Children participate in an activity in class at the Xavier Academy on August 23, 2021 in Houston, Texas. In-person classroom sessions are resuming and schools around Houston are requiring mask mandates, keeping in accordance with CDC guidelines. Brandon Bell | Getty Images CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Friday that recently reopened schools that are

A woman reacts as she gets inoculated with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Mumbai on August 12, 2021. PUNIT PARANJPE | AFP | Getty Images The world economy is set to lose trillions in GDP because of delayed vaccination timelines, with developing economies bearing most of the

A healthcare worker cares for a Covid-19 patient in the ICU ward at the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The risk of rare blood clotting is significantly higher as a result of catching Covid-19, than it is from being vaccinated against the virus,

In this article BMW-DE BMW will unveil a new vehicle later this year that will be built at its plant in South Carolina, Chairman Oliver Zipse told CNBC. The Spartanburg plant currently produces the BMW X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7 as well as performance models of most of the vehicles. “At the end of

Australian carrier Qantas expects international flights to the U.S., the U.K. and parts of Asia to resume by Christmas, CEO Alan Joyce said Thursday. Since March last year, Australia has closed its borders to most foreign visitors and banned residents from leaving unless they had valid reasons. “We know there’s huge underlying demand. People don’t

In this article ULTA Florida, Port St Lucie, The Landing at Tradition, outdoor mall, Ulta, beauty cosmetics store. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Ulta Beauty shares rose nearly 5% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter sales jumped more than 60% as shoppers rushed in to restock

In this article BYND Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The popularity of plant-based meat products from companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods has skyrocketed in recent years, aided by availability

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are set to become a major player in China’s commercial truck market, predicts JPMorgan’s Elaine Wu. “Currently, the fuel cell vehicles account for less than 5% of the commercial truck market in China and that could grow to about one-third of total market share in 2050,” Wu, head of Asia ex-Japan

Shoppers leave a Nordstrom store on May 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading. Nordstrom — Shares of the retailer slid more than 3% in extended trading despite Nordstrom beating top- and bottom-line estimates during the second quarter. The company earned 49

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal response to COVID-19, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters White House chief medical

In this article WMT GoLocal homepage Walmart Walmart on Tuesday announced the launch of a delivery service called GoLocal, which will carry goods from other local retailers to consumers. The company said it expects to begin shipping by the end of 2021 and that the delivery fleet would include newer technologies, such as self-driving vehicles

In this article DIS Guests wear masks. as required. to attend the official re-opening day of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Joe Burbank | Orlando Sentinel | Getty Images Disney has reached a deal with its unions to require all of its unionized

Tourists in gondolas in Venice, Italy, one of Italy’s most famous places for tourists. Ngoc To Vy Nguyen | EyeEm | Getty Images Venice is set to impose an entry fee for visitors in a bid to prevent huge swathes of tourists descending on the city. Italian newspaper La Stampa reported over the weekend that

In this article BTC.BS=-USS An illustration showing physical bitcoins alongside binary code displayed on a laptop. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin neared $50,000 as it continues to rebound after months of weakness The world’s largest digital currency by market value rose to $49,821 on Saturday afternoon in New York, according to data from Coinbase.

In this article DIS Jodie Comer and Ryan Reynolds star in 20th Century Studio’s “Free Guy.” Disney A charismatic Ryan Reynolds and good word-of-mouth helped Walt Disney’s “Free Guy” stay at the top of the box office. The film added another $18.8 million domestically over the weekend, a 34% drop from its opening tally. Known

There are fun expenses that come with any vacation you’re flying off to — that souvenir t-shirt, a fancy dinner or even a poolside cabana rental — but forking over a fortune to park your car at your home airport while you’re away isn’t one of them. Travelers departing major U.S. airports can often expect

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves after speaking about refugee programs for Afghans who aided the United States during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S. August 2, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | Reuters The U.S. State Department was hit by a cyberattack and notifications of a potentially serious breach were made

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division patrol Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. U.S. Air Force | Reuters The Biden administration has told commercial U.S. airlines that it could order them to help in the Afghanistan evacuation, according to a person

A Singapore Airlines plane is parked beside Scoots passenger planes on the terminal tarmac at Changi International Airport in Singapore on March 15, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Interest in travel between Singapore and Germany shot up after a so-called vaccinated travel lane between the two countries was announced, which means that

In this article PFE 22UA-DE Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a first come first serve drive-thru vaccination site operated by the Lake County Health Department on January 28, 2021 in Groveland, Florida. Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is working to approve the Pfizer

In this article GM The Vermont State Police released this photo of the 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV that caught fire on July 1, 2021 in the driveway of state Rep. Timothy Briglin, a Democrat. Vermont State Police DETROIT – General Motors on Friday said it is expanding its recent recall of Chevrolet Bolt EVs to

In this article TPT-GB Topps’ baseball cards from the 2016 season are on display during the “Open Topps Baseball Series 1 Cards ” event at the Topps’ offices on February 10, 2016 in New York City. Kris Connor | Getty Images Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II on Friday said its SPAC merger with The Topps

When Ken McElroy decided to go to Belize after a business trip to Miami last June, he wasn’t worried about contracting Covid-19, he said. The real estate investment company CEO was flying privately to both places — plus, he’s vaccinated. “I was like, there’s no way I’ll get it,” he told CNBC. His fiancee, Danille

The United States is expanding manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines to donate more doses to countries that don’t have as much access to the life-saving shots. “We are now working on greatly expanding the capacity to allow us to donate hundreds and hundreds of millions of doses to the low and middle income countries,” Dr. Anthony

In this article MAERSK.B-DK Niels Wenstedt/BSR Agency | Getty Images News | Getty Images Maersk said it has secured a supply of “green” e-methanol for what it described as “the world’s first container vessel operating on carbon neutral fuel.” In an announcement Thursday, the world’s largest container shipping firm said Denmark’s European Energy and its

Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Severe rainstorms and flooding in China are hurting the profits of insurance companies, and highlight the shortfalls of the country’s natural disaster insurance system. Flooding

Denise King, a staff member at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens Pharmacist Annette Marshall, in Brooklyn, New York, December 22, 2020. Yuki Iwamura | Reuters U.S. officials plan to withhold federal funding from nursing homes that don’t fully vaccinate their

In this article TGT Target CEO Brian Cornell is confident the big-box retailer will have plenty of merchandise this holiday season, despite industry-wide supply chain complications that have sparked worries that items could quickly sell out of stock. Target’s inventories were up $2.5 billion in its latest quarter compared with a year earlier, Cornell said

Spire CEO Peter Platzer rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during their listing in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Small satellite builder and data specialist Spire Global began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, becoming the latest space company to

In this article WMT HD RBLX EDR ME TME A Home Depot branded bucket at a Home Depot store in Hercules, California, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Home Depot — The home improvement retailer’s shares dropped more