Students queue up for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing at Xi’an Jiaotong University on December 17, 2021 in Xi an, Shaanxi Province of China. Hua Shang Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — A major city in central China that’s seen a flare-up of Covid-19 cases locked down on Thursday, with local authorities
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In this article 6758.T-JP DIS Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker in Marvel’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Disney “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has already smashed domestic box office records, and it is now out to tackle a feat no other film has managed in nearly two years — reaching $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
Britain’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid speaks during a press conference at Downing Street on October 20, 2021 in London, England. Toby Melville | WPA Pool | Getty Images News LONDON — The British government has shortened the mandatory Covid-19 self-isolation period in England from 10 days to seven days for those who get negative lateral
Travellers check in for the flight at the Singapore Airlines counter in the departure hall at Changi International Airport in Singapore on December 2, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Singapore will freeze new ticket sales for quarantine-free travel in an effort to limit exposure to imported omicron cases, the health ministry said
[The stream is slated to start at 2:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is set to deliver a progress report Tuesday on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic as the new and highly contagious omicron variant spreads around the country.
In this article NKLA Trevor Milton CEO of Nikola Massimo Pinca | Reuters Electric truck maker Nikola has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $125 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors by misleading them about its products, technical capacity and business prospects. SEC officials said they hoped the penalty would serve
Aeva Technologies: “We are totally against companies that have no earnings. That was the clarion call of what the Fed did. It’s going to knock out some good stocks, I don’t care. I’ve got to be very careful here, so we’re going to say no.” Enterprise Products Partners: “I think it’s a very good company.
A person waits in a queue for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test in Times Square as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said New York City is experiencing a rapid surge of omicron infections, but
In this article MRNA Empty bottles of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine are pictured in a vaccination center in Garlan, western France, on December 13, 2021. FRED TANNEAU | AFP | Getty Images Moderna announced Monday that a third dose of its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 appears to provide significant protection against the omicron variant. However, it
In this article PTLO ORGN CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday he sees long-term potential for newly public companies Origin Materials and Portillo’s, suggesting interested investors can buy their stocks under certain conditions. Here’s what the “Mad Money” host thinks about each of the businesses and their respective investment caveats. Portillo’s Cramer said he views Portillo’s
In this article DIS 6758.T-JP Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker in Marvel’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Disney “Spider-Man: No Way Home” shattered pandemic box office records this weekend, opening with an estimated $253 million in ticket sales. Not only is this the highest film debut of 2021, it is the third-best opening of all
In this article CTAS KMX GIS NKE MU Jim Cramer on “Mad Money.” Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday previewed the biggest market events scheduled for next week’s holiday-shortened trading window. “You need to recognize the rockiness of the moment” now that the Federal Reserve has adopted a more aggressive plan to