CNBC Make It is posting a new financial task to tackle each day for a month. These are all meant to be simple, time-sensitive activities to take your mind off of the news for a moment and, hopefully, put you on sturdier financial footing. This is day 12 of 30. If you’ve used the same password
Month: April 2020
miodrag ignjatovic Younger Americans are eager to eat and drink out in public again. They will, however, likely shy away in large numbers from festivals, sports venues and international trips for a while once conoravirus lockdowns are lifted across the U.S., perhaps preferring to shop online from home while waiting to see how vaccine trials
Recently opened, Mission Lofts offers 156 units that can be rented as apartments, offices or both. Robert Seldin A newly opened development near the nation’s capital has taken mixed-use design to a new dimension that befits the currently predominant, coronavirus-prompted lifestyle of living and working in a single place. Sited in Falls Church, Virginia, and
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters A delay by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in quickly making coronavirus test kits available was the result of “a glaring scientific breakdown” at the CDC’s central lab, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing scientists and
James Bullard David A. Grogan | CNBC St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard proposed what he sees as the best economic solution to the coronavirus crisis: Pay full costs for any firm that comes up with a test for the virus that can assure the public that it’s safe to resume activity. Doing so,
It’s been nearly five weeks since I first flew to Stockholm, Sweden, from New York City to visit my husband, who is a Swedish citizen and lives in his home country while we navigate the visa process in the U.S. What was initially supposed to be an eight-day trip quickly turned into a much longer
Empty desks and chairs in a high key cafeteria room with no people during corona virus pandemic. Giulio Fornasar Samantha Costanza was furloughed in March by her company, which designs merchandise for Broadway shows, all of which are now closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I had not heard of the term ‘furlough’ before, and assumed
The government’s nearly $350 billion loan program for small businesses officially ran out of funds on April 16, even as many American business owners are still struggling to make ends meet or plan for an uncertain future amid the coronavirus pandemic. Congress and the Trump Administration continue to negotiate on adding another $250 billion to
Foreign workers are seen outside their dormitory room at Cochrane Lodge I, which was declared as an isolation area on April 16, 2020 in Singapore. Singapore government reported a record of 447 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on April 15, 404 of which are cases linked to the foreign worker dormitories, bringing the country’s total to
Lyft driver Steven Smith uses a sanitizing wipe to disinfect his vehicle as he waits to get a call from a passenger in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Smith and other Lyft drivers have seen a decline in ridership amidst the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place in response to the global outbreak of the
CNBC Make It is posting a new financial task to tackle each day for a month. These are all meant to be simple, time-sensitive activities to take your mind off of the news for a moment and, hopefully, put you on sturdier financial footing. This is day 11 of 30. Balance sheets, which list out all
Deborah Harrison | Photographer’s Choice RF | Getty Images If you’re behind on your debts, your coronavirus stimulus check could be taken from you. Some states are fighting back to prevent that from happening. This week, Ohio Attorney General David Yost warned creditors that those one-time government checks are protected by state law from garnishment.
A worker at NYC-based tech company Adafruit makes a face shield during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Adafruit.com Across New York City, businesses hardly resemble their pre-pandemic operations. Fashion designers are sewing face masks instead of garments, restaurants have transformed into grocery stores and distilleries are making alcohol that’s too strong to drink. Kings County
Prince once stayed at this massive Los Angeles mansion purple. The Oppenheim Group The Los Angeles mansion that Prince personalized by painting it purple when he rented it is on the market for $29.995 million. The enormous home near the intersection of Beverly Hills and the Sunset Strip was also the residence of Academy Award-winning
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 2,259,317 Global deaths: At least 154,694 US cases: More than 706,779 US deaths: At least 37,079 The data above was compiled by
The seal of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) hangs on a podium during an IRS Criminal Investigation 100th year anniversary event at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 1, 2019. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg An unlikely group counts itself among the recipients of the coronavirus stimulus checks: the
Experiencing intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger, and fear? In the face of a traumatic event like the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s common to feel this way. While many people associate post-traumatic stress disorder with something like war, it’s a chronic psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, such as
From 2007 through 2019, I wrote the weekly Activist Spotlight column at Barron’s. I have now joined the CNBC team and will be writing the weekly update exclusively for CNBC readers. Due to the coronavirus crisis we have delayed the launch of this column, but we believe now is the right time to start focusing
NoDerog | iStock | Getty Images Millions of Americans received stimulus checks from the U.S. government this week to help stave off the negative economic effects of the coronavirus. But many people are still asking: Where is my money? If you haven’t received your payment yet, take heart: Millions more Americans are slated to receive
filadendron As small businesses sought emergency federal loans, financial advisors not only assisted clients, but also applied for aid to bolster their practices. The Paycheck Protection Program, the $349 billion small-business loan offering, ran out of money on April 16 after being open for close to two weeks. More than 1.6 million businesses were approved
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