A Model X is on display at a Tesla showroom on February 13, 2021 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images What’s behind the drop in tech stocks? A model Wall Street uses to value stocks is flashing caution. Tech stocks are in a correction. The Nasdaq 100, the largest 100
Volunteers load shopping bags with food assistance for laid off workers at a food distribution event on Dec. 12, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Democrats are poised to send more unemployment benefits to laid-off workers. Meanwhile, some workers are still waiting on the last tranche, authorized months ago. A $900 billion
Hiring surged in February as the U.S. economic activity picked up amid a progressive drop in Covid-19 cases and vaccines provided hope of more growth ahead. The Labor Department on Friday reported that nonfarm payrolls jumped by 379,000 for the month and the unemployment rate fell to 6.2%. That compared to expectations of 210,000 new
The row of two-story tall 3D printer bays at the company’s headquarters. Relativity Space The founders of two private rocket-building companies met today – one, the richest person on Earth; the other, leader of a venture pushing the boundaries of manufacturing. Jeff Bezos stopped by the gleaming new “factory of the future” of Relativity Space
A woman waits in line as food is distributed at the Ebenezer Seventh-day Adventist church on July 22, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Friday’s employment report pointed to further signs of a recovery in the U.S. economy, with 379,000 net jobs added and the unemployment rate falling to 6.2%. But
MoMo Productions | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education has offered most federal student loan borrowers the option of pausing their payments, without interest accruing, through September because of the financial fallout of the pandemic. Most have accepted. In fact, just around 10% of the country’s 44 million student loan borrowers are currently repaying
Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya, the chairman of Virgin Galactic who took the company public through a SPAC deal in 2019, sold his remaining personal stake earlier this week, a securities
Food is loaded as drivers in their vehicles wait in line on arrival at a “Let’s Feed LA County” food distribution hosted by the Los Angeles Food Bank on Dec. 4, 2020 in Hacienda Heights, California. FREDERIC J. BROWN | AFP | Getty Images Long-term joblessness is nearing a record, as Washington lawmakers rush to
People wait to visit a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The spring housing market is shaping up to be the leanest and most competitive ever. A sharp drop in new listings partly due to severe weather, combined with already record-low supply,
Chef Alessandro Pirozzi, from Alessa by Chef Pirozzi, brings a take-out food order to an outside table at the Promenade on Forest in Laguna Beach, CA on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Paul Bersebach | Orange County Register via Getty Images February’s surprisingly strong job growth signals that the economy could be at a pivot point
It’s been one year since the coronavirus crisis brought the economy to its knees, and some people may never financially recover. Despite recent signs of improvement — including modest job gains and progress on Covid-19 vaccine shots, which paves the way to a more open economy — about half of working adults in the U.S. said
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 10, 2021. Al Drago | Reuters Senate Democrats have agreed to cut the weekly unemployment insurance supplement in their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill but extend it for a longer period of time, CNBC confirmed
At the International Space Station Research and Development Conference, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO talks sustainability, AI and education
katleho Seisa | E+ | Getty Images For an extra year, it’s going to be easier than ever to monitor your credit report — and check for errors. The nation’s three largest credit reporting firms — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — said Tuesday that consumers can access their credit report through a central site up
Morgan Stanley is now the biggest General Electric bull on Wall Street after analyst Josh Pokrzywinski raised his target on the stock to $17 on Thursday, up from his prior forecast of $13. Shares of GE briefly topped $14 per share after the markets opened Thursday, setting a new 52-week high before paring gains and
Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — As the U.S. pumps trillions of dollars into its economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, economists are concerned about spillover effects in China, including the risk of “imported inflation.” Worries about high inflation, or rapidly rising prices, hit U.S. markets last week. The U.S. Congress is reviewing
A man enters a building with rental apartments available on August 19, 2020 in New York City. Eduardo MunozAlvarez | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Sales contracts in Manhattan soared by 73% in February, and brokers say the days of big price cuts and deals in the city may be ending. There
Economists following the high-frequency data on virus infections are seeing initial signs that the vaccine is having positive effects on deaths and infection rates. While they caution that the signs are tentative, they point to two areas: the decline in the percentage of Covid-related deaths from nursing home residents and infection numbers running below their
A former State Department aide during the Trump administration has been arrested in connection with the pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to an FBI spokesperson and documents. Federico Klein was arrested Thursday by the FBI in Virginia, but the agency would not discuss the charges or the case, and court documents did not appear
Police run towards protesters to disperse a demonstration being held against the military coup in Yangon on March 3, 2021. STR | AFP | Getty Images The United States imposed trade sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar on Thursday, a day after security forces killed dozens of people in the deadliest day of violence
You’ve probably received a phone call claiming your Social Security number has been compromised. For people who fall for such scams, the experience can add up to big financial losses. One elderly woman in Massachusetts lost more than $900,000 to a Social Security imposter scam operation, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule stand upright on the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Demo-2 launch. Elon Musk’s SpaceX denounced a subpoena from the Department of Justice for its corporate hiring records, saying in a court filing that the investigation by the federal agency’s Immigrant and Employee
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Thursday following a tech-led rout on Wall Street amid a surge in bond yields. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose just 30 points, while S&P 500 futures were little changed. The Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.2%. All eyes will be on February jobs report, which is
A residence belonging to Jeffrey Epstein at East 71st street is seen on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on July 8, 2019 in New York Kevin Hagen | Getty Images A reported deal to sell sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious New York City mansion for about $50 million could unfreeze a compensation fund set
Restaurant workers wearing faceshields, facemasks and gloves prepare food at the reopening of iconic LA restaurant Pink’s Hot Dogs on March 1, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. economy has roared back to life in 2021, with first-quarter growth set to defy even the rosiest expectations
The Trade Desk rings The Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell in celebration of its September 2016 IPO. Source: Nasdaq Ad tech company The Trade Desk stock has dropped 20% since Tuesday’s close, after Google issued its latest guidance Wednesday on its promise not to use technologies that track people individually across the internet. The Trade Desk’s shares
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate, is holding discussions with leaders in the financial sector about how to mobilize capital for green technology and clean energy, as President Joe Biden
Wind turbines operate at the Gouda wind power facility alongside a road at dusk in Gouda, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images ESG growth Investor demand for ESG funds has grown sharply in recent years. Investors poured $51.1 billion of net new money into such funds in 2020, a
Tanger Outlets in National Harbor, Md. Mark Gail | For The Washington Post | Getty Images Shares of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers surged 20% in early trading on Thursday, becoming the latest heavily shorted stock to make a rapid move higher this year. The retail stock could be following in the footsteps of other names
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 31, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Things are getting weird in the sizzling SPAC market. A leisure SPAC is now doing a biotech deal, while a cannabis blank-check company ended up merging with a space company. Sponsors are