A medical worker wearing a mask walks past a housing leasing office amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 14, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Manhattan had its worst May in a decade for new rental leases, as residents leave the city and the real estate industry remains on lockdown, according

Three months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and even as states across the country emerge from the resulting economic shutdown, the unemployment rate is still near its highest level in the post-World War II era.  In such uncertain times, “it’s really hard to stay resilient and optimistic,” “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary tells CNBC Make It. Especially if you’ve

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

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday highlighted another outdoors-oriented stock that he thinks is sporting an attractive sell price. Polaris, a manufacturer of snowmobiles, motorcycles, boats and other vehicles, is another way investors can play a leisure industry that has been turned on its head, the “Mad Money” host said. “If you believe, as I do,

Tony Fadell, Inventor of the iPod and former CEO of Nest attends a conference during Viva Technology at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on June 16, 2017 in Paris, France. (Getty | Christophe Morin) Before becoming known as the “father of the iPod,” Tony Fadell said he was rejected by 80 venture capital investors

Thinkstock Images | Getty Images Anyone whose financial picture isn’t looking so rosy right now may want to prepare themselves for how long it can take to recover from an unexpected setback. A survey conducted prior to the Covid-19 pandemic shows that about 75% of respondents had dealt with at least one major financial setback

Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Someone in Arizona is hitting Hump Day a whole lot richer. A single Mega Millions ticket sold in the Grand Canyon State matched all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing to nab the $410 million jackpot. While the windfall will be a life-changing bonanza, the advertised

Tiffany & Co. said its jewelry business is rebounding in China after the coronavirus pandemic and its merger with French luxury retailer LVMH is clearing regulatory hurdles. The U.S. jewelry maker said Tuesday in an earnings release that its same-store sales were down about 44% in the fiscal first quarter as the pandemic shuttered shopping malls and stores

Who are the three types of travelers most likely to travel internationally this summer? If you guessed the jet-setting elite, adventure enthusiasts and once-in-a-lifetime honeymooners, you’d be wrong. A new report by Sentimantle, a service that advises tourism and airline clients, has identified the types of travelers who are most likely to venture abroad first. 

Kenneth Frazier‘s resume is impressive.  Not only does he have a degree from Harvard Law School, but he climbed the corporate ranks at pharmaceutical giant Merck to hold positions from senior vice president and general counsel to president and now CEO and chairman of the board. Frazier, 65, also sits on boards including Weill Cornell Medicine, Exxon Mobil

Entrepreneurs Julien and Kiersten Saunders are well on their way to achieving financial independence by growing their digital business, creating multiple revenue streams and putting the majority of their disposable income into low-cost index funds, where it can grow over time. They’re part of the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement, which embraces the concept of saving

As millions of people around the world are protesting police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation. Many people are experiencing increased levels of stress and anxiety as a result.  “The effect of racism and racial trauma on mental health is real and cannot be ignored,” Daniel H.

Do you need to wear a mask while exercising? Is it safe to socialize outside? Should I wipe down my groceries when I get home? These are the questions that still remain as the country reopens amid the Covid-19 pandemic.  Many infectious disease experts and epidemiologists have been fielding these types of inquiries from family and

The 50 wealthiest people in America have publicly donated about $1 billion for coronavirus relief — that’s a big number, but it adds up to a very small fraction of their combined net worth: less than 0.1%, according to a new survey from the Washington Post.  The survey also found that nearly a third of

Three-time Olympic medalist Lindsay Vonn admits that she wasn’t exactly a natural when she first starting skiing professionally at age 7. “I was never the most talented skier but I outwork people,” Vonn tells CNBC Make It. Vonn, 35, retired from competitive skiing in February 2019 after nearly three decades. During that time she won an Olympic gold

Around the world, businesses closed amid the Covid-19 pandemic have slowly started the process of reopening. But even reopening comes with some risk, so many businesses have come up with creative and safe ways to reduce the likelihood of transmission. From plexiglass barriers separating customers from employees, to parking lot waiting rooms, here’s what you

Kevin O’Leary, investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” isn’t one to shy away from offering business advice – from small business owners to anyone trying to save extra money or in need of career guidance. And on the debut of his CNBC web series “Money Dispute,” O’Leary helped a woman named Denise who was arguing with her family over an inheritance dispute.  “There’s

A significant gap in unemployment between blacks and whites continues even as the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the economy-wide unemployment rate improved in May. The rate for black Americans rose to 16.8%, the highest level in a decade, and exceeded that of white Americans, which ticked down to 12.4%

Though the systemic racism in this country is nothing new, the protests and movement sparked by the killing of George Floyd have been a wake up call for many Americans.  Count among them NFL Hall-of-Famer Terrell Davis. “I looked at myself and I said that I can do more and I should be doing more,”

In 2015, when I was in my early-30s, I was about to become a mom of two, and I was commuting about three hours round-trip every day to work at a job that I did not love, but at which I was making a little under $100,000 a year. I wanted to start making moves that would

Many parents dream about giving their children an Ivy League education but not everyone does the math to see how much the degree will cost them.  CNBC ran the numbers, and we can tell you how much money you would need to save to send your child to Harvard.  First, some assumptions.  For saving, we