Indonesia’s government added hospital bed capacity in preparation for a post-holiday increase in Covid infections, but parts of the country are still running out of beds as daily cases surge to new highs, according to Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin. He told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” that Indonesia has up to around 130,000 beds dedicated
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SpaceX headquarters in Los Angeles, California. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty Images A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX must comply with a Department of Justice subpoena for the company’s hiring records, opening the door to a federal probe into the company. “Respondent SpaceX is ORDERED to comply in full with
Volvo Concept Recharge Volvo Swedish automaker Volvo on Wednesday unveiled a new concept electric vehicle that previews the future design direction of the company’s lineup as it transitions to exclusively offer EVs by 2030. The vehicle, called the “Concept Recharge,” features a sleek exterior design with a simplistic interior, reminiscent of newer Tesla vehicles but
A woman receives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine during mass vaccination at Tanah Abang Textile Market in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 19, 2021. Agung Kuncahya B. | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Asia’s struggle against the coronavirus is far from over but an expected pickup in Covid vaccine distribution in the coming months may
In this article PAYX Marty Mucci, CEO of payroll provider Paychex, said Tuesday he expects the various factors weighing on the job market to abate before the fourth quarter. “I think we kind of see this all coming together around the September time frame, and I think that will really open up the market to
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk at the Kennedy Space Center Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | Getty Images Elon Musk on Tuesday said SpaceX’s satellite internet network Starlink “recently” passed near 70,000 active users and expects fast-paced growth in the year ahead. “We are on our way to having a few hundred thousand users,
Indian People queue up at a COVID screening center at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,(RML) after a case emerged in Delhi causing a panic situation in Delhi India, 04 March 2020. Imtiyaz Khan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images India has rolled out a slew of measures amounting to 6.3 trillion rupees ($84.9 billion) aimed at
In this article BA CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday advised investors to wait for Boeing shares to pull back more before buying the dip on the airplane maker’s latest regulatory issue. Boeing shares dropped more than 3% to start the week following reports that the Federal Aviation Administration told the company that approval of its
In this article MO Packages of Juul mint flavored e-cigarettes are displayed at San Rafael Smokeshop on November 07, 2019 in San Rafael, California. Juul, a leading e-cigarette company, announced that it is halting sales of their popular mint flavor e-cigarette after the release of two studies that showed a surge in teen use. Justin
Vaccines are working against Covid-19, including the highly contagious delta variant — but the challenge is in getting enough people inoculated, according to a professor of preventive medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. “Leaving it in the refrigerator doesn’t help, that won’t prevent disease. You have got to move that vaccine into arms,” William Schaffner