Nova Innovation Tidal energy business Nova Innovation has said it is able to move forward with a project centered around scaling up the production of tidal turbines after receiving funding from the Scottish government. The £2 million ($2.78 million) funding boost, announced Thursday, will be used to support the company’s Volume Manufacturing and Logistics for
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kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images Many Americans were financially squeezed even before the Covid-19 pandemic began. As of 2019, 41% of households ages 25 to 64 said they did not have enough saved to cover an unexpected $400 expense, according to Federal Reserve data. One reason they may have had trouble setting aside cash:
In this article VRA VERA A woman walks past JPMorgan Chase & Co’s international headquarters on Park Avenue in New York. Andrew Burton | Reuters JPMorgan Chase‘s new healthcare unit has made its first investment, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank has agreed to invest $50 million in Vera Whole Health, a Seattle-based start-up that
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her defense team in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes, the embattled former CEO of blood-testing start-up Theranos, was dealt a major blow on Wednesday
New Oriental is located at the West Yintai Campus, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China, on August 2, 2021. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images The Chinese government’s sudden crackdown on after-school education companies is raising costs for many parents and throwing millions of jobs into uncertainty. In a country where parents prize a good
An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Etsy reported better-than-expected second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, but it gave guidance for the current quarter that suggests the pandemic-fueled commerce boom may be stalling. The stock slid as much
American backstroke Olympian Ryan Murphy told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that doping remains a huge problem in the sport, and that there’s not enough being done to combat it. “In the U.S. you can see exactly how many times myself or any of my teammates have been drug tested, and it’s not like
Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Most states are re-imposing a requirement to look for work as a condition of getting unemployment benefits — and the holdouts may soon do the same. So-called “work search” rules have long been a condition for the jobless to receive income support from the government. It
Pent-up demand is bringing shoppers back to malls like the Mall of America in Minneapolis. Owen Franken | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images After being hobbled by the pandemic recession, real estate investment trusts are rebounding rapidly, and the economic recovery isn’t the only thing driving growth this year. Share prices are rising from demand
Vanguard signage at a Morningstar Investment Conference. M. Spencer Green | AP Vanguard is offering its employees $1,000 to get vaccinated against Covid-19, the company has confirmed. The asset management giant follows Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other employers calling on workers to get the coronavirus vaccine amid growing concerns about the fast spread of the
For Ray Dalio, bitcoin is like a digital version of gold — but the billionaire clearly values one higher than the other. “If you put a gun to my head, and you said, ‘I can only have one,'” says Dalio. “I would choose gold.” Dalio, who turns 72 on Sunday, revealed in May that he
In this article GM LYFT HOOD Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Robinhood Markets — Robinhood shares rose in wild trading as the newly public online brokerage zoomed past its IPO price of $38 per share. The brokerage app surpassed its IPO debut volume of
In this article GM General Motors Co. Chevrolet Traverse sports utility vehicles (SUV) sit on the assembly line at the company’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images General Motors is set to report its second-quarter earnings Wednesday morning. Here’s what Wall
We go inside the most exclusive school for nannies in the world. They are not just trained to cook and sew, they also learn self-defense techniques and driving in dangerous conditions. It’s Mary Poppins, with a little James Bond thrown in for good measure. MORE SO EXPENSIVE VIDEOS: Why Survival Bunkers Are So Expensive |
In this article RCL Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas cruise ship calls at Greenock port on July 22, 2021 in Greenock, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images Royal Caribbean International reported a second-quarter loss on Wednesday that was wider than analysts were anticipating, as the spread of the delta coronavirus variant slowed
No-Mad | iStock | Getty Images The Biden administration is expected to announce a new federal eviction moratorium on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The eviction ban will be targeted at areas of the country experiencing high levels of coronavirus infections. The protection will last for 60 days until Oct. 3,
SpaceX rolls out Super Heavy Booster 4 in preparation for the company’s first orbital Starship launch. Elon Musk SpaceX on Tuesday rolled out the rocket booster that the company plans to use to launch the first Starship orbital flight, and Elon Musk shared photos of the enormous vehicle. A look inside SpaceX’s high bay after
DNY59 | iStock | Getty Images Americans added nearly $4 trillion to their savings during the pandemic, but most of the gains went to the wealthy, according to a new study. Stimulus checks, rising stock markets and fewer spending choices led to a massive savings boom over the past year, with Americans saving about $3.7
A ship leaves a container port in the evening in Lianyungang in east China’s Jiangsu province Thursday, July 22, 2021. Feature China | Barcroft Media | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese companies wanting to go global are running into shipping problems. Access to cheap manufacturing at home gave Chinese businesses an advantage overseas. But it’s
In this article LYFT Signage for Lyft is seen displayed at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in celebration of its initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ Stock Market in New York, U.S., March 29, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Lyft reported second quarter financial results after-the-bell Tuesday, easily beating on both the top
The world was mesmerized by U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel during his triumphant performances at the Tokyo Olympics. While his events might be over in Tokyo, don’t count him out for the Paris Olympics in 2024. “I very much would like to make the team, but got to get put on the team first,” said the
d3sign | Moment | Getty Images A Senate infrastructure measure unveiled this week would pull $31 billion from a Covid disaster-loan program for businesses. The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program was one of the mechanisms Congress used to help ailing businesses stay afloat during the pandemic. It was initially plagued by issues such as delays
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The head of the SEC says that crypto assets need a lot more regulation before they can move forward. Speaking at the
For decades, billionaire investor Ray Dalio has rubbed elbows with some of the most successful people in the world. Along the way, he’s learned a thing or two — including a habit that the “who’s who” (as he calls them) are just better at than the average person. “By and large,” Dalio tells CNBC Make
In this article AAL TTWO CLX UAA HOOD People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images
In this article SEDG A Solarpro employee installs a SolarEdge Technologies Inc. inverter at a residential property in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of SolarEdge jumped nearly 12% during premarket trading on Tuesday after the company topped expectations during the second quarter and provided an
Nikola Motor Company Source: Nikola Motor Company Electric vehicle start-up Nikola Corp. reported a narrower-than-expected loss for the second quarter, as the company continues vehicle validation testing and progresses toward delivering its first trucks to customers. Here’s how Nikola did compared with what Wall Street expected based on average estimates compiled by Refinitiv. Adjusted results:
pcess609 If nothing changes, the federal government’s break from payments for student loan borrowers will come to an end next month. For the first time since March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. and crippled the economy, millions of borrowers will have to resume paying their monthly bills. The typical federal student loan
Getty Images As inflation pushes prices on everything from food to gasoline higher, your emergency cash could be in danger of losing value. Persistently low interest rates likely will not keep pace with surging costs. Rapid inflation may continue for several months, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a recent interview, while other experts see
In this article RKT Signage for Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans is displayed on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Rocket Companies jumped as much as 8% on Monday after the
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