Communal living space in California Source: Haven There’s a new solution for millennials struggling with rising rents, but it has a familiar feel. Communal living, or co-living, brings together a group of people, likely strangers, in a shared space. Often, there are private sleeping quarters but the kitchens and work areas are communal spaces. It’s
Colorox brand toilet bowl cleaner sits on display at a supermarket in Princeton, Ill. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumer-staples giant Clorox, along with 10 other stocks have emerged as the definitive anti-coronavirus trades, as the only S&P 500 stocks avoiding correction territory. While the broader market craters, the well-known maker of bleach
A customer exits a Big Lots store in Clifton, New Jersey. Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Big Lots — Shares of Big Lots tumbled nearly 30% after the retailer posted a quarterly earnings miss. The company reported earnings per share of $2.39 in the
A view of a Best Buy retail store on August 29, 2019 in San Bruno, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Best Buy‘s fourth-quarter results exceeded analysts’ expectations, driven by strong sales gains over the holidays. Shares are up less than 1% in premarket trading. Shares have gained about 36% over the past 12 months,
Microsoft founder Bill Gates Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the coronavirus that has killed at least 2,859 people and infected more than 83,700 globally may be the “once-in-a-century pathogen we’ve been worried about.” “I hope it’s not that bad, but we should assume it will be until we know otherwise,”
If you plan to travel abroad and are worried about medical coverage due to the coronavirus outbreak, there may not be a need to panic — or cancel your trip — just yet. Travel insurance policies that include emergency medical and evacuation coverage are still available, although the situation is fluid and could change as
In light of the tumultuous move in global stocks this week, I found it comforting, in that it-could-be-worse sense, to think about some excessively priced assets I’ve watched up close, as well as from a distance. One day within the dot.com bubble stands out very clearly. In December 1999, I sat in my mother-in-law’s room
A trader reacts on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 5, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The coronavirus wiped $3.18 trillion in market value from U.S. stocks this week, according to estimates from S&P Dow Jones Indices. The equity benchmark lost $203 billion in value on Friday,
A sign is posted outside of the PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal on Thursday said the coronavirus outbreak could have a negative impact on its revenue expectations, and warned that revenue for the first quarter of this year would be toward the lower end of the guidance it
Rolls-Royce Phantom Source: Rolls-Royce Phantom Sales of Rolls-Royces have fallen “pretty close to zero” in China because of the coronavirus, but the company sees early signs of possible recovery, the company’s CEO told CNBC. Rolls Royce said sales in China, its second largest market after the U.S., were hit especially hard as many parts of
We got an inside look at the United States Marine Corps’ intense 13-week basic training program. Senior video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina, where he observed different companies at various stages of training. Recruits endure a series of intense physical challenges such
The FT’s US finance editor Robert Armstrong looks at the way low interest rates have hit four different companies since the financial crisis – Visa, JPMorgan, Comerica and E-Trade ► Check out our Community tab for more stories on the economy. ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtimes
Larry Summers proposed eliminating high denomination currency to help curb illegal cash transfers. Bloomberg looks at how this would impact a $1 million handoff. Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Business on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Watch Bloomberg TV live at http://www.bloomberg.com/live
Dave Millican has been making championship belts out of his garage for WWE and other wrestling companies for most of his life.
AscentXmedia When it comes to your 401(k), there’s one piece of advice that most financial experts agree on in market routs like this: Stay the course. That means fighting the natural temptation to log into your investment account and react to the market’s big swings. However, many investors are not taking that advice, according to
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amid the wreckage in global stock markets this week as panic over the spread of coronavirus wiped out $6 trillion in value, one corner of Wall Street has been making a mint.
Geber86 | Getty Images You can afford this or that, and you think you want it. But should you buy it? We live in a country that really likes to buy things. But even when we can buy what we want without too much financial strain, what we feel afterwards isn’t always positive. We’ve all
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Jan. 8, 2020. Xinhua News Agency Stock investors just experienced one of the nastiest weeks in history that recorded the S&P 500‘s fastest correction on record, but hold on tight, the market might have more room to fall as the
A staff member displays a burger with a Beyond Meat plant-based patty at VeggieWorld fair in Beijing, China November 8, 2019. Jason Lee | Reuters Beyond Meat on Thursday reported quarterly revenue that topped analysts’ expectations but disappointed investors by falling shy of reporting a second profitable quarter. Shares of the company fell 6% in
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. Total confirmed cases: More than 85,000 Total deaths: At least 2,861 3:45 pm: Kuwait health ministry urges citizens not to travel A health ministry official has called on citizens in Kuwait to avoid travel due the coronavirus outbreak,
Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders participates in the tenth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 25, 2020. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images A bill introduced by Sen. Bernie
Apple staff and customers, wearing facemasks to protect against the COVID-19 coronavirus, are seen on the shop premises in Beijing on February 22, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday he thinks Apple‘s stock can sink further and cautioned retail investors against going all in on the tech giant’s
Following the worst week for stocks since the financial crisis, UBS‘s Jason Katz said Friday investors should “take a deep breath” and have a moment of introspection over the weekend. “Reflect on the fact that the markets had a made meaningful move up last year and up until recently, and that corrections are par for
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 27, 2020. Spencer Platt The U.S. stock market suffered a historic pullback this week as the coronavirus spread outside of China, spooking investors and traders out of equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 each dropped 12% and 11% for the
A Wayfair employee works at his desk at the Boston headquarters of Wayfair on July 31, 2018. Suzanne Kreiter | Boston Globe | Getty Images Wayfair‘s stock tanked Friday morning, after the online furniture retailer’s losses widened more than expected during the holiday quarter. Its shares were recently down more than 15% in premarket trading.
Walmart logo is seen at a store in Mountain View, California, United States on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images Walmart has named Jamie Iannone its chief operating officer for U.S. e-commerce, after the Sam’s Club executive helped oversee digital initiatives for the retailer’s membership-based subsidiary. In a company memo
In the mid-20th century we began launching satellites into space that would help us determine the exact circumference of the Earth: 40,030 km. But over 2000 years earlier, a man in Ancient Greece came up with nearly the exact same figure using just a stick and his brain. ————————————————– Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs
Carillion, one of the UK government’s biggest contractors, has collapsed, threatening the jobs of more than 43,000 employees as well as hundreds of subcontractors and smaller businesses. Lex’s deputy editor Jonathan Eley looks at the reasons behind the liquidation ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM ► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs For
Cambridge may be home to one of the world’s most revered universities but there’s much more to this historic English town. With the picturesque River Cam running through its centre, Cambridge is as beautiful and it is fascinating. New restaurants and bars have invigorated its food scene, offering a blend of creativity and tradition. Welcome
Graphene is being touted as the next ‘it’ material and companies like Vorbeck Materials hope it can help cut lithium battery weight and recharge times.
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