A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-251 approaches Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia on February 24, 2021. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images Air travel over the weekend hit the highest levels in over a year as vacationers return, boosting outlooks at several major carriers. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to the media during a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 11, 2021. Joshua Roberts | Reuters House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday said that the influx of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border was a “humanitarian crisis” and the result of the policies
Times Square in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This time last year, The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green watched as advertisers started to pause every campaign they could. The ad tech executive said in the early days of the pandemic, digital advertising was at a disadvantage. It was easier for
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent wears a protective mask and stands behind a protective barrier while screening a traveler at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images TSA officers screened 1,357,111 people at airports on Friday, marking the highest number
CNBC Apple on Friday said that it is discontinuing the original HomePod smart speaker and will instead focus on the smaller, more affordable and newer HomePod mini. The original HomePod was launched in 2018 but never quite grabbed the mass market the way competing products like the Amazon Echo or Google Home smart speakers did.
The DraftKings app and FanDuel website Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Flutter, the U.K.-based mobile gaming company that owns 95% of FanDuel, is considering spinning out FanDuel as a separately traded company to trade on a U.S. exchange, according to people familiar with the matter. A separation of FanDuel isn’t assured or imminent,
A house’s real estate for sale sign is seen in front of a home in Arlington, Virginia, November 19, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images No one could have predicted it. Not the economists, not the real estate agents, and especially not the nation’s homebuilders. But a pandemic caused an emotional run on
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images For the past few weeks, Facebook has been running an ad campaign in defense of personalized advertisements, arguing that targeted ads are key to the success of small businesses. The catalyst for the campaign has been an ongoing battle between the social media company
A man shops, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, on 5th Avenue in New York, February 17, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters More states are moving to significantly reopen their economies and terminate their mask mandates despite pleas from top U.S. officials to tread carefully until more Americans are vaccinated against Covid-19. On Tuesday, Maryland
Green Thumb Industries on Wednesday announced it has tapped into the key legal marijuana market of California with the launch of its first retail location in the southern part of the state. Despite news of its expansion into the largest weed market, shares of the cannabis products company were down nearly 5% at their session lows
General Electric on Wednesday said it reached a deal sell its jet-leasing business with rival AerCap in a deal valued at $30 billion, a move that would create a massive lessor as the aviation industry struggles through the Covid-19 pandemic and GE moves to reduce its debt load. The deal would give GE a 46%
One week ago, Microsoft disclosed that Chinese hackers were gaining access to organizations’ email accounts through vulnerabilities in its Exchange Server email software and issued security patches. The hack will probably stand out as one of the top cybersecurity events of the year, because Exchange is still widely used around the world. It could lead
The 10-year Treasury yield ebbed lower on Tuesday morning, but remained higher than 1.5%, as investors watched for the final passage of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion stimulus package in Congress. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.54% at 4:10 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 2.246%.
Melinda Gates, co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has called on the U.S. to expand access to paid family medical leave across the nation, citing the impact that the global health crisis and the economic downturn have had on women. In an interview that aired on CNBC on Monday, Gates said the Covid-19
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit 1.6% on Monday morning, after the Senate passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic relief and stimulus bill on Saturday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 1.606% at 3:30 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 2.311%. Yields move inversely to prices.
People wait in line to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on midtown Manhattan’s west side, which has been converted into a mass vaccination site in New York City, New York, March 2, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters WASHINGTON – The United States administered a record number of Covid-19 vaccines over
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R), D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hold a press briefing on Capitol Hill on Nov. 6, 2020. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images The Senate has passed President Joe Biden’s landmark $1.9 trillion stimulus package, a major step in the bill’s evolution into law. The
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Jack Dorsey appears to be offering to sell the very first tweet as a non-fungible token, or NFT. The Twitter CEO shared a