A shopper prepares to pay for items at a Kohl’s department store in Peru, Illinois, May 16, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kohl’s has withdrawn its earnings outlook for the current quarter and fiscal year, as it grapples with the hit it will take from the coronavirus pandemic. The department store chain will
Staff members work at the assemble plant of FAW-Volkswagen Automobile in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 19, 2020. Liu Kun | Xinhua via Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese businesses are getting back to work just as many parts of the world are shutting down, and that could add a second jolt to the world’s second-largest economy.
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban told CNBC on Wednesday that companies that get federal assistance in response to the coronavirus crisis should be prevented from buying back stock ever again. “No buybacks. Not now. Not a year from now. Not 20 years from now. Not ever,” Cuban said on “Squawk Box.” “Because effectively you’re spending taxpayer money to buyback
Across the country, parents are adjusting to a new normal. School and office closings mean that everyday education- and work-related activities, from business meetings to math lessons, now take place at home. As of March 19, at least 95,000 U.S. schools have been closed or are scheduled to close in response to the growing coronavirus
Small businesses are switching up their models in a fight to survive during the coronavirus crisis — some in unexpected ways. Businesses including condom-makers, gin producers and food manufacturers are seeing consumers react in different ways as they self-isolate or reduce social contact. Small businesses generate 44% of U.S. economic activity, and around half of
As Wall Street players and companies remain uncertain about the coronavirus outbreak’s economic impact, Verizon Communications is reporting early results of society’s virtual shutdown affect on business. CEO Hans Vestberg on Thursday told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that data usage has surged double digits over four categories. “In less than a week, we have transformed this company
Main Street may be more resilient than Wall Street during the coronavirus crisis. Former Office of Management and Budget director David Stockman warns the pandemic is exposing risky speculation and shaky market fundamentals. “Wall Street is toast,” he told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. “It’s going to end as a financial crisis because the illusion
US President Donald Trump gestures as CEO of Bank of America Brian Moynihan (L) speaks during a meeting with banking leaders to discuss how the financial services industry can meet the needs of customers affected by COVID-19 at the White House in Washington, DC on March 11, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., has proposed giving taxpayers until July 15 to submit their 2019 income tax returns – 90 days from the original April 15 due date. The Tax Filing Relief for America Act, which Senators Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Angus King, I-Maine, are joining
A pedestrian walks through the parking lot of a CVS Health Corp. store in Oakland, California, Aug. 2, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images CVS has opened its first drive-up testing location for the coronavirus in Massachusetts. Starting around 3 pm on Thursday, the health-care company began offering tests in a pharmacy parking