In this article LUV A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 jet taxis to the gate after landing at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on April 6, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Southwest Airlines is considering fourth-quarter schedule changes after labor unions repeatedly complained about exhaustion during a surge in travel this summer,
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In this article FL Shoppers stand in line to enter a Foot Locker Inc. store at the Queens Center shopping mall in the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Foot Locker shares soared more than 7% in premarket trading Friday after the company
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku lauded a recent nuclear fusion experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “This is a giant step toward the holy grail of energy research,” said Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City College and City University of New York. “To hit break-even, to extract more energy than you put in, and
In this article TPT-GB 2019 Topps baseball cards and 2019-2020 Panini Chronicles basketball cards. Sam Rega Major League Baseball will abandon Topps as its partner for trading cards, ending a relationship that’s been in place since 1952. Fanatics, the company that makes sports apparel, is expected to get the trading card deal instead, according to
Oil pumping rigs are situated next to a vineyard of table grapes as viewed on July 8, 2021, north of Bakersfield, California. George Rose | Getty Images Oil dropped for a sixth-straight session on Thursday, falling to the lowest level since May as demand fears and comments from the Federal Reserve that it will suspend
Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Severe rainstorms and flooding in China are hurting the profits of insurance companies, and highlight the shortfalls of the country’s natural disaster insurance system. Flooding
Denise King, a staff member at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens Pharmacist Annette Marshall, in Brooklyn, New York, December 22, 2020. Yuki Iwamura | Reuters U.S. officials plan to withhold federal funding from nursing homes that don’t fully vaccinate their
In this article TGT Target CEO Brian Cornell is confident the big-box retailer will have plenty of merchandise this holiday season, despite industry-wide supply chain complications that have sparked worries that items could quickly sell out of stock. Target’s inventories were up $2.5 billion in its latest quarter compared with a year earlier, Cornell said
In this article HD A Home Depot store is seen in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2020. NICHOLAS KAMM | AFP | Getty Images Home Depot said Tuesday it quickly sold out of an early release of Halloween products, offering a signal that consumers will be eager to decorate their homes this fall and winter.
NIH Director Fr. Francis Collins holds up a model of the coronavirus as he testifies before a hearing looking into the budget estimates for National Institute of Health (NIH) and the state of medical research on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 26, 2021. Sarah Silbiger | AFP | Getty Images New data from
Retail is in full focus this week. In earnings reports Tuesday morning, Walmart and Home Depot beat estimates. Major players such as Target, Kohl’s, Macy’s and Foot Locker will release results in coming days. July retail sales are also out Tuesday. All that data should reveal whether pent-up demand from the consumer was enough to
When husband-and-wife duo Chris Halim and Raena Lim quit their jobs in 2016 to start their own sustainable fashion business, they had little idea of the success it would become. But they knew one thing for sure: get a basic product to market as soon as possible — that’s the advice they stand by today.
In this article PTON A Peloton Interactive Inc. Tread exercise machine for sale at the company’s showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Peloton said it beginning to install a repair to its Tread machines that were recalled earlier this year after reports of injuries.
Hamilton at Richard Rodgers Theatre near Times Square remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on January 15, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Investing in a Broadway show is a high-risk venture: only one out of five productions recoup their investment. But the 20% of profitable
People enjoy pizza at Pizza Secret on July 27, 2021 in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Starting Monday, New York City will become the first major U.S. city to impose a vaccination requirement for indoor dining, leaving restaurant operators across the five
In this article DIS Jodie Comer and Ryan Reynolds star in 20th Century Studio’s “Free Guy.” Disney Walt Disney’s “Free Guy” tallied more than $28 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend, smashing expectations. The 20th Century Studio’s film, which stars Ryan Reynolds, was forecast to garner between $15 million to $20
In this article UAL United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landing in London Heathrow International airport in England, UK. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images United Airlines on Sunday started rerouting its India flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after Taliban fighters entered the capital Kabul, sealing a takeover of the country, and U.S. officials scrambled
As the husband-and-wife team behind clothes rental app Style Theory, Raena Lim and Chris Halim are united not only in marriage, but also in business. That “definitely has some really good advantages,” Halim told CNBC Make It. And it also has its drawbacks: “Makes you work longer hours,” laughed Lim. But having spent five years
Members of the Chicago White Sox celebrate at home plate after Tim Anderson #7 of the Chicago White Sox hit a game winning, walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees on August 12, 2021 at Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. Ron Vesely | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images
Epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin told CNBC that she agrees with White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci when he said that everybody will someday “likely” need a booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccines. “Well, I think Dr. Fauci is right,” said Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health. “What’s