Rivian CEO on growth, Amazon vans, SPAC bubble and lower-priced EVs

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on April 11, 2022 inside the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC NORMAL, Ill. – Rivian Automotive CEO Robert Scaringe hops out of one the automaker̵...

American Airlines’ new CEO Robert Isom vows reliability as peak travel season kicks off

An American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER plane takes off from Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, October 28, 2020. Loren Elliott | Reuters American Airlines‘ new CEO Robert Isom is aiming for one...

WHO tracks omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as they spread through Africa and Europe

Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are circulating at low levels in several countries within Southern Africa and Europe, according to the World Health Organization.  The two subvariants of the highly c...

Here are six restaurant chains with new leaders

Restaurant CEOs are the latest wave of workers to join the Great Resignation. In the last six months, six chief executives of publicly traded restaurant companies have announced plans to step down, ei...

American Airlines pilots’ union sues carrier over request to help with training on days off

An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The union that represents Ame...

Peloton raises subscription fees, cuts prices for Bikes, Treads

A Peloton Interactive Inc. logo on a stationary bike at the company’s showroom in Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Peloton is hik...

Wells Fargo WFC earnings Q12022

Wells Fargo signage on May 5th, 2021 in New York City. Bill Tompkins | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images Wells Fargo on Thursday reported lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue amid a drop in mo...

Morgan Stanley MS earnings 1Q 2022

A screen displays the trading information for Morgan Stanley on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), January 19, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Morgan Stanley is set to report first-quar...

Rent the Runway (RENT) Q4 2021 loss

Rent the Runway sees the more than 2 million weddings planned for this year, and all the parties that come with them, as being a massive boon to its business. Plus, according to co-founder and Chief E...

Starbucks is weighing better benefits for nonunion workers

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‘ campaign to dissuad...

Uninsured face testing, hospital bills after pandemic aid runs out

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...

Delta ends $200 health insurance surcharge on unvaccinated employees

A Delta Airlines passenger jet approaches to land at LAX during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Delta Air Lines...

Apollo’s head of sustainable investing says we need to speed up the transition toward clean energy

(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Geopolitical tensions in Ukraine have had a massive impact on global energy supply chains and prices this year, reminding the world how re...

Activist investors are hunting targets in the SPAC market, but battles won’t be easy to win

Daniel Loeb, founder and chief executive officer of Third Point LLC Jacob Kepler | Bloomberg | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The once red-hot SPAC market i...

Biden administration extends transportation mask mandate for 15 more days

Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport on the Friday before Memorial Day. As more and more people have received ...

Covid still a global health emergency even as deaths fall: WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The World Heal...

Kia unveils redesigned Niro EV and updated Telluride SUV

Kia on Wednesday unveiled its new lineup of Niro hybrid and EV crossovers as well as updates to its extremely popular Telluride SUV. Both nameplates are important to the automaker in different ways. T...

Covid outbreaks in New York and D.C. infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.

A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Covid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New ...

Retailers, restaurants offer deals for shoppers

A car is pumping gas at a Costco gas station. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia resulted in increased gas prices in the United States in the past two weeks. Michael Ho Wai | Lightrocket | Getty ...

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Q4 2021 earnings

Bed Bath and Beyond on Wednesday reported a surprising holiday-quarter loss, as the company ran low on inventory and struggled to move merchandise out of congested ports and onto shelves. Shares fell ...

Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q1 2022 earnings

A Delta Airlines Airbus A-350 aircraft, flight number DL40 bound for Los Angeles takes off from Kingsford Smith International Airport on July 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Ima...

Walmart hires PayPal executive as its chief financial officer

Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Walmart said Tuesday that is has hired PayPal executive John Rainey to become its new chief financial officer. Rainey, the chief financial officer of financial te...

Airfare surged 20% over pre-pandemic levels as inflation hit vacations

Travelers wait in line at the Delta Air Lines check-in area at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloom...

Concerned about inflation? Here’s why stock investors should stay the course, says Ritholtz COO

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, March 30, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters For stock investors pondering how to ride out the worst bout of inflation in f...

Panera Bread tests automated coffee brewing with Miso Robotics

Miso Robotics’ CookRight Coffee System Source: Miso Robotics Panera Bread is piloting Miso Robotics’ new automated coffee brewing system as it doubles down on its drink subscription progra...

Beyond Meat expands meatless chicken distribution to 8,000 new outlets

Beyond Meat’s meatless chicken tenders Source: Beyond Meat Beyond Meat is expanding distribution of its meatless chicken tenders to 8,000 new grocery, pharmacy and big-box retail locations. Cust...

WHO says it closely watching as China grapples with its worst Covid surge yet

Shanghai, home to the world’s largest container shipping port, began a two-part lockdown on March 28 and has yet to announce when restrictions will lift. Yang Jianzheng | Visual China Group | Ge...

Oil drops, Brent crude falls below $100 as China lockdowns spark demand fears

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 prices slid Monday, accelerating two straig...

Shopify plans a 10-for-1 stock split, eyes ‘founder share’ to protect CEO’s voting power

The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. Chris Wattie | Reuters Ecommerce start-up Shopify said Monday it is planning a 10-for-1 stock split...

JetBlue is cutting its summer schedule to avoid further flight disruptions

JetBlue planes at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways is planning to trim its summer schedule to avoid flight disruptions as it scrambles to hi...

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has history of opposing unions

A pro-union poster is seen on a lamp pole outside Starbucks’ Broadway and Denny location in Seattle’s Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on March 22, 2022. Toby Scott | Sopa Images ...

Target tiptoes back into resale with new ThredUp deal

Target ThredUp website Source: Target Target is tiptoeing back into secondhand sales through a deal with resale company, ThredUp. The big-box retailer confirmed Friday that it launched a page on Thred...