Bill Ford is doubling down on Ford shares and amassing more control of the company

Incoming Ford CEO Jim Farley (left) and Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. pose with a 2021 F-150 during an event Sept. 17, 2020 at the company’s Michigan plant that produces the pickup. Mich...

Retail sales December 2021:

Retail sales fell much more than expected in December as surging prices took a big bite out of spending, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The advance monthly sales report to close out the year...

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: BlackRock, Wells Fargo, Sherwin-Williams

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: BlackRock (BLK) – BlackRock earned an adjusted $10.42 per share for the fourth quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $10.16, although rev...

Wells Fargo WFC earnings Q4 2021

Wells Fargo signage on May 5th, 2021 in New York City. Bill Tompkins | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images Wells Fargo shares rose on Friday after the bank posted quarterly revenue that exceeded anal...

JPM earnings 4Q 2021

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon listens as he is introduced at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 23, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters JPMorgan Chase post...

Here’s the full list of the best-selling electric cars in China for 2021

A Neta (Nezha) V electric car is on display at the Hozon Auto stand during an auto show in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 4, 2021. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Tesla and BYD remained by ...

Australia cancels Novak Djokovic’s visa for the second time

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates winning against Marin Cilic of Croatia in match 2 of the Davis Cup Semi Final at Madrid Arena on December 3, 2021. Sanjin Strukic | Pixsell | MB Media | Getty Image...

Citi to sell consumer banking operations to UOB in Malaysia, Indonesia

A Citibank branch in New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup will sell its consumer banking businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam...

December trade data, imports and exports

Containers sit at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai, China, Aug. 6, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China’s exports grew slightly more than expected in December, while imports rose less than expe...

Biden to nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin as vice chair for supervision at Fed

Sarah Bloom Raskin, in her role as Deputy Treasury Secretary at the Treasury Department in Washington, October 2, 2014. Yuri Gripas | Reuters President Joe Biden will nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin to be...

Third wave is expected to slow near-term economic growth

Covid lab technicians in India on Friday Jan. 7, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India is experiencing a third wave of Covid infections — while its overall impact is expected to be less dis...

Crypto exchange Gemini pushes into wealth management with acquisition of BITRIA

David Abner, Gemini’s Global Head of Business Development. Source: David Abner Gemini, the $7.1 billion crypto exchange, is getting into wealth management with the acquisition of a digital asset...

Mastercard CEO says spending trends look ‘relatively positive’ in 2022

Consumer spending trends look “relatively positive” so far this year, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach told CNBC on Thursday, following strong holiday numbers. Miebach’s comments in an...

Stock futures are flat ahead of major bank earnings

U.S. stock index were little changed during overnight trading on Thursday, ahead of earnings from the major banks on Friday. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 29 poin...

‘Scream’ looks to draw in young horror fans, jumpstarting 2022 box office

Still from “Scream.” Paramount Pictures The latest installment in the “Scream” franchise opens this weekend to a movie theater industry threatened by a rapid rise in coronaviru...

Fed’s Harker calls for ‘action on inflation,’ sees 3 or 4 rate hikes

Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said Thursday he foresees three or four interest rate hikes this year as likely to fight inflation. His thinking, outlined in a live interview on CNBC’s...

Why used car prices are pushing inflation higher

A pedestrian walks past a certified pre-owned car sales lot in Alhambra, California on January 12, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Despite President Joe Biden’s upbeat comments on w...

Biden vows Covid vaccine push after Supreme Court ruling on vaccination mandate

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule

A demonstrator holds a “Freedoms & Mandates Don’t Mix” sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments on two federal coronavirus vaccine mandate measures in Washington, D.C...

Biden says U.S. to provide high quality masks for free to Americans

US President Joe Biden holds up a KN95 mask as he delivers an update on his Administrations whole-of-government COVID-19 surge response at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2022. Jim W...

Ford, Snap, Virgin Galactic and more

Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. 2021 F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn, Michigan, March 29, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in...

Databricks launches Lakehouse for Retail as CEO focuses on growth

Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and chief executive officer of Databricks Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Technology television interview in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Gett...

Ford’s market cap tops $100 billion for first time ever

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley walks to speak at a news conference at the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT – Ford Motor’s market value toppe...

Delta CEO says 8,000 employees have tested positive for Covid in last 4 weeks

A Delta Air Lines employee works on the departures level at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on August 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bast...

‘Green’ fuels more expensive but need to think long term: Maersk CEO

The container ship MORTEN MÆRSK heading to Hamburg on April 22, 2020. eyewave | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The CEO of shipping giant Moller-Maersk admitted to CNBC Thursday that shifting to ̶...

Biden deploys military medical personnel to hospitals in six states

A soldier transports a patient at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts on December 30, 2021. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce the...

Delta Air Lines, Moderna, Virgin Orbit and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Delta Air Lines (DAL) – Delta shares rose 2.2% in the premarket after the airline beat top and bottom-line estimates for the fourth quarter. D...

Virgin Galactic stock falls after plans to raise $500 million in debt

Spacecraft VSS Unity lands on the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico after the company’s fourth spaceflight test on July 11, 2021. Virgin Galactic Shares of Virgin Galactic fell in tradin...

Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings 4Q 21

A Delta airlines aircraft landing from Los Angeles at Kingsford Smith International airport on October 31, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. James D. Morgan | Getty Images Delta Air Lines said Thursday that ...

Omicron will challenge Hong Kong’s zero-Covid policy: Ex-U.S. diplomat

The highly transmissible omicron variant is going to be a “very difficult challenge” for Hong Kong as the city sticks to its zero-Covid policy, a former U.S. diplomat told CNBC. There will...

European carriers are flying near-empty planes this winter to keep airport slots

A Boeing 747-8 Lufthansa airplane takes off from the Airport Tegel in Berlin. Britta Pedersen | AFP | Getty Images Airlines in Europe this winter are flying passenger planes that are at times nearly e...

Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for the global south

Workers transport a shipment of the Cuban Soberana Plus vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be donated by the Cuban government to Syria, at Jose Marti International Airport in ...