near the ruins of a summer house destroyed by a fire in a dacha community in Moshkovo District, Novosibirsk Region, south Siberia. Novosibirsk Region is experiencing hundreds of fires believed to have been caused by burning old grass. Kirill Kukhmar | TASS | Getty Images The World Meteorological Organization warned on Friday that
People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. Nick Oxford |File Photo | REUTERS In mid-March, Erin Madden was furloughed from her job as a bartender at the Hollywood Burbank
Copies of the Financial Daily newspaper featuring a front page report on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are displayed for sale at a stand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Nadirah Zakariya | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs said Friday that it settled a key part of an international scandal by agreeing
A Surgutneftegas worker near pumpjacks in Surgut Region of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra, in the West Siberian petroleum basin. Alexei Andronov | TASS via Getty Images Oil and gas majors are likely to report “horrendous” second-quarter results over the next two weeks, energy analysts have told CNBC, with the three-month period through to
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | AFP via Getty Images White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that
Cynthia Pineda lost her accounting job in early April. Without the $600 weekly unemployment boost, she’ll get just $275 each week in aid from Florida. Meanwhile, finding a new job has proven extremely challenging. Cindy Pineda was the breadwinner of her family before the coronavirus pandemic hit. But Pineda, 60, lost her accounting job in
For many people living in poverty around the world, working from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic is not an option, even when showing up to work means potentially getting sick. But there is a solution to that problem, according a paper released Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): Give the poor cash so they
NYSE President Stacey Cunningham said Friday that individual investors have participated in a big way during the market’s record rally that’s seen the S&P 500 jump 48% from its March 23 low. “The retail investor has been a big part of the market over the past several months for a variety of reasons,” Cunningham said
Dow Inc. swung to a second-quarter loss on Thursday as demand plunged for its chemicals from consumer durables and construction material makers and said it would reduce its workforce by 6% to weather the coronavirus crisis. The company posted a net operating loss, which excludes certain items, of $189 million, or 26 cents per share,
While toilet paper has mostly returned to the shelves since the panic buying of the early pandemic days in March, disinfectant wipes are still in short supply. Just last week, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer complained on Twitter about not being able to find Lysol products in New York. Demand for both toilet paper
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility February 11, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Thomas Cain | Getty Images Congress won’t move on the next round of stimulus legislation this week. Despite that, however, a second set of stimulus checks is still on the table. Draft legislation