CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has begun a new chapter in the history of United States spaceflight. Elon Musk’s private space company on Saturday launched NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into orbit, successfully beginning SpaceX’s first crewed mission. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space
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It could be an A-list year for active management. Douglas Yones, head of exchange-traded products at the New York Stock Exchange, says 2020 could be a breakout year for actively managed funds as investors seek out more targeted strategies. “I know we’re pretty early in 2020, but I will say this could be the year
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said a post by President Donald Trump in which he says “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” does not violate the company’s policies and will remain
U.S. government debt prices were higher on Friday morning ahead of President Donald Trump’s press conference “on China”, which markets expect to further sour relations between the world’s two largest economies. At around 4:10 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was down at 0.6640% and the yield on the 30-year bond fell
Protesters are shot with pepper spray as they confront police outside the Third Police Precinct on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images A second day of protests, unrest and looting Thursday in the wake of the death of George Floyd shut down mass transit in the Twin Cities as lawmakers
First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus crisis began though indicative that a historically high number of Americans remain separated from their jobs. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 2.05 million. The total represented a decrease of 323,000 from the previous week’s upwardly
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., leaves the Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Trevor Hagan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou lost a major legal battle in her fight against extradition to the U.S. to stand trial on fraud charges.
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tractor Supply (TSCO) – Tractor Supply said it expected record-breaking sales and earnings for the current quarter, and that comparable-store sales for the farm supply company would grow by 20% to 25%. Tractor Supply shares are up 47% since nationwide lockdowns began in
Lori and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a tour he gave her of the company’s facilities in Hawthorne, California in September 2010. The following is a preview of a forthcoming book from Lori Garver, former NASA deputy administrator, and Michael Sheetz, CNBC space reporter. “Bureaucrats and Billionaires: The Race to Save NASA” will tell the
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Merck (MRK) – The drugmaker announced the acquisition of privately held Themis, whose Covid-19 vaccine candidate is approaching human trials. It is also striking a vaccine partnership with non-profit vaccine researcher IAVI, as well as a collaboration with privately held Ridgeback Biotherapeutics to
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House for travel to Michigan during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump said he had “just finished” taking a two-week course of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, the medication he has vigorously promoted
Vote-by-mail processors work to check mail-in ballots the day before election day at the Orange County Registrar’s office in Santa Ana, CA, on Monday, March 2, 2020. Jeff Gritchen | Orange County Register | MediaNews Group | Getty Images The Republican National Committee and other GOP groups filed a lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin Newsom
There are two sides to the story of 3D printing stocks. Shares of industry stalwarts Stratasys and 3D Systems have fallen around 90% from their 2014 highs, struggling to hang onto gains as the coronavirus pandemic put a strain on consumer demand. In the meantime, competitors Proto Labs and Materialise NV have seen their stocks soar,
Two staff members wheel Amwell telemedicine carts into the entrance of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital in Mission Bay, San Francisco, California during an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, March 16, 2020. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images As companies across the U.S. see plunging demand from two months
Sir Ian McKellen has said he was “miserable” while filming “The Hobbit,” compared to playing Gandalf in “Lord of the Rings,” because of too much virtual production, but the technology could become more common in filmmaking in a post-Covid-19 world. New Line | WireImage | Getty Images With marquee blockbusters like Warner Bros.’ “The Batman”
John Malone, Liberty Media Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has pushed events online by necessity. But Liberty Media Chairman John Malone is still bullish about the future of live events. “I think the thesis of live events is still a good one,” Malone said during Liberty Media’s annual meeting of stockholders
Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli, wearing green tie at left, leave the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on April 3, 2019. Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty Images Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli both pleaded guilty Friday to charges stemming from the U.S. college admissions
A U.S.P.S mailman wearing a protective mask and gloves walks near a sign thanking frontline workers amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 230,000 lives with over 3.2 million cases. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images As the coronavirus pandemic