A delightfully adorable fan-made generator lets you create your very own passport and boarding pass for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Tom Nook’s rather exciting getaway package will whisk you away to a deserted island on March 20, 2020, and this generator lets you create a cute little passport. You can even choose from a selection of stamps with Animal Crossing designs to make yourself appear like a true globetrotter. Honestly, this is such a great little generator for fans like me who can’t wa

“Though investors were slow to wise up, the math of retaining and reinvesting earnings is now well understood,” Buffett wrote. … Corporate investments are the real force for long-run growth and prosperity. But Mandel said that in the latest letter, “Buffett hit the nail on the head. … Corporate investments are the real force for long-run growth and prosperity.” Included in retained earnings are not just true business investments but stock buybacks.

How Papa John’s is coming back from the brinkIn early 2017, Papa John’s was enjoying steady growth, a high-profile partnership with the NFL, and rapid international expansion. But it’s been losing the pizza wars to Domino’s, Pizza Hut, and Little Caesars in recent years. Papa John’s is trying to rebrand and rebuild following the departure of its controversial founder and CEO, John Schnatter. Will the turnaround stick?

For many Americans, the cost of regularly taking and filling their medications is too much. That’s higher than previous polls that have found Americans struggling with prescription drug costs. Overall, nearly six in 10 Americans report taking at least one prescription drug, according to Kaiser. Unsurprisingly, the more prescriptions you have, or the more each drug costs, the harder it becomes to afford. Overall, the CDC estimates this costs Americans about $300 billion a year.

Throughout the ups and downs of the typical search, there’s one part of the process is usually more daunting than the rest: writing a cover letter with each application. Ian Siegel, CEO of jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter, understands why job seekers don’t know the best approach to writing a good cover letter. Using a cover letter to detail your qualifications is a big mistake, Siegel says — a resume should already accomplish this. In fact, the biggest mistake a job applicant can make is by startin

The money you’ve been diligently saving in 2019 is about to vanish. Health-care flexible spending accounts allow workers to put away money on a pretax basis and use it throughout the year for qualified medical expenses. Employers may choose to allow workers to carry over $500 into the new year. They may also give them up to March 15 of the following year to use the remaining cash. Employees lose as much as $400 million annually in unused balances, the health website FSAStore.com found.

“Owning a pet is a privilege and should result in a mutually beneficial relationship,” according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). It’s estimated that owning a dog costs about $1,400 to $4,300 per year, writes Jenna Stregowski, a registered veterinary technician and contributor for The Spruce Pets, an online reference for pet owners. “Owning a dog is a huge responsibility,” says Cassie Denger, a client relationship specialist at Fort Pitt Capital Group. Dog food would be a r

Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial and French carmaker Groupe Renault have signed a strategic agreement to extend an electric car sharing service to Paris. There, users can choose from 658 Renault ZOE electric cars via their phone, with an app listing the nearest available vehicle. From March, 500 Renault ZOE vehicles will be deployed in Paris. Earlier this month Bluecity, an electric car sharing scheme in London, stopped offering its services, citing “current limitations which we have and t

Argus upgraded the pizza restaurant chain and said it liked the company’s strong store level cash flows. “We expect the addition of 250 U.S. stores and 856 international locations in 2019 to benefit revenue over the next 12 months. In addition, we expect DPZ to broaden its technological lead over competitors. We also like the company’s stable comps and strong store level cash flows, which are much higher than those of other franchisees. We think Domino’s Pizza can continue to grow and gain marke

Blackstone’s Joseph Zidle said Wednesday that investors should not buy back into the stock market yet after three straight down days to open the week. “I think we’re going to see more downside volatility unfortunately,” Zidle said on CNBC’s “Fast Money.” “I kind of think what’s happening here is investors pricing in risk versus uncertainty, and they’re two very different animals.” Zidle said he was unsure how much of a hit global growth would take because of the outbreak, but that several countr

Coronavirus fears hit travel stocks again on Wednesday. One stock looks most vulnerable to more downside after reporting earnings — Marriott, the world’s largest hotel operator — according to two market watchers. Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management, says Marriott looks more vulnerable than Booking here. Marriott has been hard hit on the expectation travel restrictions in Asia and consumer wariness around travel would hurt overall revenue. And I wouldn’t w

President Donald Trump is expected to speak about the deadly coronavirus outbreak Wednesday evening, a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to prepare for the possibility of a pandemic. At least 81,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed globally, and there have been at least 2,764 deaths. There are currently 60 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States. In a tweet announcing the press conference on Wednesday, Trump attacked media for “panicki

HP Inc.’s bottom line will take a hit this quarter due to the coronavirus epidemic, CEO Enrique Lores told CNBC Wednesday. The COVID-19 outbreak in China forced many American businesses — including HP — to shut down their factories there. Wall Street analysts forecast sales to come in at about $13.5 billion in the 2020 second fiscal quarter. On the earnings call, Lores said HP is trying to restore full production “as quickly as possible” to meet customer demand. Microsoft itself announced Wednes

Panera Bread customers can soon drink as much of the chain’s coffee and tea as they want, all for $8.99 per month. The subscription program launching on Thursday comes after the sandwich chain overhauled its breakfast and coffee offerings last year with new options like wraps. The low monthly cost of coffee subscription programs gives restaurants an easy way to lure in customers and convince them to change their breakfast habits. Restaurant Brands International’s Burger King began a coffee subsc

Rian Johnson, the writer and director of “Knives Out,” revealed that Apple will permit film productions to use its products onscreen, but with one very big caveat — villains can’t have an iPhone on camera. “Not ’cause it’s lascivious or something, but because it’s gonna screw me on the next mystery movie that I write. “Apple, they let you use iPhones in movies, but, and this is very pivotal, if you’re ever watching a mystery movie, bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera,” he said. During the sce

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that investors should look at buying some stocks after two days of major coronavirus-related declines. “I think you’ve got to start buying something,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “If you have a lot of cash, let’s say you have 20% cash, you’re not going to put 1% to work?” Cramer previously said this week that drug companies remained attractive stocks even as markets fell. “If you haven’t put anything to work, I think you’re playing with fire,” Cramer s

Swedish financial technology start-up Klarna has reported an annual loss for the first time, following years of profitability. Klarna, which lets people buy items online and pay for them over instalments, reported a loss of 1.1 billion Swedish krona ($113 million) on revenues of 7.2 billion krona from January to December 2019. Last year, it reported 2018 profits of 161 million krona, which was down from 346 million krona the previous year. Overall the business is “very healthy” and is seeing “st

Zhong Nanshan, who has been dubbed the “SARS hero” by Chinese state media, was credited with finding the correct way to treat the disease 17 years ago. With the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has killed over 2,700 people, Zhong has been thrust back into the spotlight. Now Foxconn has tapped his expertise in respiratory diseases to serve as a consultant for the firm’s prevention and rehabilitation efforts. In a statement on Tuesday, Foxconn said Zhong will give advice and guidance to the comp

Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya said during Squawk Box on Wednesday that he’s a net seller of all Big Tech companies except for Amazon. Palihapitiya, who has been bullish on Amazon for years, took a different stance on Amazon. He said Amazon will continue to grow at a rate of 25% per year “like clockwork.” It currently sits just below a $1 trillion valuation due to market swings related to the coronavirus. Palihapitiya didn’t say on Wednesday why he thinks Amazon will continue to g

In another sign of a strained partnership, Tesla and Panasonic are reportedly ending their joint production of solar cells at Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 facility in New York, according to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review. Tesla and Panasonic formed a joint venture to manufacture solar cells there four years ago. While Panasonic-made solar cells were going to be used primarily by Tesla to make its own solar panels, Tesla’s current Solar Roof product uses cells made in China instead. According to Ni