Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 07, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were steady in overnight trading on Wednesday afte...
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Higher-Grade Masks Beginning To Be Required In Public Places Across U.S.
Topline With experts warning that cloth masks are insufficient to protect against the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant of coronavirus, some counties, universities and museums around ...
New Jersey reinstates public health emergency as omicron overwhelms hospitals
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks to volunteers as he meets with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, November 2, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters New Jer...
Natural gas surges 13% as cold snap ahead is expected to boost demand
A liquid natural gas (LNG) storage silo at the LNG terminal, operated by LNG Croatia LLC, in Krk, Croatia, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Petar Santini | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas futures s...
Travel is ‘roaring back’ — That’s good and bad for travelers
Last year wasn’t a stellar year for travelers. Perhaps that’s why so many are pinning their hopes on 2022. Travel bookings and inquiries are surging, say travel insiders, in an upward tra...
FAA briefly grounded planes in Western U.S. as precaution
A United Airlines Holdings Inc. Boeing 777-200 aircraft on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. David Paul Morris | B...
Weather disasters cost $145 billion last year in the U.S., says NOAA
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother’s home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of...
Here’s how to make sure a Covid test you buy online isn’t fake
Hache | E+ | Getty Images New Covid cases are rising fast and at-home rapid tests are in high demand. But consumers scrambling to buy tests online — especially as brick-and-mortar retailers sell out o...
Jamie Dimon sees the best economic growth in decades, more than 4 Fed rate hikes this year
Jamie Dimon said the U.S. is headed for the best economic growth in decades. “We’re going to have the best growth we’ve ever had this year, I think since maybe sometime after the Gre...
Johnson & Johnson splitting itself up could come with some risks
Johnson & Johnson announced in November that it plans to spin off its consumer business into a new publicly traded company by November 2023. The news didn’t surprise Wall Street. “The ...
Coal Decline Accelerates, Federal Funds Spur Clean Energy, Millions Of New Electric Vehicles And Chargers
2021 was a landmark year for clean energy and climate policy, from dozens of nations pledging to phase out coal, to the most ambitious federal climate proposals in United States history, to automakers...
U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Top 138,000, Nearing Record
Topline The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 in the United States rose to 138,073 Saturday amid the rapid spread of the omicron variant, coming close to the record set during the surge last...
Here’s where the jobs landed last month — in one chart
The leisure and hospitality sector led hiring in December as restaurant and bar managers added wait staff, cooks and bartenders to payrolls ahead of the holidays. That sector saw net job growth of 53,...
Omicron compounds worker shortage, supply chain woes for retailers
Source: Lauren Thomas, CNBC Slashing store hours, temporarily shuttering locations and sending apology letters to customers for long lines and delayed appointments. These are the some of the unusual s...
Why You Should Consider Crypto’s Potential, Plus The Crimes And Carbon Footprint Involved
getty The nascent crypto ecosystem remains unregulated in the United States, which poses some serious risk for crypto traders… and, evidently, the planet. While crypto had quite the popular year in 20...
Covid is more prevalent in these countries than in the U.S. and U.K.
Tourists visit the Acropolis archaeological site in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Nick Paleologos | Bloomberg | Getty Images The emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant has s...
Stock futures inch higher ahead of key jobs report
U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s key jobs report. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 65 points....
Coca-Cola and Constellation Brands team up to create alcoholic Fresca cocktails
Bottles of Coca-Cola Co. Fresca brand soda move along a conveyor belt at the Swire Coca-Cola bottling plant in West Valley City, Utah, U.S., on Friday, April 19, 2019. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty ...
Here are top 22 global travel hot spots with ‘cheap’ airfares for 2022
The Canadian province of Alberta came in at No. 5 for cheap flights thanks to low average airfares to and from Calgary. AJ_Watt | E+ | Getty Images So you haven’t taken a vacation to a long-haul...
Which countries are on track to meet the WHO Covid vaccination target?
A health worker prepares Pfizer vaccine boosters for clients on December 01, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Images The U.S. is among the countries projected to miss the WHOR...
What will be shut down starting Jan 7
Transparent barriers enforcing social distancing measures are seen on tables at a restaurant in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Roy Liu | Bloomberg via Getty Images From bars and pubs to sports...
Stock futures dip after Wednesday’s sell-off
A trader works on the trading floor on the last day of trading before Christmas at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, December 23, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Stock futur...
Panasonic To Make Tesla Battery Cells With Recycled Material From JB Straubel’s Redwood
Redwood Materials plans to build a $1 billion plant to make cathode and anode material for electric car batteries starting in 2025. Redwood Materials Panasonic, Tesla’s main battery partner since its ...
KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat nationwide
KFC’s new Beyond Fried Chicken KFC KFC restaurants nationwide will add Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken to its menus, starting Monday for a limited time. The national launch comes after y...
Airlines cancel another 1,300 flights as omicron, severe weather continue to snarl travel
Travelers wait in line to check-in for flights at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Christopher Occhicone | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airl...
U.S. counts over 1 million new daily Covid cases in global record
US Army Critical Care Nurse, Captain Edward Rauch Jr. (L), turns a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan on December, 17, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images...