Outlook for coronavirus to spread in the USDr. Anthony Fauci, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses the likelihood of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and precautions the country should take to prevent its spread.

LendingClub CEO on why Radius Bank acquisition mattersLendingClub CEO Scott Sanborn discusses his company’s earnings beat and acquisition of the online-only Radius Bank.

Why US hospitals are shutting downSince the 1990s, a series of mergers and acquisitions have created mammoth hospital groups. Many of these hospital consortiums are turning huge profits every year by offering high-priced services like cardiac and orthopedic care to well-insured patients. So why is it that some U.S. hospitals are making billions while hundreds of others are going out of business?

Nike, with a new CEO at the helm, announced leadership changes Tuesday that include a new chief operating officer and chief financial officer. In October, Nike announced John Donahoe, a Nike board member and former CEO of eBay, would replace its longtime CEO Mark Parker, effective Jan. 13. As part of the announcements Tuesday, Heidi O’Neill, president of Nike Direct, will become president of consumer and marketplace on April 1. “Heidi and Andy’s leadership has been instrumental in both evolving

Top of mind for Tritton, who just took the reins in November after a successful stint as chief merchandising officer at Target, is fixing Bed Bath & Beyond’s stores. Tritton said same-store sales at those locations are up 2% to 4% compared with Bed Bath & Beyond’s entire fleet. Currently, Bed Bath & beyond is planning to remodel about 25 locations this fiscal year. After receiving the influx of cash, Bed Bath & Beyond now pays rent to Oak Street. Bed Bath & Beyond has also said it plans to close

People in the Wisconsin town of Fulton are the first to try out software Microsoft designed to confirm that votes are being properly counted. Microsoft’s ElectionGuard software can count votes electronically while providing a separate means for voters to confirm that their votes are included in tallies. The ElectionGuard technology won’t be responsible for tallying votes in the Wisconsin primary election. Election officials will still count paper votes, although it is possible to rely on the sof

There’s a rotation happening in the market that’s got Ascent Wealth Partners’ Todd Gordon eyeing a bond play. Given the highs and lows in this uptrend, Gordon said he believes the TLT hasn’t hit its resistance at around $150, which is the upper end of the channel. Gordon wants to buy the March 27 weekly 145-strike calls and pair those with the sale of the March 27 weekly 150.5-strike calls for a total of around $1.92 debit. This means that should TLT close below $145 on March 27 expiration, then

Groupon – Stock of the online commerce company fell 25% in extended trading after the company missed estimates for fourth-quarter profits and revenues. Groupon reported earnings per share of 7 cents and revenues of $612 million. Herbalife — Shares of the health nutrition company climbed 5% in extended-hours trading after the company reported strong fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations. Herbalife reported earnings of 74 cents per share excluding some items, while analysts were expecting

Walmart is reeling in higher-income customers — including some who are new to the retailer — with its online grocery business, company executives told investors Tuesday at an event in New York. As its online grocery business grows, the company is seeing pricier items like choice cuts of meat and organic fruits and vegetables in customers’ virtual baskets, said John Furner, president and chief executive officer of Walmart U.S. Walmart offers online grocery pickup at about 3,200 stores and same-da

Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2018. More than 2,300 Oracle employees have signed a petition against a fundraiser for President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign that’s reportedly scheduled to be held on Wednesday at a Southern California property owned by founder and chairman Larry Ellison. In the past few years, employees at Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce have spoken out agai

China may be reporting fewer new cases of coronavirus and fewer infection-related deaths, but it does not mean the country’s outbreak is slowing, immunologist Anthony Fauci told CNBC on Tuesday. There are more than 73,400 confirmed coronavirus cases globally, the vast majority of which are still in China. There are some signs that economic activities in China are resuming after extended holiday manufacturing shutdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota Motor sa

Despite a considerable bout of volatility, the market nonetheless had a solid January, rising about 1.2%. Still, the weak buyback start is cause for some concern. One positive is that February thus far has seen a much stronger appetite for share buybacks, with $34 billion announced through Feb. 14. Diver sees a chance that some companies may have been holding off in January before announcing buybacks and may start ramping them up as opportunity presents itself. In the February survey, 42% of pro

Amazon Care, the company’s virtual health clinic, is now live for its Seattle employees. The virtual medical service is available as of Tuesday to Amazon employees and their dependents working out of its corporate headquarters, the company confirmed, and the service is now live via the employee benefits portal. The app provides virtual medical consultations, as well as a way to schedule a follow-up visit from a health professional to a patient’s home or office. Any employee in a Zip code covered

Boeing has told employees that it discovered foreign-object debris in fuel tanks of “several” 737 Max planes the manufacturer has in storage, CNBC learned Tuesday. Foreign object debris “is absolutely unacceptable,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes executive Mark Jenks, a vice president and general manager of the 737 program and Renton production facility, according to the company’s website, said in a note to employees. The company plans to investigate the foreign objects in the tanks and said that t

The Vermont senator has the support of 27% of Democratic primary voters, a figure which is unchanged from January, the survey found. Below is a list of the NBC/WSJ results for support among likely Democratic primary voters, followed by the shift in support since the poll was last conducted in January. Former Vice President Joe Biden: 15%, down 11 ptsFormer New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg: 14%, up 5 ptsSen Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Behind Warren and Bloomberg, former South Bend, Indiana, Ma

Xbox Game Pass subscribers will get access to games like Ninja Gaiden 2, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Yakuza 0 on console as part of the subscription this month. Those titles join recently added games like Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Final Fantasy 15 on Xbox One with Game Pass. Some Xbox Game Pass titles will soon leave the service, Microsoft warned today. Xbox Game Pass for PC, currently in beta, is priced at $4.99 per month. Microsoft is offering promotional pricing — just $1 per month — for Xbox Gam

Mama is returning to help you be the best cook you can be in Cooking Mama: Cookstar. A trailer for the cooking game showed off a bunch of the fun Cooking Mama minigames that we’re used to seeing, like mixing ingredients together or chopping up vegetables. The best part of the trailer showed off making an Instagram staple: the rainbow grilled cheese. It’s since been made private, but it has luckily been re-uploaded for us to bask in all its rainbow grilled cheese glory. Cooking Mama: Cookstar wil

PlanetSide 2, the multiplayer combat game that first launched in 2012, is getting a big update on Wednesday. For now that means “shoring up” the live version of PlanetSide 2 with new features and content. Rogue Planet Games, which Sites leads, is now solely responsible for the PlanetSide franchise. “There will be no PlanetSide 3 if we don’t continue supporting PlanetSide 2, and we don’t continue showing that the PlanetSide experience is unmatched and amazing,” Sites said. “So our focus right now

Pokémon Go has changed what hatches out of 7 km eggs. While normally the yellow and pink eggs host baby Pokémon, they’re now only hatching fossil Pokémon. With this shift, none of these will hatch out of any other eggs and Riolu will now hatch out of 10 km eggs. Note that this change does not affect any 7 km eggs you may have gotten before today. Those will still have older Pokémon in them, but any egg you get from friends starting now will hatch fossil Pokémon.

Nintendo will broadcast a new Nintendo Direct episode this week, revealing new, “in-depth” details about Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch. The new Nintendo Direct presentation will be broadcast on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT. Originally announced in 2018 during a Nintendo Direct presentation, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sends players on an island vacation planned by Tom Nook’s new travel agency. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 2