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JOHN SCULLEY LAUNCHES NEW BOOK AND MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS LEARNING SERIES TO HELP ENTREPRENEURS BUILD TRANSFORMATIVE BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES - John Sculley introduces his new multimedia business[...]

John Sculley introduces his new multimedia business learning series “How to Build a Successful Business”






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THE ONCE AND FUTURE JEWEL OF THE JERSEY SHORE: HISTORIC, MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR REDEVELOPMENT TO RESHAPE, RECLAIM, AND REVIVE ASBURY PARK WATERFRONT - The Asbury Park Waterfront

The Asbury Park Waterfront




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BGC Partners And Cantor Fitzgerald Raise Approximately $12 Million On BGC's Eleventh Annual Charity Day - BGC Charity Day 2015

Dozens of nonprofits, celebrities and BGC partners unite for Charity Day 2015.




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Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners Raise Approximately $12 Million on Cantor Fitzgerald's Annual Charity Day - Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day 2015

Dozens of charities and celebrity ambassadors join Cantor Fitzgerald on their 5th annual Charity Day in New York





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Can planting a trillion trees reverse the damage of climate change?

Restoration ecologist Karen Holl explains why it's not that simple.




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FedEx se prépare à une saison des fêtes sans précédent : 317 millions d'envois seront acheminés dans le monde - FedEx se prépare à une saison des fêtes sans précédent

FedEx se prépare à une saison des fêtes sans précédent




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Messi Has His Own Space Scooter Game - People all over the world can play a new game with Lionel Messi

People all over the world can play on their smartphone or tablet a new game where five-time FIFA World Player Award winner Lionel Messi should overcome various missions. Messi jumps over rocks, bridges and other obstacles, makes somersaults, stoops to drive through tunnels and is dodging rockets and monsters. Of course he is allowed to shoot balls to get a free passage.




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Oklahoma State University Receives $25 Million Gift from Alumni Ross and Billie McKnight to Establish Performing Arts Programming Endowment - McKnight Center Announcement

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University named in honor of visionary gift




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The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Reports Americans Spent More Than $12 Billion In 2014; Procedures For Men Up 43% Over Five Year Period - 2014 Plastic Surgery Trends

2014 Plastic Surgery Trends




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HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY RAISES AWARENESS OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF AFIB-RELATED STROKE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS - AFib Can Cause A Stroke - :60-PSA

Atrial Fibrillation affects your heart, but it can also affect your mind. The risk of stroke is five times higher in those with AFib. Learn more and take an online AFib risk assessment at MyAFib.org (1)




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Bayer Pledges 1 Million Hands-On Science Learning Experiences For Children By 2020 To Help Inspire Next Generation Of Innovators - Bayer MSMS “Say TkU” Campaign

Bayer MSMS “Say TkU” Campaign





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Amgen Foundation Announces New $4 Million Commitment to Bring Hands-On Biotechnology Labs to Secondary School Students - The Amgen Biotech Experience in the classroom

The Amgen Biotech Experience empowers teachers to bring biotechnology into their classrooms to spark students’ love of science and features a hands-on curriculum that introduces students to the excitement of scientific discovery.




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AARP Expert Amy Goyer Shares Tips for Caregiving Success in New Book for America’s 40 Million Caregivers - AARP Day in the Life of a Caregiver

AARP The Magazine spent 24 hours filming the emotional day in the life of caregivers across America




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Pentagon spends hundreds of millions of dollars in the fight against coronavirus

The Defense Logistics Agency, which manages the Pentagon's global supply chain, has executed 6,036 contract actions with $667.3 million in obligations for the coronavirus effort.




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Millions of 'easy-to-use' coronavirus tests will be available by end of summer, top US health official says

Americans need coronavirus tests "that do not require hours or days to determine results," the head of the NIH tells Congress.




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How Warren Buffett's son spent the $90,000 of Berkshire stock he got at 19—worth $200 million now: 'I don't regret it'

Rather than spending his Berkshire Hathaway stock inheritance on extravagant things (or allowing it to accrue in value), Warren Buffett's son says he used it to buy something "infinitely more valuable than money." And he has no regrets.




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Walt Disney's former Palm Springs 'technicolor dream house' on sale for $1 million – take a look inside

Located in Palm Springs, California, the "technicolor" property was built for Walt Disney and his wife, Lillian, in 1962, according to the listing.




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Tesla secures $565 million loan for Shanghai factory

Electric carmaker Tesla has entered into an agreement for a working capital loan of up to 4 billion yuan ($565.51 million) with a lender from China for its Shanghai car plant, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.




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Oil and gas companies set to lose $1 trillion in revenues this year

The energy sector is shrinking so dramatically that it's become the second-smallest group in the whole S&P index.




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Bioplastics developer raises $133 million in new funding in quest to replace single-use plastics

RWDC Industries, which makes a sustainable material solution that can be used as a substitute for plastic, raised $133 million in Series B funding.




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Media networks have paid billions for sports they won't receive this year — but the fighting for refunds hasn't started yet

Media networks have paid billions for live sports that they aren't going to broadcast this year. But nobody's pressing the issue yet, as the cable industry is focused on survival.




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Mall owner Brookfield will spend $5 billion to save retailers

Property and mall owner Brookfield Asset Management is targeting spending $5 billion to help struggling retailers, as the retail industry reels from the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Thursday.




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Mortgage bailout swells to 4.1 million borrowers, but demand is slowing

In the past week, 225,000 more borrowers took advantage of government and bank mortgage forbearance programs, according to data firm Black Knight.




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Consumer confidence plunges in April as millions lose jobs

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its confidence index tumbled to a reading of 86.9, the lowest level in nearly six years and down from 118.8 in March.




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Millions can't access unemployment benefits so actual job losses are likely greater than data shows

The number of Americans who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic could be even bleaker than official government data suggests.




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The US will need to spend trillions more as economy takes until 2022 to fully recover: CNBC survey

A third of respondents in the CNBC Fed survey believe the economy won't be fully restored until the second quarter of 2022.




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US weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million, topping 30 million over the last 6 weeks

Jobless claims for the week ended April 25 came in at the lowest level in a month but bring the rolling six-week total to 30.3 million as part of the worst employment crisis in U.S. history




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April's jobs report showing millions out of work looms large in the week ahead

In the week ahead, the April jobs report is expected to show the highest unemployment since 1939.




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Consumer debt hits new record of $14.3 trillion

Household debt balances through March totaled $14.3 trillion, a 1.1% increase from the previous quarter and now $1.6 trillion clear of the previous nominal high of $12.7 trillion in the third quarter of 2008 during the financial crisis,




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US private payrolls drop by 20.2 million in April, the worst job loss in the history of ADP report

Private payrolls hemorrhaged more than 20 million jobs in April as companies sliced workers amid a shutdown that took most of the U.S. economy offline, according to a report Wednesday from ADP.




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Republicans stall on next coronavirus relief bill, United Airlines halts $2.25 billion bond offering

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.8 million people around the world as of Friday, killing at least 269,881 people.




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US lawmakers urge Mnuchin to crack down on airlines cutting worker hours after taking billions in coronavirus aid

Three Senate Democrats are urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to crack down on airlines that are cutting employee hours, despite billions in federal coronavirus relief.




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Elon Musk's lavish LA mansions appear to be listed for sale days after billionaire pledged to 'own no house'

The homes have a combined value of $39.5 million.




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Fiat Chrysler to restart US production in two weeks after coronavirus shutdowns lead to $1.8 billion quarterly loss

Despite the "unexpected and unprecedented times" due to Covid-19, the company, said Tuesday that it and French automaker PSA Group "remain committed" to a previously announced merger of equals.




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GM raises $4 billion in bond offering, expects to establish new $2 billion credit line

General Motors plans to further strengthen its cash position during the coronavirus pandemic through an offering of senior unsecured fixed rate notes, the company announced Thursday.




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NASA's billions of investment in SpaceX have been 'very beneficial,' agency chief says

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes the billions his agency has invested in Elon Musk's SpaceX have been well worth it.




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Cramer says Trump can't raise tariffs on China with 30 million unemployed: 'That is 1932'

Cramer warned that the U.S. economy may be too weak to handle another trade spat with China and discouraged Trump from imposing new tariffs.




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Cryptocurrency market jumps by over $13 billion driven by bitcoin as major technical event approaches

A rally in bitcoin led the cryptocurrency market higher ahead of a major technical event for the digital coin and as industry participants report an increased interest from institutional investors.




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Jefferies: Boeing may have to shore up about another $15 billion in capital at some point

Sheila Kahyaoglu of Jefferies discusses the biggest issues facing Boeing right now, with much of production still halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Norwegian Cruise Line raises over $2 billion to withstand 'well over' a year without revenue

"When the transactions are completed, the additional liquidity alleviates management's concern about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months," Norwegian said in a statement Wednesday.




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Virgin Media and O2 agree on $39 billion merger to create a new UK telecom giant

The combined group could put pressure on rival telecommunications firms BT, Vodafone and Sky.




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Clorox CEO boosts ad spend by $50 million as disinfectant demand surges amid coronaviurs pandemic

"We're investing in future capacities so that we're better equipped to meet the demand in future surges," Clorox CEO Benno Dorer said.




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How the coronavirus could kill the $2 billion US bail bond business

Crimes and arrests are down nationwide during the pandemic as people obey stay-at-home orders and police departments reduce operations. This has led many bail bond companies to lay off entire staff.




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Coronavirus has taken millions of jobs, but here's where they're coming back

While some jobs won't be coming back after the lockdown, most, at least for now, will.




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Alphabet's trillion-dollar mark won't be the end of the near-term gains in stock, according to history

Alphabet hit a $1 trillion market valuation, an elite status only Apple, Microsoft and Amazon previously touched. Gains for the Google parent are not about to stop, history says.




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Billionaire Barry Diller says bail out everyone and 'worry about paying the bills later'

"The damage that is being done every day is enormous," Expedia and IAC Chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Thursday.