In this article WMT Source: Walmart Walmart is making a big bet on customers’ desire for increased convenience, announcing Wednesday that its InHome delivery service will expand availability from six million to 30 million households, including in cities such as in Los Angeles and Chicago, by the end of this year. InHome allows Walmart employees wearing cameras to
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In this article GPS NKE M WMT AAPL Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square in New York, Dec. 23, 2021. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Macy’s is shortening store hours for the rest of the month as coronavirus cases spike in the United States and retailers grapple with staffing shortages. From Monday to Thursday, Macy’s department
US Army Critical Care Nurse, Captain Edward Rauch Jr. (L), turns a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan on December, 17, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. reported a record number of new Covid cases on Monday, with over one million new infections. A total of
Topps’ baseball cards from the 2016 season on display during an event in New York City. Kris Connor | Getty Images Michael Rubin’s e-commerce company Fanatics has acquired Topps trading cards, sources close to the deal confirmed to CNBC on Monday night. Terms of the agreement were not available, but industry sources put the deal
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Ivanka Trump (R) stand and cheer for Eric Trump as he delivers his speech during the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe Raedle | Getty
A COVID-19 vaccination card holder is handed out at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club on December 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images If 2021 was the year of vaccine development, 2022 will be a year marked by vaccinations and booster shots, according to a leading
Antonio Brown #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on against the New York Jets during the game at MetLife Stadium on Jan. 2, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Elsa | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Antonio Brown is no longer a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, says head coach Bruce Arians, after the wide
In this article TSLA Visitors looking at a China-made Tesla Model Y electric vehicle at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show in Shanghai, China, on April 27, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla said on Sunday that it delivered more than 308,000 electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2021, beating its previous single-quarter
A government advert on a bus stop in London encourages people to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, as the Omicron variant of coronavirus spreads across the globe, Dec. 28, 2021. Vuk Valcic | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images People infected with omicron are less likely to require hospital treatment compared to patients
A healthcare worker administers a COVID-19 PCR test at a free test site in Farragut Square on December 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A Covid-19 outbreak on a cruise in Lisbon. Thousands of flights canceled. Colleges going remote again. It’s a new year but the pandemic continues to cause many
In this article LUV JBLU AAL UAL DAL SAVE Travelers push their luggage past baggage claim inside the United Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) during the holiday season as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant threatens to increase case numbers in Los Angeles, California, U.S. December 22, 2021. Bing Guan | Reuters
From Sydney to Shanghai and Paris to New York, the world ushered in 2022 with New Year celebrations that were largely overshadowed by pandemic concerns — even as uncertainty looms and the omicron variant continues to drive up infections globally. Australia and New Zealand were among the first to ring in the new year, followed
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 13, 2019 in Burlingame, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines is offering its pilots triple pay to pick up trips for most of January to help ease a staffing shortage driven by the rapid spread of the
In this article SG Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru, Sweetgreen at the NYSE, November 18, 2021 Source: NYSE In a year that was hot for restaurant IPO stocks, one of the late entries may have a more exciting year ahead, building a new category and showing the power of tech investments. After a
A sign hangs from a branch of Banco Santander in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Thousands of people received a surprise gift on Christmas Day this year when European bank Santander accidentally deposited £130 million ($176 million) across 75,000 transactions. The mistake happened when
A Hangzhou location of the Element Fresh chain, which entered the bankruptcy liquidation process in December 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Sluggish consumer spending has dragged down China’s economy since the pandemic, with little relief in sight for 2022. Along with the property
In this article NCLH RCL CCL The Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas cruise ship is prepared for its next voyage as it is docked on December 24, 2021, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday advised people against going
Visitors take pictures and read books in Shenzhen on Nov. 13, 2021, at a Zhongshuge bookstore, a chain famous for interior design. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Social media plays such an important role for Chinese consumer businesses that for a crop of new bookstores, visual appeal tends to be
A Covid-19 rapid PCR test site sign at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Dwayne Senior | Bloomberg | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Wednesday cautioned that omicron has not spread widely among the populations most at risk, making it difficult to determine whether or
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday said Americans should avoid large New Year’s Eve parties as the highly transmissible omicron variant drives U.S. Covid cases