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In this article SIG Signage for Kay Jewelers, a subsidiary of Signet Jewelers Ltd., is displayed on the exterior of a store in New York. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Signet Jewelers rose in premarket trading Thursday after the parent company of Kay Jewelers, Zales and Jared reported fiscal third-quarter earnings ahead

From the U.S. to Germany and Saudi Arabia to Australia, the Covid-19 omicron variant has spread to dozens of countries globally. The World Health Organization has labeled omicron, which was first detected by South African scientists, a “variant of concern” due to a large number of mutations that could make the variant more contagious. Much

Shoppers ascend and descend an escalator at the Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, November 14, 2020. Mark Makela | Reuters Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Perhaps not, this year. With 24 days until the big holiday, retailers hope consumers will keep spending. Shoppers started purchasing holiday gifts early

In this article CRM AMBA HPE BOX BIRD DASH Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Salesforce — Shares of the software giant dropped more than 6% in premarket trading despite a better-than-expected third-quarter earnings report. The company’s fourth-quarter guidance missed analysts’ expectations. Salesforce also announced it promoted Bret Taylor to the role of co-CEO, alongside

Dr. Eric Topol told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday he believes existing Covid vaccines will offer adequate protection against serve disease for people who get infected by the newly detected omicron variant. In an interview on “Mad Money,” the individualized medicine expert also stressed the importance of receiving a Covid booster shot, imploring eligible Americans

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. Evan Vucci | AP Automotive executives think more than half of their sales will be electric vehicles by 2030, in line with President Joe Biden’s EV sales goal, according to a new

Dr. Celine Gounder, epidemiologist and professor at NYU, urged Americans to get vaccinated and boosted as the best way protect themselves until it becomes clear how well the current Covid vaccines might work against the new omicron variant. “The idea is to buy ourselves time if omicron does turn out to be an immune-evading variant,”

Matterport: “3D camera, everybody loves 3D. I’ve never made any money on 3D. I’m going to have to take a big pass since that’s stock already moved too much.” Oscar Health: “Oh geez. No. Sometimes you need what I call a raison d’être … and I see no raison d’être for this health insurance company.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discusses the impact of the semiconductor chip shortage at UAW Region 1A office in Taylor, Michigan on November 29, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday urged the U.S. House to immediately pass legislation that supports American production of semiconductor chips

A doctor monitors a Covid-19 patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the community hospital in Germany on April 28, 2021. RONNY HARTMANN | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The omicron Covid variant is likely to spread further and poses a “very high” global risk, according to the World Health Organization, which warned

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing titled Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response, in Dirksen Building on Thursday, November 4, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Americans need to be

In this article CMCSA DIS Stephanie Beatriz voices Mirabel Madrigal in Disney’s “Encanto.” Disney While the Thanksgiving box office didn’t deliver the typically strong results that the movie theater industry has come to expect in the last decade, ticket sales for new titles fueled confidence that a recovery is well underway. Over the five-day holiday

SustainAble Home Goods sells a selection of eco-conscious products online and also offers cloth wrapping that can be reused. Source: SustainAble Home Goods Some children might be waking up on Christmas morning to find more homemade gifts and a lot less wrapping paper under the tree. One in three shoppers said they plan to ditch

In this handout image Mike Tyson attends the Hublot x WBC “Night of Champions” Gala at the Encore Hotel on May 03, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Omar Vega | HUBLOT via Getty Images Mike Tyson told CNBC cannabis makes him a “different person” and that he’s releasing his Tyson 2.0 cannabis line to help

Shoppers with bags from various stores stand next to each other as Black Friday sales begin at The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky, November 26, 2021. Jon Cherry | Reuters Traffic at retail stores on Black Friday dropped 28.3% compared with 2019 levels, as Americans shifted more of their spending online and

Pediatric doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine sit on a table at National Jewish Health on Nov. 3, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images News There are no U.S. cases of the new omicron Covid variant, the CDC said late Friday, referring to a heavily mutated strain of the virus that has

A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children for distribution in Montreal, Quebec on November 24, 2021. ANDREJ IVANOV | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday assigned the Greek letter omicron to a newly identified Covid variant in South Africa. The U.N. health agency recognized the strain, first referred to

Health Deputy Minister Dr Joe Phaahla, September 02, 2020 in Springs, South Africa. OJ Koloti | Gallo Images | Getty Images South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said Friday that other countries’ decisions to impose travel restrictions amid concerns over the detection of a heavily mutated variant of Covid-19 in his country is “unjustified.” “The

Registered Nurse Savanah Wagstaff watches as Aliza Burns, a nursing student at Brigham Young University–Idaho, treats a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in his isolation room at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, U.S., October 28, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Global markets went into a tailspin Friday following news of a heavily-mutated Covid-19 variant

Britain’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid speaks during a press conference at Downing Street on October 20, 2021 in London, England. Toby Melville | WPA Pool | Getty Images News The United Kingdom is temporarily suspending flights from six countries as a new Covid variant with more than 30 mutations spreads in South Africa. Sajid Javid,