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The historic consumer price drop in April may be more than a temporary setback. Michael Gapen, Barclays’ head of US economics research, warns widespread job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic is radically changing Americans’ spending habits. He suggests the damage will last years. “Whether this is a permanent shift will in part depend on

Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  GrubHub, Uber — Grubhub shares soared more than 27% on news that ride-hailing company Uber has approached the company with a takeover bid. Uber’s offer comes months after other outlets reported that food-delivery service Grubhub had hired advisors to explore strategic

What a difference a year may make. CFRA’s Sam Stovall believes stocks will return to all-time highs in the next 12 months. “In other bear markets going back to 1929, and the average 13 month advance was 50%,” the firm’s chief investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday. “We have a very good possibility

The world’s wealthiest could be subjected to higher tax rates as governments scramble to fund spending and repair their economies amid the coronavirus crisis, an economist has predicted. Speaking to CNBC’s “Street Signs Europe” on Monday, Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics, said he was concerned that some governments — including Britain’s — would assume

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in the financial district of lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, April 26, 2020. Jeena Moon | Reuters U.S. stock futures fell on Sunday night after Wall Street posted consecutive rallies to end last week amid the prospects of

People walk along Broadway as the coronavirus keeps financial markets and businesses mostly closed on May 08, 2020 in New York City. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday that the US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April. This is the largest decline in jobs since the government began tracking the data in

U.S. stock futures rose early Friday morning after more gains in tech led to the Nasdaq Composite erasing all of its losses for 2020. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up by 235 points, implying an opening gain of about 276 points on Friday. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointed to Friday opening

A man wears a mask as he passes the New York Stock Exchange. Mark Lennihan | AP U.S. equities rallied on Friday, despite a historic jobs report showing more than 20 million Americans lost their jobs in April, bringing the unemployment rate to a staggering 14.7% due to the coronavirus shutdown. Investors shrugged off the

People wait in line as SF-Marin Food Bank hands out 1600 food bags in San Francisco on April 20, 2020. Work furloughs and layoffs created by coronavirus shelter-in-place orders are driving thousands to seek food assistance. San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images A record number of Americans just lost their job, and

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: SeaWorld Entertainment – The theme park operator reported a quarterly loss of 72 cents per share, 2 cents wider than expected, while revenue fell below estimates. SeaWorld closed its parks in mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak, but said it remains confident in the resiliency of

An airline pilot walks in front of a Tripadvisor store in Toronto Pearson airport. (Photo by Geovien So/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Geovien So | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Booking Holdings — The travel booking service’s stock whipsawed in extended trading after the

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Raytheon Technologies (RTX) – The defense contractor reported quarterly profit of $1.78 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.22 a share. Revenue also beat forecasts and Raytheon said it would not provide a financial outlook at this time due to pandemic-related uncertainty.

One of the world’s leading authorities on Asia is worried Wall Street is miscalculating China’s efforts to reopen its economy. While it’s going relatively smoothly on the supply side, Yale University senior fellow Stephen Roach warns the demand side is struggling, and that’s a bad sign for the U.S. economy as it begins reopening. “Chinese consumers

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: General Motors (GM) – The automaker reported quarterly profit of 62 cents per share, compared with a consensus estimate of 30 cents a share. Revenue also came in above Wall Street forecasts. GM said results were “heavily impacted” by the economic impact of

‘I see rates rising continuously’ “Forty years of a bull market in bonds. It’s really hard to turn your head around, and say could this be a turning point? But I think history will say yes,” said Siegel. “I see rates rising continuously over the next several years.” Coronavirus risks sparked a flight to safety

Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein sees a troubling market trend. He warns that the fear of missing out phenomenon is making a comeback despite the coronavirus’ damage from Wall Street to Main Street. “Most investors, I would say, are once again becoming momentum investors,” the CEO and CIO of Richard Bernstein Advisors told

Dan Rosensweig, CEO, Chegg Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Shake Shack — The burger chain’s stock whipsawed in extended trading after the company provided its first-quarter earnings. Shake Shack said it had earnings of 2 cents per share excluding some items on revenue of $143.2 million, while

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tyson Foods (TSN) – The beef and poultry producer reported quarterly earnings of 77 cents per share, compared to a consensus estimate of $1.04 a share. Revenue also came in below forecasts, with Tyson saying it faced multiple challenges due to the Covid-19

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

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

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

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc The India Today Group | Getty Images This year’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting will be like no other as investors look for insight on how the conglomerate will move forward from the coronavirus pandemic and what its future holds. The meeting will be held Saturday but,

Moran Forman of Goldman Sachs, 33, in her home office in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York. Source: Goldman Sachs Each weekday morning, Moran Forman wakes up in her Chelsea apartment, takes a few steps to a spare bedroom and powers up the full might of Goldman Sachs on a curved LCD screen. Forman, a

A Nabors Industries worker uses a power washer to clean the floor of a rig drilling for Chevron in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, March 1, 2018. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chevron warned Friday in its quarterly earnings report that results will remain depressed as long as oil prices remain low, and

Western Digital hard drives are shown for sale at an Office Depot Inc store in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Amazon — The e-commerce giant’s stock tumbled 5% in extended trading after the company posted its first-quarter financial results. The company reported first-quarter earnings of

This is a live blog. Please check back for updates.  7:41 am: Facebook shares jump on ad revenue ‘stability’ Shares of the social media giant jumped more than 8% in the premarket after the company reported “stability” in its ad revenue after a decline in March. Facebook said its March ad revenues dropped sharply amid

The Sedco 714 oil platform, operated by Transocean, stands in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, United Kingdom, on February 16, 2016. Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Facebook — The social media giant’s stock soared 10% in extended trading after the company reported

The NIO Inc. ES6 electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) stands on display at the Auto Shanghai 2019 show in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images For Chinese electric vehicle company Nio, the worst of the coronavirus impact is pretty much over, CEO William Li said Wednesday. “Nio hasn’t

Stock futures fell slightly in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors eyed guidance from the Federal Reserve on the future path of interest rates with a gradual reopening of the economy in sight. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped about 60 point, while the S&P 500 futures were marginally lower. The Nasdaq futures rose slightly after

An employee assembles an excavator at the Caterpillar Inc. manufacturing facility in Victoria, Texas. Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caterpillar experienced a sales drop in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted demand for construction and mining. The industrial giant on Tuesday reported revenues of $10.6 billion in the first quarter, a 21%