Visa on Thursday decided to pull its full-year outlook on rising unemployment numbers and more people conserving cash during the Covid-19 pandemic even while posting a second-quarter profit that rose 4%. In January, the world’s No. 1 payments processor forecast revenue growth in the low-double digits for the full year. “Our prior outlook for fiscal
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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 3.4 million Global deaths: More than 243,600 Most cases reported: United States (more than 1.1 million), Spain (over 216,500), Italy (over 209,300), United Kingdom (over 183,000), France
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 25 of 30. Just a few months ago, millions
Warren Buffett Gerry Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett said Saturday he is optimistic that the U.S. economy will re-emerge even after being dealt a body blow by the coronavirus pandemic. “Nothing can basically stop America,” said Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, from the conglomerate’s first virtual shareholder’s meeting from Omaha, Nebraska. “The American
SDI Productions Now more than ever, it may pay for students to negotiate with colleges for more money towards tuition. The coronavirus pandemic has left many American families facing financial hardship. However, colleges are also concerned about their fall enrollment, which is likely to drop. Most have already extended decision day for incoming freshmen to
Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC (Follow live updates of Berkshire’s annual meeting here.) Warren Buffett said Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway is still sitting on its massive cash hoard because the conglomerate hasn’t found a company to buy at an attractive price. “We have not done anything, because we don’t see anything that attractive to
On April 30, the IRS ruled out tax deductions for wages and rent paid with forgivable PPP loans. The IRS views it as a double dip. But some Senators and Congressmen are pushing back, saying that expenses funded with small business loans should be tax deductible after all, disagreeing with the IRS. The stakes clearly
TOPLINE Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, told shareholders on Saturday that he had sold all of the company’s airline stocks, admitting that he had made a mistake and that coronavirus had changed the business in a “very major way.” The Oracle of Omaha sold all of his airline stocks. Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage KEY
A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads “Rent Strike” Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Seattle’s … [+] Capitol Hill neighborhood. With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants in the U.S. are vowing to go on a rent strike until the new coronavirus pandemic
States across the U.S. are reopening after coronavirus-enforced lockdowns while protests erupted in places where stay-at-home rules remain in place. In California and Michigan, groups demanded the easing of restrictions. A big week of earnings are in, and tech giants Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Tesla have all reported, providing a first look at
RBS’ standalone digital bank Bo. RBS British state-backed bank RBS has dropped its standalone digital bank Bo following a tumultuous launch and a global pandemic that has forced the lender to refocus its investment strategy. RBS launched Bo, an app-based account accompanied by a yellow payment card, back in November on Google and Apple’s app
A research associate performs a buffer exchange for protein formulation at AMGEN, a drug research and development laboratory. Ricardo Dearatanha | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Amgen on Thursday reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and said it plans to study psoriasis drug Otezla as a potential treatment for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the
Valerie Riley, owner of LifeSquire, a company with 22 employees based in Oklahoma City, got $140,000 in loan funding through the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program. Valerie Riley A forgivable loan program that re-opened for small businesses this week has proven much less chaotic than the initial round, according to some business owners
Carl Icahn at the 6th annual CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference on September 13, 2016. Heidi Gutman | CNBC Carl Icahn knows the oil and gas industry very well and has arguably made more of his fortune in this industry than any other single industry. His next energy bet could pay off through a
Gargiulo Produce opened in 1929 as a fruit and vegetable cart selling door-to-door. Over 90 years later, the company now wholesales food to businesses across the East Coast. In 2020, the coronavirus shut down many of Gargiulo’s commercial accounts and left it looking for ways to get produce into the hands of hungry, isolated customers.
TOPLINE Billionaire Warren Buffett’s famed investing conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, reported a massive net loss of nearly $50 billion in the first quarter, as the coronavirus-driven market sell-off took a significant toll on the company’s stock holdings. Operating profits rose, even as the company posted a record loss last quarter. Nati Harnik/ASSOCIATED PRESS KEY FACTS Berkshire
Over 90 years ago, Frank Gargiulo opened a business selling fruits and vegetables door to door. Now Gargiulo Produce is based in a warehouse in Hillside, New Jersey, and in its fourth generation of family ownership. It sells food by the truckloads to companies all along the East Coast and to cruise ships that travel
Getty This day in time, everyone has an opinion about everything. Tax law is no different. Tax attorneys routinely provide written tax opinions to their clients on a variety of tax issues. Generally, clients request tax opinions to get additional comfort or gauge risk on the tax effects of a transaction. Other times, clients may request a tax opinion
A second wave of funding from the CARES Act will be awarded to public housing authorities across the … [+] country. Getty Images The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on May 1 that it will provide a second round of emergency relief funding for eligible low-income families and individuals living in public housing.
Family Dollar Store, anti-bacterial wipes and cleaning products. Jeff Greenberg | Getty Images Clorox on Friday reported that its fiscal-third quarter sales climbed 15% as consumer demand for its cleaning products soared in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The company also raised its fiscal 2020 forecast. Shares of the company rose 3% in premarket trading.