Month: April 2020

An employee places a pizza box onto a shelf at a Domino’s Pizza Inc. restaurant in Chantilly, Virginia. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Domino’s Pizza on Thursday said that its U.S. same-store sales grew 7.1% in the first four weeks of its second quarter. However, the pizza chain withdrew its two- to three-year outlook,
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Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he believes that scientists testing treatments for the new coronavirus will succeed in getting patients “out of the hospital faster” and reducing “death sentence” concerns. “I think the scientists are going to solve it,” predicted Cramer, who has been advising
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(Credit: Getty | PeopleImages) When the government launched a web tool on April 15 so that eligible Americans could find out the status of their coronavirus stimulus payments, Jake Koepke was eager to log on. But the central Wisconsin resident, 34, was disappointed to find himself shut out after three failed attempts to get onto
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference in the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Michael Reynolds | EPA | Bloomberg via Getty Images Sixteen states have released “formal reopening plans” to lift coronavirus restrictions, Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday, adding that the country has shown “promising
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Steven Eisman, senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman. Katie Rooney | CNBC Renowned investor Steve Eisman said Thursday U.S. banks are an attractive investment following the coronavirus-induced market sell-off. “I actually think long-term, the best cyclical play out there are the very large banks,” Eisman, senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, told CNBC’s “Fast Money.”
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When Jyri Engestrom, a 42-year-old entrepreneur who runs a small early stage venture fund in San Francisco, California, read an article in the Guardian newspaper about an Italian village that tested its entire community for the novel coronavirus and was reportedly able to eradicate the virus by doing so, he was inspired. Engestrom wanted to do
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eclipse_images If you’re awaiting a federal stimulus payment and you haven’t filed tax returns, beware: Hackers have set their sights — and sites — on your $1,200 check. Scammers have set up more than 180,000 coronavirus-themed websites in an attempt to steal data or misinform consumers, according to data from Checkphish by Bolster. The security
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This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks.  Global cases: More than 2.6 million Global deaths: At least 183,820 US cases: More than 842,600 US deaths: At least 46,785 The data above was compiled
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