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Unlike most people who are now telecommuting due to the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been working from home for a long time. As in two decades. Between full-time jobs that allowed it (one of them way back in 2000) and freelancing while I raised two children, I’ve truly appreciated the benefits that come with the arrangement

A deliveryman is seen passing by a closed Taco Bell restaurant during the 45th day of state of alarm on April 28, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. David Zorrakino | Europa Press News | Getty Images As the coronavirus pandemic upends consumers’ normal routines, Taco Bell is losing critical breakfast and late-night sales.   Parent company Yum Brands said Tuesday

Robinhood app Source: Robinhood Robinhood is making it more difficult to get access to its options offering in the wake of a customer’s suicide last week.  In a blog post Friday, Robinhood’s co-CEOs outlined multiple changes to the free-trading app. Robinhood will increase eligibility requirements, and “consider additional criteria” for customers for level three options

Dr. Jane Goodall speaks during the ‘Dr. Jane Goodall’s MasterClass’ New York screening in New York City. John Lamparski | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images World-renowned anthropologist Jane Goodall has said young people should be striving towards different standards of success, besides money and fame.  Speaking to CNBC from last week’s CogX conference, Goodall

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 18, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures opened slightly higher on Thursday night following a muted session in which traders grappled with disappointing unemployment data and rising coronavirus cases. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 30 points,

American Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto via Getty Images American Airlines is temporarily banning a customer who was kicked off a flight in New York this week for refusing to wear a face mask on board, a requirement on major U.S. airlines that aims to curb the spread of Covid-19. American said crew asked traveler

Klaus Vedfelt | Getty Images Many companies have made big promises in recent weeks when it comes to improving racial diversity. Yet investors may be wondering whether the stocks they own include companies that have made racial inclusion a priority. One index is aiming to provide a measure for that. The Morningstar Minority Empowerment Index

Oracle CEO Safra Catz delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 17, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Oracle CEO Safra Catz kicked off day two of the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address. The annual convention runs through September 19. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle shares fell as much

A person on a scooter rides past a JPMorgan Chase & Co. bank branch in New York, U.S., on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase will close its U.S. Chase retail branches early on Friday in observation of Juneteenth, according to an email to colleagues from CEO Jamie

Billionaire and legendary Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen has every second of his day and night scheduled, including free time and time to think — and the practice is critical to his success, he says.  “The big thing is basically *everything* is on the calendar. Sleep is on the calendar, going to bed is in

U.S. stock futures moved lower in overnight trading, following a big rally in the previous session fueled by growing belief that the worst may be over for the world’s largest economy. Dow futures fell 130 points, indicating a loss of 0.5% at the open on Wednesday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 were also set to

Coty: “It’s a spec. Look, it can go to $7. It’s just a spec. … I’m an Estee Lauder guy.” Alamos Gold: “We’re buyers of either Newmont or Barrick.” Pinterest: “I thought Pinterest went down unnecessarily. … Let’s buy some Pinterest. And Ben, I miss you. OK? Partner, give me a call. He’s the CEO.” Callaway

Sophia Cohen, 17, pivoted from a course in Berlin and some travel to volunteer work and studying German at home. Source: Sophia Cohen Like many high school students, Sophia Cohen, 17, had planned a packed summer: a German intensive language course in Berlin, followed by travel.  Her excitement faded, though, when the coronavirus pandemic began

Starbucks expects to swing to a loss in its fiscal third quarter, predicting it lost as much as $3.2 billion in revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shares of the company fell more than 3% in early trading Wednesday. The stock, which has a market value of $92.6 billion, has fallen 10% this year. Starbucks, which

Spencer Platt | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase will bring more of its trading personnel back to its New York headquarters starting next week, according to a person with knowledge of the bank’s plans. Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in New York in March, most of the bank’s traders and salespeople have worked from home.

When Kevin O’Leary was fired from his first job at an ice cream shop as a teenager, he realized he wanted to be his boss. “I made up my mind that day…. And I’ve never worked for anybody ever since,” he previously told CNBC Make It. And on CNBC’s new webisode series “Got a Money Dispute? Ask Kevin,” O’Leary gave

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures fell in overnight trading on Sunday, pointing to more losses ahead, as investors grapple

An Orange County Convention Center employee replaces a sanitizer station ahead of the center’s reopening in July 2020. Source: Orange County Convention Center Today it might be hard to imagine a mass, indoor gathering with thousands of attendees. Yet that is the bread and butter of the convention and events industry, which was brought a

Lisa Hess and her daughter Lucy enjoy a cup of coffee in San Luis Obispo, California. Shannon McMillen Photography Lisa Hess, owner of Lucy’s Coffee, has started the long climb to restoring her business in a post-coronavirus world. But her well of emergency funding is about to run dry. The crisis came at quite possibly

Lululemon reported a fiscal first-quarter sales decline of 17%, as its strong digital business wasn’t enough to offset the losses from its stores being temporarily shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The yoga pants and sports bra maker also suffered from the other shops that it sells in being shut, it said.  Still, as more people

A trader walks by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Traders baffled by the unprecedented market whipsaw are scrambling to buy protection against more rough sledding ahead.

In 1981, 26-year-old Bill Gates found the time to create one of the world’s earliest computer games. Called Donkey.bas, or just “Donkey,” it was essentially an old-school arcade driving game where players steered a digital racecar down a straight highway littered with, well, donkeys. The point of the game, simply, was to avoid crashing into the

The Robinhood application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail investors speculating in stocks are not responsible for the market’s comeback and their top picks tend to underperform, according

Signage for Hertz Global Holdings Inc. stands at a rental location in Berkeley, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hertz was granted approval Friday by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to sell up to $1 billion in shares of the bankrupt car

Dan Gilbert, CEO, Quicken Loans Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Quicken Loans, the largest mortgage lender in America, is planning an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.  The company, founded and owned by Detroit-billionaire Dan Gilbert, has filed its IPO prospectus confidentially, the people said, and may flip it to be public

Hong Kong has ranked as the most expensive city to live and work overseas in, according to a new report highlighting the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on the expatriate market. The city maintained its costly crown for the third year running while Ashgabat, Turkmenistan jumped five spots to steal second place, in part

Chinese tourists with facial masks stand in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 3, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images U.S. pressure on Chinese stocks looks set to accelerate the growth of capital markets in Hong Kong and mainland China, as investors

Confederate flags are seen flying over the infield campground prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 6, 2015 in Darlington, South Carolina. Jerry Markland | Getty Images NASCAR said Wednesday that it is is banning the display of the Confederate flag at all events and properties of

Around 71% of the 21 million unemployed people in May had been out of work between five and 14 weeks. About 19% have been unemployed for fewer than five weeks. “There aren’t many people who are long-term unemployed,” said Stephen Woodbury, an economist at Michigan State University. “There are gazillions of people that have lost

Macy’s at Valencia Town Center Mall opens for curbside pickup service during COVID-19 outbreak on May 21, 2020 in Santa Clarita, California. Robin L Marshall | Getty Images Macy’s shares soared Tuesday as the company released its preliminary financial results, saying it is regaining customers at reopened stores much quicker than it expected. With the retailer’s stores