The Robinhood application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The coronavirus market downturn spurred young people — in some cases, for the first time in their lives — to get
More than ever, the nation’s colleges want you to enroll — even if you can’t set foot on campus. That means accepting more students for the Class of 2024 than in recent years. “Many schools, right now, are still admitting students,” said Robert Franek, editor in chief of The Princeton Review and author of “The Best
Many recovered Covid-19 patients are reporting a longer road to “full health” than expected and some appear to have relapsed, the World Health Organization said Monday. Researchers around the world are still trying to understand exactly how the coronavirus affects the human body. WHO officials say they are working with governments and hospitals around the
What a difference a year may make. CFRA’s Sam Stovall believes stocks will return to all-time highs in the next 12 months. “In other bear markets going back to 1929, and the average 13 month advance was 50%,” the firm’s chief investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday. “We have a very good possibility
As many restaurants around the world remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, one restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is experimenting with a new way to dine out. Mediamatic ETEN, a vegan restaurant at the arts center Mediamatic Biotoop, set up greenhouses to test out allowing diners to follow social distancing measures while still eating
US Treasury Refund Check Thomas Winz Millions of Americans have received their federal stimulus checks in the past four weeks. The IRS has updated its data on just how much emergency relief has been sent. And it shows which states received the most money. Congress gave the green light through the Cares Act for the
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban told CNBC on Monday that coronavirus safeguards in place at the White House need to become the norm before most Americans will feel comfortable going out again. “We have to get to that point where the White House standard becomes the national standard, I think, in order for consumers to feel safe going out,
Several countries that have lifted coronavirus restrictions and reopened businesses, including China, have seen jumps in coronavirus cases, underscoring the “challenges that may lie ahead,” the World Health Organization warned Monday. “In the Republic of Korea, bars and clubs were shut as a confirmed case led to many contacts being traced,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
A worker examines cannabis plants at a Tilray farm. Source: Tilray Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Novavax — The vaccine company’s stock skyrocketed 37% in extended trading after Novavax highlighted an outside investment of $388 million to advance the clinical development of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in its first-quarter earnings release. The
As states begin to lift stay-at-home orders, some of the first businesses to shut down in March to minimize the spread of coronavirus are now beginning to reopen their doors. Workers within the retail, restaurant, hospitality, service and meatpacking industries are getting calls from their employers that it’s time to get back to work. But