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Britain has declared that China is now in “a state of ongoing non-compliance” with the 1984 Sino-British joint declaration, which was supposed to guarantee Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy after the territory returned to Beijing’s control in 1997. Dominic Raab, foreign secretary, said radical changes planned by Beijing to restrict participation in Hong
Scott Flanders, CEO of eHealth Adam Jeffery | CNBC Company: eHealth Inc. (EHTH) eHealth provides private health insurance exchange services to individuals, families, and small businesses in the United States and China. Its e-commerce platforms organize and present health insurance information in various formats that enable individuals, families, and small businesses to research, analyze, compare,
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How much does health insurance cost? Across the United States, Americans pay wildly different premiums monthly for health insurance. While these premiums are not determined by gender or pre-existing health conditions, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, a number of other factors impact what you pay. We explore those factors below to help you understand
Edwards Air Force Base is seen in California’s Mojave Desert in this photo taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station. NASA Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to further test its Starlink satellite internet in a demonstration for the U.S. Air Force, the company revealed in a recent request to the Federal Communications Commission. “SpaceX
The world’s biggest hedge fund is warning that the recent sell-off in US government bonds could accelerate, in a shift that threatens high-flying assets including blank cheque companies and cryptocurrencies. Bob Prince, who runs Bridgewater Associates with Ray Dalio, told the Financial Times that a new phase of the downturn in the $21tn Treasury market
A UK government minister has warned the multitrillion-pound asset management industry that it can no longer put off requests from pension trustees for information about the climate risks of the companies they invest in. Addressing an industry conference this week, Guy Opperman, pensions minister, said the climate data provided to trustees “needs to get better”.
As remote advising continues to be the norm, finding new ways to connect with clients can be challenging. Yet growth opportunities are emerging, particularly in terms of thought leadership and digital marketing. We recently sat down with Taylor Schulte of Define Financial to find out some of the core strategies that have worked well for
Shares of Invitae rose over 25% this week, a sharp move higher that came after Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood called the company one of her most underappreciated stocks in a CNBC interview on Monday. Invitae was the 11th-largest holding in Wood’s flagship fund, the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK), as of Thursday, giving it a weighting larger
British artist Damien Hirst is planning to jump on the NFT bandwagon, aiming to sell artworks later this year with the same technology used by the US artist Beeple for a work he sold this week through Christie’s for $69.3m. Hirst, known for works such as a diamond-encrusted skull, disclosed details of the “secret art
Microsoft is investigating whether security companies that it works with leaked details about vulnerabilities in its software, helping hackers to expand a huge cyber attack at the end of last month, according to people briefed on the inquiry. Microsoft originally blamed Hafnium, a Chinese state-backed hacking group, for the first spate of attacks in January.
Warren Buffett is a proponent of value investing, which looks to find stocks that are undervalued in their market price as compared to their intrinsic value. Financial metrics like price/book (P/B), price-to-earnings (P/E), return on equity (ROE), and dividend yield carry the most weight on the Buffett scales. In addition, Buffett seeks out companies that have
AT&T CEO John Stankey told CNBC on Friday the company can maintain its dividend payment while still investing in growth businesses like direct-to-consumer streaming service HBO Max. Stankey made in the comments on “Squawk on the Street” in response to a question from CNBC’s David Faber, who asked the CEO if money AT&T used to
Multiple members of Congress from New York have called for Andrew Cuomo to resign, piling pressure on the governor a day after the state’s legislature announced an investigation that could pave the way for impeachment proceedings. The calls for Cuomo to step down came in a blitz of statements on Friday morning from at least
Workers seeking to form the first Amazon union in the US received a boost from an unlikely source on Friday, after Republican senator Marco Rubio endorsed their efforts to organise and framed it as the latest salvo in America’s culture wars. The Florida senator, who voted against raising the federal minimum wage, accused the ecommerce
Amid increasing cases of theft and fraud, lost coins, and lost private keys, a new breed of business is taking shape in the virtual cryptocurrency world. Individuals as well as companies are hunting for such lost coins, private keys, and forgotten passwords. Welcome to the world of crypto hunters. Where Did My Digital Assets Go? The New York Times
Cathie Wood, CEO and founder of ARK Invest. CNBC Widely followed investor Cathie Wood is about to recoup some of her recent sharp losses as tech stocks rebounded Tuesday after a brutal correction triggered by surging bond yields. Wood’s flagship active exchange-traded fund Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) climbed 4.8% in premarket trading on Tuesday. Tesla,
The US has crafted a plan with Japan, India and Australia to provide 1bn doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine to south-east Asian nations in a bid to counter Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific region. President Joe Biden and his counterparts will unveil the initiative on Friday when they convene the first “Quad” summit.
European broadcaster RTL Group has attracted multiple bidders for its controlling stake in French television station M6, including Vivendi, Bouygues and a consortium led by telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel, according to people familiar with the matter. RTL, whose controlling shareholder is the privately held German media group Bertelsmann, confirmed on Friday as it reported annual results
The Bitcoin blockchain is essentially an enormous, shared, encrypted list of all addresses that hold Bitcoin balances. Every new block represents the latest update to account balances. A block simply refers to a set of Bitcoin transactions that are related because they took place within the same time period. New blocks are created after further mining
Warren Buffett. Gerald Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett‘s net worth topped $100 billion for the first time as Berkshire Hathaway shares rallied to record highs. Berkshire’s Class A shares closed at a record high of $399,650 on Wednesday, bringing its 2021 advance to more than 14%. That put the “Oracle of Omaha” massive stake in
New York legislators will open an impeachment investigation into state governor Andrew Cuomo after six women came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviour. The decision was taken on Thursday evening by Carl Heastie, the speaker of the Democratic-controlled assembly, after meeting with fellow members — more than 50 of whom signed
Texas attorney-general Ken Paxton has sued the city of Austin for maintaining its local requirement for face coverings despite the state scrapping its mask mandate. An executive order from Greg Abbott, Texas governor, went into effect on Wednesday, forbidding jurisdictions from imposing local mask mandates on residents as part of a broader effort to roll
Mention conservative investing, and people think of putting money away in the biggest, most stable and risk-averse enterprises and assets, which in turn guarantees safety of principal (if the invested capital happens to also appreciate in value, that’s even better). While it’s true that some industries (such as utilities) are defined as conservative, simply buying
Wharton School’s Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Thursday he believes stocks will still move higher this year, even in the face of rising bond yields and inflation concerns. In an interview on “Squawk Box,” the finance professor said the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which President Joe Biden hopes to sign into law Friday, is
A collage by the contemporary artist Beeple, composed as a single jpeg file, sold for $69.3m on Thursday, according to Christie’s auction house, the latest and most extreme example of the rapidly appreciating market for digital artwork known as non-fungible tokens. The sale was the first of its kind by Christie’s, underscoring the eye-popping valuations
Shares in Hertz suddenly look interesting. The market value of the car rental mainstay hit $3bn in February 2020. Then travel shutdowns and a complex capital structure forced Hertz to seek court protection from creditors. A restructuring proposal released last week shows how it could thrive under new private equity owners as tourism and travel
While some mainstream financial institutions in the U.S. were initially reluctant to delve into the cryptocurrency market, they were much less reticent about exploring the possibilities inherent in blockchain technology. Blockchains allow for cryptocurrencies to function, but their functionality has applications beyond cryptocurrency. Even if digital currencies fade from interest, at this point, it is
Shoppers walk past a “Sale” sign outside a store at the Easton Town Center Mall in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shutting down a $20 trillion economy in full swing seemed a daunting enough task by itself. Restarting that massive machine has proven still tougher. A