Scoop is one of Walmart’s exclusive fashion brands. It has also struck deals with national brands like BCBG Paris. Melissa Repko | CNBC SPRINGDALE, Arkansas — Dressed-up mannequins. Eye-catching...
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Binance pauses bitcoin withdrawals as crypto sell-off deepens
The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a smartphone with the word “cancelled” on a computer screen in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty...
Buffett’s son donates $2.7 million to Ukraine after Zelenskyy meeting
Warren Buffett, left, and his eldest son, Howard G. Buffett Peter Kramer | NBC | Getty Images Howard Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is donating millions of dollars from his found...
Bonobos founder who helped transform Walmart opens up about mental health struggles
Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing Your Mind Andy Dunn’s start-up, Bonobos, was being courted for an acquisition by retail giant Walmart. It was a thrilling process, but the co-founder an...
U.S. drops Covid testing requirement for international travelers
The Biden administration will drop the Covid-19 testing requirement for inbound air travelers from abroad on Sunday, ending one of the longest-running travel restrictions of the pandemic. The rule, pu...
GM, Lockheed take lunar rover project to the commercial space market
MILFORD, Mich. — General Motors and Lockheed Martin said Thursday they plan to produce an array of moon-roving vehicles for commercial space missions and services powered by the automaker’s elec...
Stitch Fix shares sink after company announces layoffs, offers weak guidance
Stitch Fix said Thursday that it is laying off 15% of salaried positions within its workforce, mostly in corporate roles and styling leadership positions, in a bid to trim expenses amid red hot inflat...
Disney fires TV content chief Peter Rice as board backs CEO Bob Chapek
LOS ANGELES — Disney has abruptly fired Peter Rice, its most senior television content executive, multiple sources told CNBC on Thursday, while the company’s board expressed support for CEO Bob ...
Southwest Airlines customer service goes fully remote, reservations centers close
A traveler walks past a Southwest Airlines airplane as it taxies from a gate at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on October 11, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. Kevin Dietsch |...
Critics call blockbuster ‘worst’ in franchise
Still from Universal Studio’s “Jurassic World: Dominion” NBCUniversal “Jurassic World: Dominion” may score to top spot at the domestic box office this weekend, but lacklu...
Dinosaurs face off against Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise attends the UK premiere and Royal Film Performance of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ in Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London, England (L) and still of Jurassic World: Dominon (R) Get...
FDA decision on Novavax’s Covid shots could be delayed
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Kat...
This SPAC is merging with an already-public company as sponsors get creative before time runs out
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 8, 2022. Source: NYSE SPACs are known to be a roundabout investment vehicle to take private companies public. Not this one. Bull Horn Holdings is merging with bi...
Why remaining private is a competitive advantage for PE firm Bain Capital with $160 billion
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Bain Capital, with $160 billion in assets, is one of the largest private, private equity firms. Despite many of its peers going public, li...
Dungeons & Dragons maker Hasbro wins battle against activist investor
A Dungeons & Dragons classic dragon hand painted by Alan Cooley, 27, of Huntington Station, New York, at Main Street Game Cafe in Huntington on November 26, 2019. Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Ima...
Spirit Airlines shareholder meeting postponed to continue Frontier, JetBlue deal talks
A JetBlue Airlines plane takes off near Spirit Airlines planes at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airl...
Target warns of squeezed profits from aggressive inventory plan
Target warned investors Tuesday that its profits will take a short-term hit, as it marks down unwanted items, cancels orders and takes aggressive steps to get rid of extra inventory. The retailer slas...
Kohl’s shares jump after it enters exclusive sale talks with Franchise Group
The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on January 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kohl’s said Monday that it has entered in...
Elon Musk says offering is 3 or 4 years away
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stands at the base of a Starship rocket prototype at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Steve Jurvetson on flickr Elon Musk last week told SpaceX employees the com...
Bitcoin drops 6% to again trade below $30,000 as selloff resumes
A bystander uses a Bitcoin ATM in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 16, 2022. Alex Pena | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Bitcoin fell below $30,000 again Tuesday as the cryptocurrency’s recent se...
Paramount sued over ‘Top Gun’ copyright as ‘Maverick’ soars at box office
Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick” Source: Paramount Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” had another blockbuster weekend at the box office, but the studio behind the film cou...
Novavax faces high-stakes FDA review this week that will decide the fate of its Covid vaccine in the U.S.
In this photo illustration the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novavax logos are seen behind a medical syringe and vials. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Novavax’s Covid-19 vac...
U.S. has more than 36,000 Jynneos vaccine doses available in stockpile
The United States has more than 36,000 doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine immediately available in the strategic national stockpile, the Health and Human Services Department said Monday. The Cente...
Starbucks is looking externally for its next CEO, Howard Schultz says
Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 22, 2017. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks‘ next CEO will come ...
The CDC is sending monkeypox vaccines to people at high risk in a race to prevent the spread
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox...
U.S. monkeypox cases have more than doubled in a week to 20, CDC says
The World Health Organization has said that there is a “window” of opportunity to contain a recent monkeypox outbreak which has seen cases spread across Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Nur...
Walmart welcomes back annual hometown bash, acknowledges challenge of inflation
Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart Inc. Corporation, participates in a Business Roundtable discussion on the”Future of Work in an Era of Automation and Artificial Intelligence”, d...
Kohl’s sale negotiations could drag on for weeks, possibly longer
The drawn-out bidding process for Kohl’s doesn’t appear to be coming to an end any time soon. It could take several weeks, if not longer, for a deal to come together, a person familiar wit...
Walmart to open high-tech fulfillment centers to ship online orders faster
Walmart is building four high-tech fulfillment centers that will simplify and speed up the picking and packing of online orders. The first one will open this summer in Joliet, Illinois. Walmart Walmar...
Vaccinations for children under 5 due as early as June 21
A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood in Los Angeles, Californi...
Harvey Weinstein’s sex crime convictions upheld by New York court
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein listens in court during a pre-trial hearing for Weinstein, who was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges in Los Angeles, California ...