Actor Ewan McGregor arrives at the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ at the El Capitan Theatre on May 10, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin | FilmMagic | Getty Images It’s official. Ewan McGregor will be reprising his iconic role as Obi-Wan Kenobi for Disney’s streaming service Disney+. On Friday,
The final week of August — the bittersweet end of summer for many— could be highly volatile, as markets fret over the economy and the latest developments in trade wars. President Donald Trump joins the G-7 leaders in France over the weekend, and markets will be watching to see if the meeting exposes new fault
Chinese shipping containers are stored beside a US flag after they were unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California on May 14, 2019. – Global markets remain on red alert over a trade war between the two superpowers China and the US, that most observers warn could shatter global economic growth,
International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath speaks during a press conference in Washington D.C., on April 9, 2019. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The outlook for the global economy keeps getting bleaker, the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund said Friday. “As the year is progressing, it’s getting harder
UPS and FedEx cargo aircraft. Getty Images President Donald Trump called on major package carriers in the United States to “search for & refuse” packages from China that contain the drug fentanyl. In a series of tweets in which he called on American companies to look for “an alternative to China” on Friday, Trump singled
Customers try iPhones at the Apple store in Hong Kong, China. Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Multinationals that rely on the supply chain from China are tumbling after President Donald Trump ordered them to find alternatives to their Chinese operations. Shares of Apple, Nike and Caterpillar all tanked more than 3.5%, hitting their
If you’ve been considering a mortgage with an adjustable rate, your reasons for going that route might be disappearing. As recessionary fears cause longer-term interest rates to hover near or below short-term rates, the advantage that typically comes with adjustable rate mortgages has shrunk — or entirely disappeared — at some lenders. ARMs, as they
EIR Healthcare How to apply You should fill out the newly available cancer deferment application and send it to your servicer. “A telephone call is not sufficient,” Kantrowitz said. “Keep a copy for your records.” You will need your doctor to confirm that you have cancer. He or she can do this on the cancer
David Koch, the billionaire, industrialist, philanthropist, political activist and onetime vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, died Friday. He was 79. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my brother David,” Charles Koch announced in a statement. “Anyone who worked with David surely experienced his giant personality and passion
VMware reported a top-and-bottom line beat in its quarterly report Thursday, but it’s stock tanked as much as 7% in after-market trading. Investors frowned on the cloud software company’s move to acquire both Carbon Black and Pivotal Software at a grand enterprise value of $4.8 billion, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer took a contrarian. “I like the cloud security space
Enphase Energy: You should “sell half of Enphase because it’s up way too much given its solar roots and then [you] can let the rest run.” Fortinet: “I like Fortinet. I think there’s better … I think that Cyberark‘s better. I think Symantec‘s better. So there’s a bunch that I think is better. “ Equity
Kuni Takahashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Gap slid as much as 7% before settling around 1% lower in extended trading after the retailer posted second-quarter sales that missed estimates. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents on revenue of $4.01
With fears about a possible recession on the horizon, people are coming up with different ways to get their hands on some cash. Some may even be thinking about taking out a home equity line of credit as an insurance policy in case the economy goes south. Those concerns were renewed on Thursday when a
Robert Kaplan at Jackson Hole, Wyoming David A. Grogan | CNBC Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan would like to avoid additional stimulus but is keeping an “open mind.” “I’d like to avoid having to take further action but I think I’m going to have an open mind about taking action over the next number of
Google had its IPO 15 years ago, and it was a big deal for a couple of reasons. First of all, Google’s IPO was a glimmer of hope after the dotcom bust. And Google was trying to reinvent the IPO by making it more transparent, using a process called a Dutch Auction. Today, the IPO
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Arturo Estrella, the economist who first discovered the predictive power of the yield curve, has a message for recession naysayers: It could hit sooner than you think. “It’s been 50 years and 7 recessions with a perfect record,” Estrella told
Marvel Studios While many fans have rallied behind Disney in the wake of reports that talks had broken down between the company and Sony over future Spider-Man films, at least one person is standing behind Sony — Stan Lee’s daughter. In a statement to TMZ, Joan Lee said Marvel and Disney need to be “checked
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Aug. 5, 2019. U.S. stocks plunged on Monday as investors worry that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened new tariffs on Chinese imports will worsen trade prospects. The Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 767.27 points, or 2.90 percent, to 25,717.74.
Experts have a message for anyone thinking about relying on basic Medicare with no extra coverage: Don’t do it. With deductibles, copays, coinsurance and — this is a biggie — no out-of-pocket maximum, the program has a variety of costs that make having no backup insurance a huge financial risk. “All it takes is one
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said Thursday that while he reluctantly supported the central bank’s rate cut in July, he doesn’t see the case for additional stimulus. “We’re roughly where neutral is. It’s hard to know exactly where neutral is, but I think we’re roughly where neutral is right now. And I think we should
Michael Burry attends the “The Big Short” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. Jim Spellman | WireImage | Getty Images GameStop shares jumped after Barron’s reported that investor Michael Burry, one of the main money managers depicted in Michael Lewis’ book “The Big Short,” is long the
Thursday marks “Equal Pay Day” for black women. It’s the approximate day when their 2018 wages, plus the amount they’ve earned so far this year, catches up to what white men earned just last year alone. While women overall in the U.S. earn about 80 cents for each dollar paid to men, the disparity in
Shares of Lowe’s surged more than 10% after the company posted better-expected results in its second quarter raised guidnace on Wednesday. That’s not the only thing that propped the stock’s rally during the session, if you ask CNBC’s Jim Cramer. After Home Depot — Lowe’s chief rival — beat profit estimations the day prior, a number
Technology has impacted nearly every industry and one subset is transforming the backend of business operations. Cloud computing is a secular growth theme in recent years that has been one of the hottest parts of the market, yet the average person can’t explain what the companies that make up the group actually do, CNBC’s Jim
A Nordstrom store in Irvine, California Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Nordstrom surged 11% in extended trading after the retailer posted a strong profit despite weakening second-quarter sales. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 90 cents on revenue of $3.87 billion. Analysts had expected
Elsa Hosk, Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo, and Candice Swanepoel pose during the finale of the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at Pier 94 on November 8, 2018 in New York City. Taylor Hill | FilmMagic | Getty Images Lingerie maker Victoria’s Secret dragged on parent company L Brands‘s second-quarter earnings, which topped analysts’ expectations on profit while
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reacts during a press conference in Washington D.C., the United States, on July 31, 2019. Liu Jie | Xinhua | Getty Images Market moves were modest after the Fed released minutes of its last meeting, but the message was clear — the market still fears the Fed will not be
A patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Jeff Hutchens | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday to automatically cancel the student debt of tens of thousands of disabled veterans. “Today I’m proud to announce that I am taking executive action to ensure that our wounded warriors are
Pedestrians walk past a Nordstrom Inc. store. Ben Nelms | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nordstrom‘s stock soared by more than 17% after the company released a mixed earnings report that showed weakening sales, but handily beat Wall Street profit estimates. Here’s how the company did, compared with what Wall Street was expecting, according to Refinitiv
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference following the Federal Reserve’s two-day Federal Open Market Committee Meeting in Washington, July 31, 2019. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters Federal Reserve members worried over future growth are highly concerned about the U.S.-China tariff battle, citing the issue multiple times during discussions at the central bank’s July
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