Main Street business confidence hits an all-time low in the CNBC|Survey Monkey Small Business Survey for Q4 2020. The reason? Politics.
Public health specialists and epidemiologists are sounding the alarm that Thanksgiving could worsen an already severe outbreaks nationwide.
The next round of U.N. climate talks is set for November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Countries are expected to submit new 2030 emissions targets.
Dow futures soared Monday after Moderna said that preliminary trial data showed its coronavirus vaccine was more than 94% effective.
Dow futures soared Monday after Moderna said that preliminary trial data showed its coronavirus vaccine was more than 94% effective.
Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries, including China, Japan, Australia and Singapore, on Sunday signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Dow futures declined Thursday as Wall Street worries about record spikes in new U.S. daily coronavirus cases
Dow futures declined Thursday as Wall Street worries about record spikes in new U.S. daily coronavirus cases.
Dow futures pointed to another gain at Tuesday's open, a day after the 30-stock average surged 834 points, or nearly 3%.
"The sooner it's done, the better for the beneficiaries of the stimulus," U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue told CNBC.
Joe Biden was one of the youngest people to be elected to the Senate and is one of the oldest to run for president.
History shows the S&P 500 has a good record of going up in the 10-day period leading up to Election Day.
"The economy is solid, but desperately needs help from all sides —from a vaccine, from a stimulus, etc. In that case, I think you want to be a little cautious," Wall Street veteran Art Cashin told CNBC on Thursday.
With the U.S. presidential election just over a month away, former president Barack Obama has urged citizens to cast their votes in a race that matters not only nationally but globally.
The stock market is likely to see strong gains next year due to increased liquidity and an improvement in the coronavirus, the finance professor told CNBC on Monday.
"Every Republican agrees we're going to protect preexisting conditions," Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas told CNBC on Monday.
The state health commissioner called the easing in testing recommendations "indefensible" and said it "makes absolutely no sense."
The billionaire investor said the next 2½ months would reveal whether Democrat Joe Biden would run the nation more as a centrist or tack hard left.
"This makes no sense. People without symptoms account for up to 50% of transmission," said Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's former health commissioner.
"I think we need to get back together, and I don't think we're going to do that with the rhetoric from the right," the Starwood Capital Group founder told CNBC on Tuesday.
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