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A highway is closed due to snow and ice in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 15, 2021. Chengyue Lao | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Texas winter storm is expected to push gasoline prices up across the U.S. by about 10 cents per gallon within the next couple of days. That follows a five-cent

EBay Inc. signage is displayed at the entrance to the company’s headquarters in San Jose, Calif. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Is the market gearing up for a pullback? A correction for stocks could be on the horizon, says strategists from Bank of America, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “We

First-time claims for unemployment insurance totaled 793,000 last week as declining Covid-19 cases provided little relief for the jobs market. The total for the week ended Feb. 6 was above the 760,000 forecast from economists surveyed by Dow Jones but a slight decrease from the previous week’s upwardly revised total of 812,000. The pandemic era

A bitcoin ATM is seen inside the Big Apple Tobacco Shop on February 08, 2021 in New York. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Pressure is building on Wall Street banks to accept bitcoin as a legitimate asset class – and it’s coming from within, CNBC has learned. Last month, during a town hall meeting

Source: AppHarvest Company: AppHarvest Inc. (APPH) The agriculture technology company focuses on building an indoor farm in Appalachia. The company combines agricultural techniques with cutting-edge technology and including access for all to nutritious food, farming and building a homegrown food supply. The company operates a 60-acre controlled environment, agriculture facility in Morehead, Kentucky, which grows

U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., October 18, 2019. Leah Millis | Reuters A CNBC survey conducted in the days before former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial finds a large share of Republicans want him to remain head of their party, but a majority of Americans want him out of

gradyreese | E+ | Getty Images One of my favorite movie quotes comes from “Gladiator,” as Maximus calls out to the crowd, “Are you not entertained?” In this new pandemic-focused world, it appears that we should be changing that to “Are you not engaged?” The topic of engagement is everywhere. At home, parents are seeking

Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity prepares for flight. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic shares dropped after the company on Friday delayed its next spaceflight test, which was scheduled for this weekend. “We have been progressing through our pre-flight preparations and, during that process, we have decided to allow more time for technical checks. We are working to

The Bank of New York Mellon on Wall Street, New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Bank of New York Mellon, the nation’s oldest bank, said Thursday that it will begin financing bitcoin and other digital currencies. The custody bank will eventually allow digital currencies to pass through the same financial network it currently uses for

A protester against Robnhood and it’s CEO holds signs in San Francisco. Lupe Mejia | CNBC Some Robinhood traders who can’t get in touch with customer service are trying another tactic: showing up at its front door. A handful of Robinhood’s clients have driven to the start-up’s headquarters in California, demanding to speak to a