While self-quarantining amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Baltimore Ravens’ star quarterback Lamar Jackson has been passing the time playing video games, working out and posting funny video clips on his social media accounts. (A video he Jackson retweeted on April 18 of his former University of Louisville teammate Jaire Alexander reacting to Jackson’s 2018 NFL draft
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Fertnig | E+ | Getty Images People who receive Supplemental Security Income or Department of Veterans Affairs benefits have just one more day to supply the federal government with information on any qualifying dependents who should be included in their stimulus payments. Millions of stimulus payments are in the process of being deployed to Americans.
Small business owners across the U.S. are in an impossible situation: They fear that their firms may go under in a matter of months if state lockdowns caused by Covid-19 don’t end, and yet many also are worried that reopening business too soon may result in the same fate. The Main Street bind is borne
COVID-19 has changed the day-to-day lives of millions of people and the vast majority of Americans are affected by social distancing measures to stop the spread of the disease. At the same time, equity markets have been volatile, and many people are out of work, at least temporarily. One of the most pressing questions that many
Wells Fargo is temporarily halting its home equity line of credit offering. Getty Images Wells Fargo WFC is the latest big bank to join a short but potentially growing list of lenders that are hitting the pause button on applications for new home equity lines of credit amid the escalating economic crisis sparked by the
COVID-19 may change what your retirement looks like, but it won’t change the Maximum Social Security … [+] benefit you can get in 2020.LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 23: (L-R) Retired nurse Minda Banaria, UNLV School of Nursing assistant professor Dr. Rhigel Jay Tan, a licensed nurse practitioner in psychiatric mental health, and retired nurse
Pharmaceutical companies continue to make headlines as governments and investors hang their hopes on a steady recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O’Day said on Sunday the company would be donating its entire supply of remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients. Roche Chairman Christoph Franz said Monday morning the drugmaker would be investing more than
Most people know Sean “Diddy” Combs by his music, but the hip-hop mogul recently released a different kind of track: a guided meditation. The 25-minute recorded meditation, which is available to download for free on Audible, is designed to help listeners relax before bed. It includes a mix of deep breathing exercises, gratitude prompts and
A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, March 6, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Stock futures fell on Sunday night as traders weighed the reopening of the economy along with brewing tensions between China and the U.S. Dow Jones
A Tyson Fresh Meats plant employee leaves the plant on Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Logansport, Indiana. Darron Cummings | AP Tyson Foods on Monday reported that its fiscal second-quarter net income fell 15% from a year earlier, as production disruptions weighed on its results. The company also said that it has secured a $1.5 billion
A Delta Air Lines jet taxis passes Southwest Airlines jets to be parked with a growing number of jets at Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA) on March 24, 2020 in Victorville, California. David McNew | Getty Images U.S. airline shares were down sharply again on Monday, this time after Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway sold its
A sign reading “Buy Local” with closed restaurants and shops on Main Street on April 10, 2020 in Livingston, Montana. William Campbell | Corbis via Getty Images The 30.7 million small businesses on Main Street that generate 50% of U.S. GDP have been hard-pressed to receive the government relief they need to stay in business.
Volunteers prepare groceries to be given out at a drive-thru Three Square Food Bank emergency food distribution site at Boulder Station Hotel & Casino in response to an increase in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 29, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. DAVID BECKER There’s no question many Americans need help right now. More
Now that the CARES Act has passed and checks are being distributed, it’s time to ask the hard … [+] question: how will we pay for this? Getty The COVID-19 crisis has shaken the economic landscape of nations on a global scale. In the United States, our economic response has created a snowball of deficit
FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. (AP … [+] Photo/Elise Amendola, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK The second round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) launched April 27, with complaints about the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) system to submit loan
Brenden Millstein, CEO and founder of San Francisco-based Carbon Lighthouse. Copyright 2015 JBJ Pictures Industries of all kinds are grappling with the pandemic’s uncharted territories. Commercial real estate is no exception. But unlike many other industries, commercial real estate is uniquely positioned to embrace initiatives that could help absorb the incoming economic slump, win back
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 3.5 million Global deaths: More than 247,300 Most cases reported: United States (over 1.15 million), Spain (over 217,400), Italy (over 210,700), United Kingdom (over 187,800), France (over
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., speaks during the virtual Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting seen on a laptop computer in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Bloomberg What a difference a year makes. Sitting on a stage in an empty arena in Omaha, Nebraska and in the
The coronavirus pandemic has overturned most aspects of daily life, not least the way we work. For many, that has brought with it a period of great uncertainty and possible job insecurity. But for aspiring entrepreneurs, it has also created a window of opportunity, according to the author of bestselling business book The Lean Startup.
Larry Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, April 6, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow on Sunday said the White House has made no decision on providing further funding