People wearing facemasks outdoors are seen at a Covid-19 vaccine site in Los Angeles, California on July 6, 2021. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The highly transmissible delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, surpassing the alpha variant first found in the U.K., according to Covid-19 modeling
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In this article BTC.CM= The Tether price displayed on cryptocurrency exchange Kraken’s website. Tiffany Hagler | Bloomberg via Getty Images Tether is the third-biggest cryptocurrency in the world by market value. And it’s got some economists — including an official at the U.S. Federal Reserve — worried. Last month, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren raised
In this article AXP DVN AMZN AAPL After stocks took a dive to open the trading week Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained three ways investors can find buying opportunities. “Remember the three types of stocks to buy on down days: The ones that rallied anyway, the ones where you’re finally getting a long-awaited pullback, and
A trader works during the IPO for Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global Inc on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket. Didi — Shares of Didi sunk about 20% in premarket
BYD’s Han electric car, pictured here at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, is one of the most popular new energy vehicles in China. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese automaker BYD sold fewer all-electric passenger cars in the first six months of this year than the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Monday as Wall Street gets set to kick off the holiday-shortened week with the S&P 500 at a record high. Futures on
Aren Bahia isn’t your typical yoga instructor. The bearded, tattoo-covered spiritual guru now resides in Bali and is one of the co-founders of YogiLab. He’s a deeply humble and spiritual fellow now, but things weren’t always this way. Like many people, Bahia had worked a series of unfulfilling jobs before finding their true calling. However,
American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, takes off from Miami, Florida, U.S. December 29, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters Major U.S. airlines relaxed ticket-change policies for several Florida cities as Tropical Storm Elsa approached the state. Tropical storm conditions were expected
Japan’s vaccination efforts are gaining some momentum now after a slow start, and that’s good news for retailers, said EY’s Nobuko Kobayashi. “The vaccination, finally, is picking up steam in Japan. Government says that all who wants to be vaccinated can be by October, November,” Kobayashi, Asia-Pacific strategy execution leader at EY, told CNBC’s “Street
Xpeng Motors launches the P5 sedan at an event in Guangzhou, China on April 14, 2021. The P5 is Xpeng’s third production model and features so-called Lidar technology. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC BEIJING — U.S.-listed electric car start-up Li Auto reported more deliveries than Xpeng in June, putting the latter in last place for the
Pope Francis waves during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on October 14, 2020. Alberto Pizzoli | AFP | Getty Images Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome on Sunday for what the Vatican said was scheduled surgery for an abnormal narrowing of the large intestine of the 84-year-old Roman
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Virgin Galactic (SPCE) – Virgin Galactic shares soared 28.2% in the premarket after it announced that founder Richard Branson plans to be aboard a planned July 11 space flight. The flight would be 9 days before a scheduled Blue Origin flight would take
Probability of storm force winds from Hurricane Elsa Source: NOAA Elsa weakened to a tropical storm force but continued to plow toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, a day after making landfall on the Caribbean island nations of Barbados and St. Vincent. The Category 1 storm was about 40 miles southeast from Island
Rendering of the Krispy Kreme Times Square flagship. Krispy Kreme Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Virgin Galactic — The space tourism company’s stock is up 3% after announcing founder Sir Richard Branson will be aboard its next spaceflight test. The stock jumped as much as 25% shortly after the open before
The potential impact of hurricane winds on the search-and-rescue operations at the collapsed Surfside, Florida condominium could make the building structure collapse further, structural engineer Richard Slider warned Friday. “These systems or the concrete columns and slabs that are there now, are already unstable, to a certain extent,” Slider told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard
In this article JPM COIN Coinbase Founder and CEO Brian Armstrong attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 15, 2019 in New York City. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell met in May with Brian Armstrong, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, central bank records show. The gathering happened
RENTON, WA – MARCH 14: Employees work in the cargo hold of a Boeing 727 MAX 9 test plane outside the company’s factory, on March 14, 2019 in Renton, Washington. The 737 MAX, Boeing’s newest model, has been been grounded by aviation authorities throughout the world after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX
Chinese communist leader and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke at the celebration for the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — One hundred years since the founding of China’s Communist Party — which it says was